Separating Sounds

Created by: D. Baker2008

Things to Remember:
Every syllable has one vowel sound. A syllable may or may not contain any consonants. (a-lone) All words have at least one syllable.

RULE 1
The number of vowel sounds in a word equals the number of syllables. Every syllable has to have a vowel sound.

pig

chim-ney

or-ga-nize

RULE 2
When two consonants come between two vowels, the word is usually split between the consonants.

rab-bit

mag-net

vccv

sel-fish wel-come

RULE 3
A compound word is divided between the two words that make up the compound word.

pan-cake

flash-light

hair-cut

RULE 4
Consonant blends and digraphs are never separated.

bush-y

rock-et

Directions: Click on the word that has been divided correctly:

A.

cup-cake cupc-ake

B.

TRY AGAIN!

A. B.

catc-hes catch-es

TRY AGAIN!

A.
B.

trick tr-ick

TRY AGAIN!

A.

obs-erve
ob-serve

B.

TRY AGAIN!

A.

sea-shell

B.

seashell

TRY AGAIN!

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