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OPEN AND CLOSED SYLLABLES
July 17, 2024
OPEN AND CLOSED SYLLABLES
Learn about open and closed syllables with Isabel Simmons. Syllables are words or parts of words that can be said in one breath. Practice reading, blending, writing, and building words with open and closed syllables.
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PREFIXES
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about prefixes.
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INFLECTED ENDINGS
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about inflected endings.
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COMPLEX VOWEL AW
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about complex vowel aw.
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LONG E: -Y, -EY, -IE, -EI
Carissa Berliner helps students long e sounds -- -y, -ey, -ie, -ei.
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MY GARDEN (POEM) – ILD, IND, OLD
Renata Archie explores ILD, IND, OLD in a poem “My Garden.
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LONG I & O — IND, ILD, OLD
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about long i & o.
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SHORT O & U
Renata Archie helps students learn about short o & u.
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REVIEW BLENDS
Carissa Berliner helps students review blends.
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VCe WORDS – LONG VOWEL A
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about words with long vowel a.
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SHORT I
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn about short i.
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BLEND/DECODE WORDS WITH OO
Renata Archie helps students blend/decode words with oo.
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REVIEW CONTRACTIONS AND SUFFIXES
Isabel Simmons helps students review contractions 've, 're and suffixes -er, -est.
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DECODE SUFFIXES -ER, -EST
Celeste Rivers helps students decode suffixes -er, -est.
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DECODE CONTRACTIONS ’VE, ’RE, ’M, ’S, N’T, ’LL
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend/decode contractions ’ve, ’re, ’m, ’s, n’t, ’ll.
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REVIEW FINAL BLENDS AND INFLECTION-ING
Anna Scretching-Cole reviews final blends nk, ng & inflections -ing, -s & -es.
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DECODE INFLECTIONS -S, -ES
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students decode inflections -s, -es.
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PRACTICE BLENDS NG, NK, & INFLECTION -ING
Isabel Simmons helps students practice practice final blends ng, nk, & inflection -ing.
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FINAL BLENDS NG, NK, AND INFLECTION -ING
Nicole Treanor helps students learn final blends ng, nk and inflection -ing.
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REVIEW R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Lauren Olivieri helps students review r-controlled vowels ar, or, er, ir, ur.
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PRACTICE TWO-SYLLABLE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Nicole Treanor helps students practice two-syllable r-controlled vowels.
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PRACTICE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS ER, IR, UR
Lunisol Tavarez helps students practice r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur.
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BLEND/DECODE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS ER, IR, UR
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode r-controlled vowells er, ir ur.
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REVIEW R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Meridith Emmer helps students review r-controlled vowels.
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PRACTICE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS
Lauren Olivieri helps students practice r-controlled vowels.
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R-CONTROLLED VOWELS OR, ORE
Renata Archie helps students learn r-controlled vowels or and ore.
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BLEND/DECODE R-CONTROLLED VOWELS OR, ORE
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend/decode r-controlled vowels or, ore.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS & REVIEW R-CONTROLLED VOWEL AR
Isabel Simmons helps students review r-controlled vowel ar.
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DECODE TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS
Carissa Berliner helps students decode two-syllable words.
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BLEND SOUNDS/PRACTICE R-CONTROLLED VOWEL AR
Lunisol Tavarez helps students blend sounds and practice r-controlled vowel ar.
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BLEND/DECODE R-CONTROLLED VOWEL AR
Celeste Rivers helps students blend/decode r-controlled vowel ar.
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CHANGE SOUNDS; LONG I & LONG O
Lauren Olivieri helps students change sounds in words, focusing on long I and long o.
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BLEND/DECODE LONG & SHORT I, O
Meridith Emmer helps students blend/decode long & short i and o sounds.
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BLEND PHONEMES, PRACTICE LONG I
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend phonemes and practice long i sounds
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG I
Lunisol Tavarez helps students blend and decode long i sounds in words.
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REVIEW WORDS WITH LONG O & LONG I
Vida Nazemian reviews words with long o and long i sounds.
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BLEND/DECODE OE AND IE VOWEL TEAMS
Lauren Olivieri helps students blend and decode oe and ie vowel teams.
