In order to help parents, teachers, and tutors use appropriate word attack skills, I recommend syllablication. Once readers learn to use both their eyes and ears to attack an unknown word, syllablication becomes very natural and easy to use. Syllables are easier to read than the longer word and phonics use is possible for each syllable.
Listed below are some common rules to use.
- When two consonants come between two vowels, divide the word between the two consonants.
- When a single vowel comes between the two vowels, divide the word after the first vowel.
- When a word ends in aconsonant followed by le, the final syllable is made up of the consonant and the le.