Hello and welcome to “Advanced Syllables 2!” In this video,
we’ll review that syllables can be open or closed and we will focus on open syllables.
It’s important to know whether syllables are open or closed because they give you clues
for reading words you have never read before! Before you watch this video, be sure that you
have watched the video called “Advanced Syllables 1: Closed Syllables.” Then come back to this one.
You already know that syllables can be either open or closed. To know if a syllable
is open or closed, we have to look at the vowels. In this video, we’ll look at open syllables.
The words in this list are all open syllable words.
“Tiger” breaks up into two syllables: “ti-ger.” [emphasizes each syllable]
“Lion” breaks up into the two syllables: “li-on.” [emphasizes each syllable]
And “music” breaks up into the two syllables: “mu-sic.” [emphasizes each syllable]
Do you notice that each of these breaks happen at the first vowel?
TI-ger, LI-on, MU-sic. [emphasizes the long vowel sound in the first syllable of each word] When
the vowel is by itself and NOT attached by a consonant when we break a word into syllables,
we call that an “open syllable.”
Do you also notice that the vowel sounds are all long vowels when they are open syllables?
“I,” “I,” “U.”
Let’s look at a few more open syllable words. “Tulip” breaks into the two syllables:
“tu-lip.” [emphasizes each syllable] “Robot” breaks into the two syllables:
“ro-bot.” [emphasizes each syllable] And “spider” breaks into the two syllables:
“spi-der.” [emphasizes each syllable] These are all open syllables because … the first vowel is
left open when it's broken into syllable parts. There is no consonant attached to it. TU-lip,
RO-bot, SPI-der. [emphasizes the long vowel sound in the first syllable of each word]
If these are open syllables, what sound will the open vowel make?
That’s right! The long vowel sound! TU-lip. “U.” RO-bot. “O.”
SPI-der. “I.” If you are unsure of the sound a vowel makes, just split the word into syllables,
and check if the syllables are open or closed. Remember that open syllables
make the long vowel sound, but closed syllables make the short vowel sound!
As always, practice reading words in our fun games and quizzes. Until next time, always be clever!