Learn Zillion: Decode Multi Syllable Words With Closed Syllables

Encountering a new an unfamiliar word can stump even the best readers. Third graders learn how to assess the base, prefix, and suffix of words to help them determine its meaning. The class works together to go over a series of common...

Provide a visual and auditory representation of how to decode multisyllabic words in a music video set to an upbeat jazz tempo.

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode multi-syllable words by remembering that open syllables have long vowels. [4:55]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode closed syllables by remembering that when a vowel is followed by a consonant, it usually makes the short vowel sound. [4:09]

In this lesson, you will learn how to read words with the r-controlled syllable -er by remembering they make the /er/ sound like in "letter." [3:34]

In this lesson, you will learn how to decode four-phoneme words that start with consonant blends and end with CVCe in a text by segmenting each sound and blending them all together to make words. [4:43]

In this lesson, you will learn how to read words starting with a closed syllable and ending with the -Cle syllable by remembering the -Cle syllable makes the /ul/ sound like in "table." [4:58]

In this lesson, you will learn how to read words starting with an open syllable and ending with the -Cle syllable by remembering the -Cle syllable makes the /ul/ sound like in "table." [4:58]

In this lesson, you will learn how to read words with the r-controlled syllable -ar by remembering they make the /ar/ sound like in "car." [4:36]

In this lesson, you will learn how to read words with the r-controlled syllable -or by remembering they make the/or/ sound like in "fork." [4:45]