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PRACTICE LONG O VOWEL TEAMS OA & OW
Renata Archie helps students practice long o vowel teams oa and ow.
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BLEND/DECODE LONG O VOWEL TEAMS
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode long o vowel teams oa and ow.
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CONTRACTIONS WITH ’M, ’S, N’T, ’LL
Isabel Simmons helps students learn contractions ‘m, ‘s, n’t, ‘ll.
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RHYME & PRACTICE LONG A
Celeste Rivers helps students rhyme words and practice long a sounds.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG A (AI, AY)
Meridith Emmer helps students blend and decode words with long a sounds.
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RHYME & REVIEW LONG E
Lauren Olivieri helps students rhyme words and review long e.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, RHYME, SHORT E (EA)
Trinette Carruthers helps students rhyme and learn about short e.
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PRACTICE LONG E
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students read words with the long e sound.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG E
Trinette Carruthers helps students blend and decode words with the long e sound.
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RHYME & REVIEW LONG U, E
Renata Archie helps students listen for rhyming words and review the long u sound.
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READ WORDS WITH SOFT G
Celeste Rivers helps students read words with soft g.
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PRACTICE LONG U, E
Meridith Emmer helps student practice long u and e sounds in words.
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BLEND/DECODE LONG U, E
Isabel Simmons helps students read words with long u and e sounds.
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REVIEW LONG I, O
Celeste Rivers helps students review words with long i and long o sounds. .
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SILENT LETTERS KN & WR
Nicole Treanor helps students learn about silent letters in the combinations kn and wr.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG I, O
Lauren Olivieri helps students decode long i and o in words.
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RHYME & REVIEW LONG A
Nicole Treanor helps students rhyme and review long a in words.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, RHYME, AND SOFT C
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students rhyme and learn about soft c.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, RHYME, AND SOFT C
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students rhyme and learn about soft c.
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BLEND/ISOLATE SOUNDS; PRACTICE LONG A
Renata Archie helps students practice long a in words.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG A (VCE)
We will learn, blend, and decode the sound-spelling for long a (VCE pattern).
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SEGMENT SOUNDS AND REVIEW LONG E, I, O
Isabel Simmons help students review long e, i, o in words.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS; BLEND AND DECODE ‘S
Isabel Simmons helps students blend and decode ‘s.
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BLEND SOUNDS AND PRACTICE LONG E, I, O
Carissa Berliner helps students practice long e, i, o.
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BLEND AND DECODE LONG E, I, O
Raheem Wilson helps students blend/decode long e, i, o.
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PRACTICE FINAL BLENDS
Trinette Carruthers helps students practice final blends in words.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH FINAL BLENDS
Nicole Treanor helps students learn final consonant blends.
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REVIEW INITIAL BLENDS WITH R
Renata Archie helps students review initial blends with r.
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BLEND AND DECODE INITIAL BLENDS WITH R
Meridith Emmer helps students blend/decode initial blends with r.
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REVIEW INITIAL BLENDS WITH L
Lauren Olivieri helps students review initial blends with l.
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BLEND PRACTICE INITIAL BLENDS WITH L
Lauren Olivieri helps students practice initial blends with l.
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BLEND AND DECODE INITIAL SOUNDS WITH L
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode initial blends with l.
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BLEND SOUNDS/PRACTICE INITIAL S BLENDS
Trinette Carruthers helps students review initial blends with s.
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PRACTICE INITIAL BLENDS WITH S
Nicole Treanor helps students blend sounds and practice initial blends with s.
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DECODE INITIAL BLENDS WITH S
Erica Ramos helps students decode initial blends with s.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS & REVIEW DIAGRAPHS TH & WH
Isabel Simmons helps students review diagraphs th and wh.
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BLEND SOUNDS & PRACTICE DIGRAPHS th & wh
Carissa Berliner helps students blend sounds and practice digraphs th & wh.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH TH & WH
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students blend and decode words with th & wh.
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REVIEW DIAGRAPH CH
Meridith Emmer helps students review diagraph ch.
