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Unit (1) – Phonics

Syllables

Parent’s Guide

A syllable is a word part with one vowel sound. Some

words have more than one syllable. When syllables end in a

vowel and have a long vowel sound, they are called

“open syllables”.

The Tiger Rule

How do you know where to split the word/syllable?

When a word has one consonant between the vowels and the

first vowel has a long sound, split the word before the

consonant.

Example:

tiger = ti • ger open = o • pen

Divide the following words into syllables.

1) paper ______ • ______

2) begin ______ • ______

3) relax ______ • ______

4) unit ______ • ______

5) minus ______ • ______

6) depend ______ • ______

7) student ______ • ______

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