Splitting Long Words

Split at VC/CV (rab-bit), V/CV (ti-ger), VC/V (cab-in), and before consonant–le (ta-ble); divide words at the end of a line with a hyphen.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 5

To read a long word, split it into syllables. Find the vowels first, then look at the consonants between them.
Two consonants between the vowels? Split between them: rab-bit, bas-ket.
Only one? Try splitting after the vowel: ti-ger. If that doesn't sound like a word, split after the consonant: ca-bin sounds wrong, but cab-in is right!
A consonant and l e stay together at the end: ta-ble. And letter teams like c k never get split: rock-et.
Writers use syllables too. When a word doesn't fit at the end of a line, put a hyphen between syllables and finish the word on the next line.
Your turn! Tap the gap where robin splits.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

3.F.P.4.b — Decode and encode single-syllable and multisyllabic words of all syllable types.
3.L.GC.1.26 — Mechanics: Use hyphens to divide words at line breaks. (Master)