Introduction to teaching syllable types

Overview

Literacy specialist Elaine Stanley presents this introduction to teaching syllable types as part of your systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) instruction.

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Who is this video for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders

What will you learn?

The six different syllable types that can occur in words.

How to teach students to distinguish between short and long vowel sounds using an engaging game.

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