Effective Decoding Instruction for Diverse
Learners
A Study Group Series
Six Syllable Types: Vowel-Consonant-e
1. Vowel-Consonant-e Syllables
- Ends in one vowel, one consonant, final e; the vowel sound
is long, the e is silent.
- Vowels: a-e (cake), i-e (pine), o-e (bone),
u-e (cube, tune), e-e (Pete).
2. Goals of Instruction: Read and Spell
- Closed syllables.
- Vowel-Consonant-e syllables: made, swipe, broke, flute,
mule, theme.
- VCe plus Closed syllables: cupcake, milkshake, costume, inhale.
3. Additional Considerations
- The letter v is not used in the English word-final position,
therefore, e is placed at the end of the word. The e may
make the vowel long (brave) or short (have, love, shove).
- The letter e, as well as i and y,
indicates when c or g should
have its "soft" sound (race, huge).
- Drop Silent E: When a root word ends in a silent e,
drop the e when adding a suffix beginning with a vowel.
Keep the e if the suffix begins with a consonant:
exploding, rated, hopeless, niceness.
- Contractions
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