Open syllable anchor chart

Teaching open syllables to your students can help them decode and write a large number of words. Here is how to teach open syllables.

It’s always so much fun listening and watching our young readers figure out those “longer” words. Many of our little ones are pretty solid decoding one-syllabe words and are now ready to learn strategies for decoding multisyllabic words. So, really, what is a syllable? Simply put, a syllable is a unit of pronunciation containing a […]

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I used to have the hardest time teaching students the difference between open and closed syllables. Finally I came up with a lesson that clicked for them and for me. First make sure your students know what a syllable is, have a strong foundation for vowels and consonants, and letter names. I start with a word like cat. I write it big on my white board. Then I say look at this word. How many vowels are in this word? one. If there is one vowel then how many syllables is this word? one Now we…

If you teach struggling or beginning readers, you'll love the explicit, step-by-step techniques to help you teach open syllables.

Learn about six syllable types and why we must teach them to our students. Make sure to download the free syllable types resource to get started explicitly teaching them in your classroom!

I love teaching two syllable words! It's always exciting when I get to that point in the year where they are ready to take that next step...

Syllables anchor chart