Syllable types activities

Learn our best tips and tricks for teaching the six syllable types. A huge variety of activities and free teaching tools are included inside this post.

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 […]

Good spellers count syllables! Syllabication activities and center ideas. The image shows a list of words included in the syllable game, "Oh My Stars!" Students withdraw word cards and collect stars. If the word has 3 syllables, they take 3 stars. If the word has 2 syllable, they take 2 stars. Winner is the first one to cover their game board with stars.

*This post contains affiliate links. If you’ve read my blog for very long, you know I’m a huge fan of making literacy as hands-on as possible. To teach my oldest reader (2nd grade), we mainly use the Words Their Way word sorts and the letter tiles from All About Reading/All About Spelling. But every once ... Read More about Open and Closed Syllable Games

Do your students struggle with decoding multisyllabic words? Teaching syllable types is a great first step! Read more and grab freebies.

Need help teaching two syllable words with closed syllables? Here are four activities to make your instruction engaging, fun, and effective!

Looking to help your struggling readers make the jump to reading multi-syllabic words? Here are 7 ways to teach how to decode multisyllabic...

Do you have students who struggle when they encounter long words when reading? Use this process described in this blog post to help your struggling readers learn to decode multi-syllable words correctly and independently!

Increase decoding fluency by teaching the 6 different syllable types is essential. Here are ideas for how to teach syllable types effectively!

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 […]