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Sort Out Your Syllables

Sort Out Your Syllables

The length and complexity of the words students encounter in their texts increases dramatically in the upper grades. But many students lack the strategies they need to read multisyllabic words quickly and accurately.

Sort Out Your Syllables teaches a simple strategy for decoding, pronouncing, and spelling multisyllabic words for Year 5 (Grade 4) and up. The fast, effective 10-minute lessons make it easier for students to read and write multisyllabic words, which in turn promotes tremendous growth in reading and writing.

Components include:

  • Lesson Book
    50 carefully sequenced, 10-minute lessons with teacher notes, spelling patterns chart, and downloadable resources (available as a physical book or ebook)

  • Student Practice Book
    Student activities providing practice recognising and pronouncing vowel spelling patterns and dividing multisyllabic words into syllables (downloadable with purchase)

  • Vowel Spelling Student Desktop card
    Durable Desktop Cards for student reference (downloadable with purchase)
  • Vowel Spelling Pattern Cards and Labels
    Nine Label Cards and 60 Spelling Pattern Cards x 6 sets (downloadable with purchase)

  • Digital References
    Digital versions of the Reference Boxes found throughout Sort Out Your Syllables (downloadable with purchase)
  • Digital Lesson Templates
    11 Lesson Templates for whole-class instruction (downloadable with purchase)
  • Student Assessments
    2 assessments (downloadable with purchase)
Sort Out Your Syllables can help you accelerate reading and writing skills by teaching concrete strategies that help students engage with increasingly complex words and texts.

Resources

Sort Out Your Syllables Lesson Book

$89.00

Book Format

physical book

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Sort Out Your Syllables Lesson Book - VitalSource E-book

$79.00

128 pages, accessible via web browser or the Bookshelf app

Book Format

VitalSource E-book

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Sort Out Your Syllables English Vowel Spelling Patterns Teaching Chart

$34.95

1 x A2 English Vowel Spelling Patterns Teaching Chart that displays the 20 vowel sounds of English (including the schwa vowel) and the most common graphemes for writing them.

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Sort Out Your Syllables English Vowel Spelling Patterns Student Desktop Cards (25)

$49.95

25 x English Vowel Spelling Patterns Students' Desktop Cards that show the 20 vowel sounds of English (including the schwa vowel) and the most common graphemes for writing them. These cards support students to recognise and write vowel sounds in syllables.

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Sort Out Your Syllables English Vowel Spelling Patterns Teaching Chart & Cards Bundle

$79.95

A class set of 25 x English Vowel Spelling Patterns Desktop Cards and 1 x Teacher Chart that display the 20 vowel sounds of English (including the schwa vowel) and the most common graphemes for writing them.

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Sort Out Your Syllables Webinar Series: Mastering Unfamiliar Multisyllabic Words

$80.00

$40.00 if you also purchase the Sort Out Your Syllables Lesson Book

After successfully implementing Catch Up Your Code, the next step is here!

Sort Out Your Syllables helps students decode, pronounce, and spell unfamiliar multisyllabic words with confidence—using simple, effective strategies instead of confusing syllabification rules.

3 one-hour Zoom sessions are offered over 3 weeks. Two cohorts will be available to accomodate schedules. Dates are to be announced

Session 1
Breaking It Down: Lesson Book Structure
  • Sort Out Your Syllables Lesson Book structure
  • Assessment
  • Recognising vowel patterns, prefixes and suffixes
  • Demonstration lesson of teaching vowel patterns
  • Introduce a 4-step strategy for syllable division (Stage 1 and 2)
Session 2
Mastering Syllables: Pronunciation & Practice in Action
  • Syllable division (Step 3)
  • Pronouncing vowel spelling patterns in different types of syllables
  • Lesson demonstration – pronouncing vowel spelling patterns
  • Practice activities and coaching for attendees
Session 3
Cracking Complex Words: Advanced Syllable Division & Support Strategies
  • Syllable division (Step 4)
  • Lesson demonstration
  • Applying strategies to reading unknown multisyllabic words.
  • Tier 2 and 3 supports
  • Practice activities for students
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