Transcript Decoding Longer Words

Decoding Longer Words
Structural Analysis
VCV Pattern
California Standards:
• R1.2 Decode multisyllabic words
• R 1.6 Use context to figure out new words
Objectives
Students will:
• divide words with a vowel-consonant-vowel
pattern into syllables
• learn academic language: VCV pattern
VCV Pattern
• We can often figure out how to
pronounce a word by looking at the
pattern of vowels and consonants.
• Words with a VCV pattern usually divide
before the consonant. This causes the
first syllable to have a long vowel sound
( The vowel says its name.).
• When a syllable ends in a vowel, it
usually has the long vowel sound
• Examples:
began
paper
maker
VCV
be/gan
VCV
VCV
pa/per
ma/ker
moment
/
v-c-v
Think
aloud:
When I look at this word I see the VCV pattern o-m-e.
I’ll try dividing the word between the first vowel and
the consonant and pronouncing the o with a long
vowel sound.
The word might sound like /moh–ment/.
That sounds right. I know that a moment is a word
that I have heard that means just a short bit of time.
VCV Pattern
• Many VCV words divide after the
consonant, so the first syllable has a
short vowel sound.
cover
/
v-c-v
Let’s look at a few more words:
visit
//
v-c-v
Try dividing the word after the vowel.
That would give the first i a long sound, like /eye/
which doesn’t sound like a word I know .
Next, try dividing it after the s.
That would give the first i a short sound.
That does sound like a word I know! / viz-it/
Let’s look at one more word:
before
/
v-c-v
Try dividing the word after the vowel.
That would give the first e a long sound
which sounds like a word I know.
Take out your whiteboards.
Copy the underlined words.
1. The cafeteria opens at eleven-thirty.
2. I need a topic for my report.
3. I spied a thin, white figure drifting into the room.
4. My grandma’s vision isn’t very good.
Work with a partner to divide the words into syllables,
decode the words, and give their meanings.
Take out your purple practice book.
Turn to page 146
• Write the word from the box that belongs in each group.
(Notice that each word in the box follows the VCV pattern.)
• As you use each word, cross it off.
• Draw a line between the syllables as we did in the lesson we
just completed.
• If you come to one that you don’t know, skip it and come back
to it later.
sec/ond
be/low
shiv/er
fro/zen
clev/er
wri/ter
si/ren
cov/er
fe/male
fin/ish