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Grade 4 Reading & Writing · World 1: Word Explorer Camp · Level 5
Long Words, Part by Part
The six syllable types inside four- and five-syllable words (in-for-ma-tion, un-be-liev-a-ble), the quiet schwa syllable (a-bout, pen-cil), and spelling syllable by syllable.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 5
- Long words are like a long hike: you take them one step at a time. Each step is a syllable.
- Find the vowel sounds, split between the syllables, and read one part at a time. In, for, ma, tion: information!
- The six syllable types help. In is closed, so its vowel is short. For is r-controlled. Ma is open, so its vowel says its name.
- Some syllables are said so quickly and quietly that the vowel sounds like uh. That's the schwa: the a in about, the i in pencil, the o in lemon.
- The schwa is tricky for spelling, because uh can be spelled with any vowel. Picture how the word looks, or check a dictionary.
- Your turn! Tap every gap where alligator splits.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 4.F.P.4.b — Decode and encode single-syllable and multisyllabic words of all syllable types.
- 4.F.P.4.c — Decode and encode words with common prefixes and suffixes.