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 wordscompanies company numbering littler littlest another becoming interested interesting different included including reported reporting families family every questioning studying following beginning beginnings important earlier
3+ syllables closed
590 wordslittlest questioning opening examples happening happenings expected effected visited offices subjected involving traveling addresses limited listening existed existing contacted contacting discussing finishes finishing affected
3+ syllables closed and silent e
2,190 wordshappening figuring decided deciding receiving likeliest realizes listening finishes finishing supposes supposing average management determine determined determines recognize introduce indicate indicates associate positive separate
3+ syllables closed, open, cle
641 wordshappening possible available listening finishes finishing principle principles responsible impossible enable enables comfortable considerable unable multiple multiples implemented implementing valuable valuables remarkable vegetables entitle
Curricula that teach this
Cody generates material against the scope and sequence you already teach. This skill appears in Custom Pattern Selection, Reading Simplified: 1st Grade Pathway, Reading Simplified: 2nd Grade & Up Pathway, Reading Simplified: Kindergarten Pathway, Slant System, 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.