When a syllable ends in a single vowel, it has a long sound (ex: she, go). This is called an open syllable.

A short vowel is the sound of a single vowel when it is followed by at least one consonant (ex: it, went). This is called a closed syllable. Typically, a vowel is short when there is only one vowel in the word.

When a single vowel is followed by a single consonant and an E, the E makes the vowel long (cake, cute). The final E is silent. This is called a vowel consonant E (vCe) syllable.

• Syllable Sort with pictures

• Syllable Sort with Pseudo words

• Activity to try at Home:

What’s Different? - show three words and ask a student to identify which word is a different syllable type (and explain why)

Example Word Lists:

can, make, not

bike, block, plan

rope, same, she