msle multisensory structured language education methods and strategies for the classroom

MSLEMultisensory Structured Language EducationMethods and Strategies for the classroom

Syllable Types

• 1. Closed Syllable

• 2. Open Syllable

• 3. Vowel Team

• 4. Vowel Consonant e

• 5. Final, stable syllable

• 6. R controlled syllable

Syllable types for reading

Chart Verbiage

• 1. Closed syllable- A vowel in a closed syllable is short, code it with a breve.

• 2. Open syllable- A vowel in an open, unaccented syllable is long, code it with a macron.

• Open unaccented syllable-

a in an open, unaccented syllable says (u) code it with a tittle.

i says (i) code it with a breve

e, o, and u are half long, code them with a modified macron.

Verbiage continued

• 3. Vowel team- underline digraphs and arc diphthongs

• 4. Vowel consonant e- The vowel will be long, code it with a macron, the e will be silent, cross it out.

• 5. Final, Stable Syllable- Bracket the final, stable syllable. Accent the syllable before it.

• 6. R controlled syllable- Arc the vowel r combination.

Digraphs, Trigraphs, and Quadrigraphs

• Digraphs (underline)

th, sh, ch, ck, ay, oo, ng, au, ow, eu, ew, ei, oe,

ee, ai, ie, oa, ou, aw, ea, ue, ph, ey

• Trigraphs- dge, igh, tch

• Quadrigraph- eigh

Combinations and Diphthongs

• Combinations (arc)

qu, wh, ar, ir, ur, er, or,

• Diphthongs (arc)

oi, oy, ou, ow

Final Stable Syllables

• Cle

• tion, sion

• tial, tian, tient, tious

• cial, cian, cient, cious

• ture

VC-Closed syllables

VV-Digraph

V-e

Vr-Combinations

VV-Diphthongs

FSS

Derivatives- bw +

Syllable Division Steps

1. Check for affixes and final stable syllables

2. Check for compound words

3. Check for “obvious coding” such as digraphs, combinations, or silent letters.

4. Draw a line from vowel to vowel.

5. Pattern

6. Divide

7. Accent

8. Code

9. Read

Spelling Base words with Dots

• Procedures

• Look and Listen

• Echo

• Unblend and make dots on paper

• Touch the dots and spell

• Name and Write

• Code and Read

Spelling Procedures

Syllable types for spelling

Spelling

• bat

• pinch

• star

• five

• box

• coin

• candle

Teaching reading is rocket science.Louisa Moats