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BLEND SOUNDS AND PRACTICE DIGRAPH CH
Renata Archie helps students blend sounds and practice digraph ch.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH CH
Celeste Rivers helps students blend and decode words with ch.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS AND REVIEW DIGRAPH SH
Isabel Simmons helps students segment sounds and review digraph sh.
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BLEND SOUNDS AND PRACTICE DIGRAPH SH
Renata Archie helps students blend sounds and practice digraph sh.
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BLEND AND DECODE WORDS WITH SH
Lauren Olivieri helps students blend and decode words with sh.
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REVIEW DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANTS
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students review double final consonants.
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LET’S READ, WRITE AND MAKE 10!
Trinette Carruthers and her daughter explore different ways to make 10.
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LEARN MIDDLE SOUNDS, DOUBLE CONSONANTS
Celeste Rivers helps students learn middle sounds and double consonants.
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DECODE WORDS ENDING WITH D, F, L, S, Z
Trinette Carruthers helps students blend & decode words ending with d, f, l, s, z.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS AND REVIEW SHORT E, QU, X, Z
Carissa Berliner helps students review short e, qu, x, z.
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BLEND AND PRACTICE SHORT E, QU, X, Z
Isabel Simmons helps students blend and practice short e, qu, x, z.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT E, QU, X, Z
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode short e, qu, x, z.
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REVIEW SHORT I, O, U, W, J, Y, V
Renata Archie helps students review short i, o, u, w, j, y, v.
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PRACTICE SHORT O, W, J, Y, V
Trinette Carruthers helps students blend sounds, practice short o, w, j, y, v.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT U, W, J, Y, V
Lauren Olivieri helps students blend and decode short u, w, j, y, v.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, REVIEW SHORT O, L, H
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students segment sounds & review short o, l, h.
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BLEND SOUNDS, PRACTICE SHORT O, L, H
Isabel Simmons helps students blend sounds and practice short o, l, & h.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT O, I, H
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode short o, i, h.
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SEGMENT SOUNDS, REVIEW SHORT I, G, K
Lunisol Tavarez helps students segment sounds and review short i, g, and k.
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BLEND SOUNDS, PRACTICE SHORT I, G, K
Renata Archie helps students blend sounds and practice short i, g, k.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT I, G, K
Carissa Berliner helps students blend and decode short i, g, and k.
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REVIEW SHORT I, R, F, & FINAL S
Lauren Olivieri helps students review short i, r, f, & final s.
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PRACTICE SHORT I, R, F, & FINAL S
Isabel Simmons helps students blend/segment sounds, practice short i, r, f, & final s.
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BLEND AND DECODE SHORT I, R, F, & FINAL S
Lunisol Tavarez helps students blend and decode short i, r, f, & final s.
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RHYME AND REVIEW SHORT a, n, d, p, & c
Lauren Olivieri helps students rhyme and review short a, n, d, p, &c.
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RHYME AND PRACTICE SHORT a, n, d, p, & c
Nicole Treanor helps students rhyme and practice short a, n, d, p & c.
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BLEND & DECODE WORDS WITH SHORT A, N, D, P, C
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students blend and decode words with short a, n, d, p, & c.
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LISTEN AND REVIEW SHORT A, M, S, & T
Celeste A. Rivers helps students listen for sounds and review short a, m, s, & t.
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RHYME AND PRACTICE SHORT a, m, s, & t
Renata Archie shows students how to blend and segment sounds and syllables.
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BLEND/DECODE WORDS WITH SHORT A, M, S, T
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students review the short sound of a and do a word sort.
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DIGRAPHS NG AND NK
Anna Scretching-Cole explores “bonus letters” and the digraphs -ng and -nk.
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SHORT O
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about short o.
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SHORT A
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students learn words with short a and use them in sentences.
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LONG U
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about long u.
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MAKING WORDS WITH SHORT A AND SHORT I
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students make words with short vowels a and I and consonants.
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REVIEW FINAL BLENDS
Erica Ramos Cruz helps students review final blends in words.
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THE A TRAIN
Isabel Simmons helps students learn about the vowel teams ai and ay.
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PRACTICE CONTRACTIONS
Trinette Carruthers helps students practice contractions.
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PRACTICE INITIAL BLENDS WITH R
Anna Scretching-Cole helps students practice initial blends with r.
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