Just like scholars plug something in to close a circuit, they must plug a consonant onto a word to make closed syllables. Help learners distinguish between open and closed syllables with a series of activities that emphasize open syllables through oral response, letter identification, and dictation.

Concepts

phonics, syllables, multisyllabic words

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Draw a picture of an open door and a closed door and have spellers place open syllable words next to the open door
• Use your hands to make motions for open and closed as readers say the words aloud to help them make a visual and kinesthetic connection

Classroom Considerations

• List of materials on the first page includes some teachers need to print or gather before the lesson
• The eighth lesson of 17 in a word recognition series
  

Pros

• Shares strategies to help monitor learning
• Offers ways to adapt the lesson for different levels of learners

Cons

• Missing a total time for the lesson

Common Core

RF.3.3.c RF.4.3.a