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Types of Syllables Posters

Updated: 17 Jan 2023

Remind your students about the most common syllable types with this set of classroom display posters.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Years: 1 - 4

Curriculum

ACELA1458

Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant digraphs and consonant blends when writing, and blend these to read single syllable wordsElaborationsusing knowledge of letters and sounds to write words with short vowels, for example âmanâ, ...
ACELA1459

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel soundElaborationsrecognising that letters can have more than one sound, for example the letter âuâ in âcutâ, âputâ, â...
ACELA1824

Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllableElaborationsrecognising when some letters are silent, for example â...
ACELA1826

Understand how to apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllables, and blending and segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patternsElaborationsreading and writing more complex words with consonant ...
ACELA1828

Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixesElaborationsusing phonic generalisations to read and write multisyl...

teaching resource

Types of Syllables Posters

Updated: 17 Jan 2023

Remind your students about the most common syllable types with this set of classroom display posters.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Years: 1 - 4

Remind your students about the most common syllable types with this set of classroom display posters.

Syllable Types… Explained!

There is a high degree of phonological awareness required when it comes to analysing the syllables in words we hear and say every day. There are many advantages to understanding how to break a word into syllables. The skill can be of great value when both decoding and encoding new vocabulary.

But what’s all this talk about syllable types? Feeling confused about it all? We don’t blame you!

Thankfully, we have created this set of posters to help your students identify the various syllable types they might encounter when exploring new words.

The following syllable types are explained in the poster set:

Closed syllable: A closed syllable has only one vowel followed by one or more consonants. The vowel has a short vowel sound.
Open syllable: An open syllable ends in a vowel. The vowel has a long vowel sound. The vowel says its letter name. Remember that ‘y’ can act as a vowel.
Silent e syllable: A silent e syllable has one vowel followed by a consonant and a silent e. The vowel has a long vowel sound.
Vowel team syllable: A vowel team syllable has a team of two or more letters that work together to make one vowel sound. Sometimes, the team includes consonant letters, like ay, oy, ow, and aw.
R-controlled syllable: An r-controlled syllable has an r following a vowel. The r changes the vowel sound to neither long nor short.
Consonant + le: A consonant+le syllable comes at the end of a word. It has a consonant, then an l, then a silent e.

How to Make the Most of This Syllable Types Classroom Display

This set of posters has been created to support phonics instruction in your classroom. You may wish to use it in the following ways:

Print the posters on A3 paper and display them in your classroom as a reminder of the various syllable types found in words.
As you teach each syllable type, give students a smaller version of the poster to paste into their workbooks.
Use the resource as a word wall display by adding examples of each syllable type around each poster.

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Curriculum

ACELA1458

Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant digraphs and consonant blends when writing, and blend these to read single syllable wordsElaborationsusing knowledge of letters and sounds to write words with short vowels, for example âmanâ, ...
ACELA1459

Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel soundElaborationsrecognising that letters can have more than one sound, for example the letter âuâ in âcutâ, âputâ, â...
ACELA1824

Use most letter-sound matches including vowel digraphs, less common long vowel patterns, letter clusters and silent letters when reading and writing words of one or more syllableElaborationsrecognising when some letters are silent, for example â...
ACELA1826

Understand how to apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllables, and blending and segmenting to fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patternsElaborationsreading and writing more complex words with consonant ...
ACELA1828

Understand how to use phonic knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixesElaborationsusing phonic generalisations to read and write multisyl...

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