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Syllable Splits at Circus School
Grade 4 syllable practice: split words between consonants or vowels, spot r-controlled and vowel team syllables, and read long words in a circus school play.
Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable
Aligned toRF.4.3.a
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 10 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Grade 4
- Subject
- ELA
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students divide multisyllable words between consonants, between vowels and around blends or digraphs.
- Students tell r-controlled syllables from vowel team syllables in two-syllable words.
- Students read unfamiliar multisyllable words in a play by breaking them into syllables.
How to use
Model splitting one word from each pattern on the board first. Then have small groups read the play aloud in parts before they answer the questions.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
Use letter-sound knowledge, syllable patterns, and word parts such as roots and affixes to read unfamiliar multisyllable words, in and out of context.
Preview
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Syllable Splits at Circus School
Divide long words into syllables, then read them in a short play.
Where to split
Look at the letters in the middle of each word to decide where one syllable ends and the next begins.
| Two consonants in the middle: split between them (bas | ket) | Two vowels with two sounds: split between them (qui | et) | Three consonants in the middle: keep the blend or digraph together (an | gry) |
|---|---|---|
- A. toaster
- B. mailbox
- C. violin
- D. seaweed
- A. pa | nther
- B. pan | ther
- C. pant | her
- D. panth | er
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