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Closed Syllables

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Second graders, given 5 elephant words, divide the words into syllables by underlining the talking vowels, swooping, and pulling down consonants to find cutting pattern, and to explain that a single vowel represents the short vowel sound.

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consonants, vowels

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consonants, vowels, english language arts
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Grade
2nd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Year
2005
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