Step 8: -cle (& adding endings detour)

-cle syllable story poster
consonant l e — -cle story visual

Consonant le:
Always at the end of a word
Always 3 letters (unless a suffix is added to the word)
*Always ends in the letters L, E

-cle syllable poster
consonant l e — Consonant le poster

Definitions:
-cle stands for Consonant, the letter L, the letter E which is the Consonant L E Syllable. The dash indicates that there are letters in front of these letters. No word can begin with this syllable, it always comes at the end of words.

Teaching/Learning to Read

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Teaching Videos

TEACH ALONG THE WAY ●●●

Breaking up words – keep the cle together! This is a great syllable because you always know where the syllable break is! However, this syllable does not work for our “Spot and Dot” method for breaking up syllables. Watch for -cle syllables at the end of words when breaking up words!

Go to Step 10: Huge Words and use PowerPoint to play Jeopardy!

Detour! This is a great time to go to the Adding Suffixes (endings) Page under “Teach Along the Way” and learn how suffixes are added to words.

Practice Reading

KEY:
K-1 Beginning
1-2 Growing
Intervention/Challenge
* A favorite!

Bundle: Additional various activities to practice a specific skill
Pack: Additional multiple versions of a specific activity to practice a specific skill

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-cle (Consonant l e) Bundles!

-cle CV Bundle open syllable -cle with words, phrases, pyramids, games, book
-cle CVC Bundle closed syllable -cle with words, phrases, pyramids, games, books
-cle VV, VR Bundle regular vowel teams and bossy r -cle with words, phrases, pyramids, games, book

-cle (Consonant l e) Packs!

-cle CV, CVC, VR Pack pyramid’s only including index
-cle Pack Stories with Lists

Individual Materials including materials for more advanced learners:

Lists

Word and Phrase Lists

Highlighting Wordlists

-cle word parts -cle Foldable activity
-cle Read and Split -cle Words activity
-cle beg word lists by cle chunk BALLOONS
-cle word list MAPLE LEAF
-cle phrases list HORSE IN THE STABLE cv – cle words
-cle phrases lists SNUGGLE THE BABY
Review: Look Alike Words all syllable types

Flashcards

Flashcards

-cle Flashcards
-cle Flip Chute Cards (See directions for Flip Chute Cards on the Directions page.)

Fluency Pyramids

-cle CV, CVC, VR Pack pyramid’s only including index (also above)
-cle fluency pyramid Turtle Made Me Giggle turtle giggle wiggle tickle
-cle fluency pyramid Purple People purple people middle jungle
-cle fluency pyramid Stable Time stable bridle saddle

Games

Games

Game Directions

-cle beg sounds game Grumble in the Jungle
-cle cvc + cle word game Handle the Candle
-cle cv + cle word game Bugle
-cle word game Fill The Balloons
-cle word game People Love Apples
-cle word pairs CV or CVC + -cle game Which is Right?
-cle phrases game Trouble With Mice
-cle phrases game Simple Humble Snails
cle word game Beetles in the Jungle (This has Step 9 VV Diphthong/Digraph syllables also)
-cle Bingo

Spelling

Spelling

Practice with words from the lists, games etc., or use the lists below.
* Having learners spell with word chains where the coach says “change one sound in (chop) to spell (chip), now change one sound in (chip) to spell (sip)” is a powerful way to draw student’s attention to individual sounds in the words!

-cle Read and Split Words
-cle Foldables (Fold so so the -cle endings match up with the first column, and then the second column.)
*Use both these sheets to help understand deeply how the syllables are working together, then take any of the words and use them for a spelling practice.

Syllable Sorts

See syllable sort directions and headings and a strategy page in Teacher Resources below.

-cle Syllable Sort with directions

Small Books

-cle small book Double Trouble foldable format
-cle small Book Hey Mable What’s on the Table? foldable format
-cle small book Hey Mable What’s on the table? horizontal format

Full Page Stories with Lists

Highlighting Word Lists directions

-cle Pack Story with List ALL (also above)

-cle list and story Poodle Puppies
-cle list and story Lunch in Nature
-cle list and story The Party (Lots of crazy open syllable+cle names, parenthesis)
-cle list and story Battle in the Castle

Teacher Resources

Visuals

Teaching Stories

The story for -cle: The e sees its vowel friend being closed in by a consonant but is too late, and there are two consonants. So the e decides to try to jump over the l to get closer to its vowel friend so it can help it say it’s name. Unfortunately the e did not consider how top heavy it is, and when it made the leap, it went heavy head first and landed as a schwa. Thus the -cle syllable is a schwa sound. (-cle says /kul/, -zle says /zul/)

PowerPoints

PowerPoint: -cle Syllable from Teaching Video
PowerPoint: Practice Reading -cle Words in Chunks
PowerPoint: All Syllable Types with Practice (Directions in notes section on each slide) Use only slides that are relevant to where you are in the steps.

Directions

Map Sounds to Letters

First map the sounds in the word to the letter(s) representing the sounds, even if it is not a letter combination that has been taught yet. Only an unusual sound/letter combination needs to be remembered “by heart.” Mapping the sounds to the letters is how we remember what words look like. See example below:

Map sounds to the letters that spell those sounds. Teach spelling

Be sure to reinforce what you know and are learning about words:
Schwa Sound: Any vowel might say /u/. Point out this happens in many common words like: the, of, was, some, from…