hello and welcome to advanced levels one in this video you'll learn that
syllables can be open or closed and we will focus on closed 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 syllables then come back to this
one
you already know that syllables are the smaller sounds that words or parts of
words make you also know that each syllable part has a vowel in it but did
you know that syllables can be either open or closed that's right they can to
know if a syllable is either open or closed we have to look at the vowels in
this video we'll focus on closed syllables
be sure to watch the video called advanced syllables to open syllables to
understand the difference
the words in this list are all closed syllable words if you look at where the
vowel is and each word you'll see that it is between two consonants
vowel is closed off by the final consonant when sounding out the syllable
that's why it's called a closed syllable these words also happen to be one
syllable words and the vowels all make the short vowel sound
words can be closed syllables even if they have more than one syllable sound
for example the word rabbit is a two syllable word as you can see the two
vowels are closed off by consonants did you notice that the vowel sounds are
short in each case this is a trick to help you read words when the words are
closed syllables or when the vowel is closed off by a consonant the vowel
makes a short vowel sound
here are a few more closed syllables do the vowels make a short sound
the word fast is a one-syllable word the vowel a is closed off by the consonants
S and T the a makes a short vowel sound the word napkin is a two syllable word
when broken up into syllables the vowel a is closed off by the consonant P the
vowel i is closed off by the consonant n both vowels take on the short vowel
sound if you are unsure of the sound of vowel
makes split the word into syllables and check if the syllables are closed
remember that closed syllables make the short vowel sound be sure to watch the
partner video called advanced syllables to open syllables to know what vowel
sounds open syllables made as always you can practice reading words and our fun
games until next time always be clever