Syllables

Multisyllabic words

Once a reader knows the syllable types, long words stop being long words and become several short ones. Fantastic is fan-tas-tic, three closed syllables, none of which is harder than a CVC word.

The skill being taught is division, not the words themselves. A reader who can find the vowels and split between them can attack a word nobody has pre-taught.

Patterns and example words

Every word below is from the word list Cody generates from, not a hand-picked sample. The count is how many words in that list carry the pattern.

3 or more syllables

47,708 words

companies company numbering littler littlest another becoming interested

3+ syllables closed

590 words

littlest questioning opening examples happening happenings expected effected

3+ syllables closed and silent e

2,190 words

happening figuring decided deciding receiving likeliest realizes listening

3+ syllables closed, open, cle

641 words

happening possible available listening finishes finishing principle principles

Curricula that teach this

Cody generates material against the scope and sequence you already teach. This skill appears in Cody Curriculum, Custom Pattern Selection, UFLI Inspired.

Make a decodable story for this skill

Cody generates stories, word lists and worksheets constrained to the patterns a student has already been taught, so practice on multisyllabic words does not smuggle in something they have not met yet.