Syllables

Topic: Syllables (Syllabication Rules)
What is a syllable?
A syllable is a part of a word that contains sounds
(phonemes) of a word.
It usually has a vowel in it.
A syllable is also called a 'beat' because when  teaching
children to identify syllables  it is usually by
clapping to the 'beats' in words.

Syllables help us to  read better.

Here are the rules for breaking words into syllables

1. Do not attempt to divide a one-syllable word into
syllables.
Example: Girl, Wall, Sell, Just
2. Do not separate consonant digraphs and blends into
syllables.
(A digraph is two letters that make one sound.
Example: ch, er, au, th, ew, ph )
Example: think/ing, church/es
3. When two or more consonants occur between two
vowels in a word, the syllable is usually divided
between the consonants.
Example: Lit/tle, pret/ty, prin/cess

To learn more about syllable watch the video below