© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-106 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide syllables as you say picnic aloud. Say: Picnic has a VCCV pattern, so the word breaks into two syllables after the first consonant. The first syllable, pic, has the short i sound and ends in a consonant. It’s a closed syllable. The second syllable, nic, has a short i sound and ends in a consonant. It’s also a closed syllable. Write the syllables on the lines: pic / nic. Remind children that in words with a VCV pattern, the syllables break after the consonant. Have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. den/tist 2. sis/ter 3. bas/ket 4. pi/lot 5. cac/tus 6. stu/dent Communicate E • Demonstrate knowledge of open and closed syllables Write open and closed on the board. Say: Think of some words that have two syllables. Do they have open or closed syllables? Point to the first picture and say: Student. Student has two syllables: stu and dent. The first syllable is open, and the second syllable is closed. Repeat with doctor. Then have children brainstorm and share words on their own. Page P-173 Practice F • Decode and spell words with open syllables Model the example. Say: You will hear a word. It is missing a syllable. What letters are missing? Play the audio or say paper aloud. Say: I see the letters per. That is the second syllable in paper. The missing syllable is the open syllable pa. Model writing pa on the line to complete the word. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. SCRIPT: 1. tiger 2. banjo 3. begin 4. relax Answers: 1. ti 2. jo 3. be 4. re G • Decode and spell words with closed syllables Model the example. Say: This activity is similar to Activity F but instead of words, you will hear complete sentences in a paragraph. Listen carefully because some words are missing a syllable. What letters are missing? Play the audio or read the first two sentences aloud. Say: The word muffin is missing a syllable. I see the letters muf. That is the first syllable in muffin. The missing syllable is the closed syllable fin. Model writing fin on the line to complete the word. Play the audio and have children complete the activity. SCRIPT: 1. muffin 2. music 3. tennis 4. sister 5. rabbit Answers: 1. fin 2. sic 3. ten 4. ter 5. rab Page P-174 H • Identify syllable patterns Model the example. Point to the picture and say: This is a picture of a magnet. Clap out the syllables as you say magnet aloud. Say: Magnet has a VCCV pattern, so the word breaks into two syllables after the first consonant. The first syllable is mag, and the second syllable is net. Write the syllables on the lines: mag / net. Remind children that in words with a VCV pattern, the syllables break after the consonant. Have children complete the activity, decoding and reading each word aloud. They can use the picture as prompts. Answers: 1. tab/let 2. wa/gon 3. si/lent 4. fro/zen 5. cac/tus 6. stu/dent I • Identify open and closed syllables Model the example. Say: These are the same words from Activity H. Look at how you divided the syllables. Which syllables are open? Which are closed? Remind children that a VCV word has an open syllable following by a closed syllable and a VCCV words has two closed syllables. Say: Magnet has a VCCV pattern, so the word breaks into two syllables after the first consonant. The first syllable, mag, has the short a sound and ends in a consonant. It’s a closed syllable. The second syllable, net, has a short e sound and ends in a consonant. It’s also a closed syllable. Write closed, closed on the line to indicate that both syllables in magnet are closed. Answers: 1. closed, closed 2. open, closed |3. open, closed 4. open, closed 5. closed, closed 6. open, closed
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