© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-105 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide a long vowel sound? (me) Is me an open or a closed syllable? (open) Which word has a short vowel sound? (box) Is box an open or a closed syllable? (closed) A • Identify open and closed syllables Explain to children that they will hear and read several words. Some have open syllables, and some have closed syllables. They need to listen carefully and decode each word. Remind children to pay attention to spelling clues. They should then circle the words that are open syllables and underline the words that are closed syllables. Model item 1. Play the audio, decode the word, and read it aloud, emphasizing the final sound. Say: Go has the long o sound. It ends in a vowel. That means it is an open syllable. Circle go to indicate that it is an open syllable. Play the audio and have children complete the activity, reading each word aloud. Answers: 1. circle 2. underline 3. underline 4. circle 5. underline 6. circle B • Sort words by syllable type Draw the chart on the board. Point to the Words to Use box and have children decode and read each. Say: Some of these words are open syllables, and some are closed syllables. Point to the word we. Say: We has the long e sound and ends in a vowel. It’s an open syllable. So we should write the word in the first column, where it says open syllables. Model writing we in the first column on the board. Have children sort the remaining words. Answers: open syllables: we, go, no closed syllables: web, ship, stop Page P-171 Explore and Learn • Recognize open and closed syllables in multisyllabic words Explain that these rules are still true in multisyllabic words. Point to the text box and play the audio. Say: Open syllables usually have a long vowel sound in longer words, and closed syllables usually have a short vowel sound in longer words. Point to the pictures and say: Listen to these words: music, paper, tennis, napkin. Have children repeat. Ask: Which words have a long vowel sound? (music, paper) Where is the open syllable in these words? (first syllable) Which words have two closed syllables? (tennis, napkin) What vowel sounds are in these words? (short) A • Count syllables Model the example. Play the audio or say music. Clap the syllables as you say the word. Say: I hear two syllables: mu… sic. The first syllable is open, and the second syllable is closed. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. 2, 2. 2, 3. 2, 4. 2, 5. 2 B • Identify syllable division patterns Model the example. Clap out the syllables as you say music aloud. Say: Music has two syllables. The first syllable, mu, has the long u sound and ends in a vowel. It’s an open syllable. The second syllable, sic, has a short i sound and ends in a consonant. It’s a closed syllable. Write the syllables on the lines. Then circle the first syllable and underline the second syllable. Have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. ti (circle), ger (underline) 2. sun (underline), set (underline) 3. pen (underline), cil (underline) 4. spi (circle), der (underline) 5. fro (circle), zen (underline) Page P-172 C • Identify open and closed syllables Model the example. Play the audio and clap out the syllables as you say hello aloud. Say: Hello has a VCCV pattern, so the word breaks into two syllables after the first consonant. The first syllable, hel, has the short e sound and ends in a consonant. It’s a closed syllable. The second syllable, lo, has a long o sound and ends in a vowel. It’s an open syllable. Point to the syllables. Then write c under the first syllable and o under the second syllable. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. o, c 2. c, c 3. o, c 4. o, o 5. o, c 6. o, c D • Identify syllable patterns and open and closed syllables Model the example. Clap out the
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