Spelling Rules
Week of September 30
Final syllable le
Consonant –le syllables are only found at the end of words and are
spelled with a consonant followed by le.
Some examples of this are:
han/dle
sim/ple
mid/dle
ta/ble - this follows last week’s spelling pattern V/CV long vowel 75% of
the time
lit/tle
gen/tle
poo/dle
noo/dle
sad/dle
jug/gle
un/cle
rid/dle
spar/kle
Students should know the 6 syllable types and the syllable division rules
after this week.
This is necessary for their reading and spelling ability.
Students who have trouble spelling do not have mastery over these
syllable types.
Review of Syllable Types:
Closed Syllable:
 a syllable that ends with one or more consonants and has only one
vowel that is almost always short: at, bat, ban/dit (VC/CV split
between 2 consonants—2 closed syllables) it, with
Open Syllable
 An open syllable ends with a single vowel letter. The vowel is long:
o/pen (V/CV 75% of the time and the first syllable is open.) e/go,
po/lo, ze/ro, fo/cus
CVe syllable:

Magic or sneaky e. When a word ends in an e and has a VCe
pattern, the e “stings” the vowel and makes it say it’s name: bite,
snake, bake, pipe, shine, slide
Vowel Team Syllable:
 A syllable that has a group of two, three, or four letters that team
up to create a vowel sound: night, rain, feet, meat, boat, oil, boy,
bow, cow
R-controlled Syllables:
 When a vowel letter is followed by the letter r, the vowel sound is
different from the long, or short vowel sound: ar: car, chart or:
for, born, fort er, ir, ur: germ, girl, turn
Consonant- le Syllables:
 le syllables are only found at the end of words and are spelled with
a consonant followed by le. crumble, table, twinkle, bottle