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Break Into Syllables: Use Phonics and Your Ears to Read and Spell Big Words!

Unlock the mystery of multisyllable words with fun, simple steps! Learn to break words into parts, recognize patterns, and practice sounding out each syllable. Boost reading skills, build confidence, and make reading long words easy.
Miss Sue MA MLIS
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5 live meetings
3 hrs 20 mins in-class hours
Mastery Evaluation
1 hour per week. Certificate of Completion
Certificate of Completion
Please schedule time for your student to read out loud to you 20 minutes daily. Catch mistakes when they occur, but give the student time to sound out words. I also offer a class where they read to me if it is hard to get them to read to you.

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 3
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Here’s an outline to a structured lesson plan for teaching how to read multisyllable words, using phonics and syllable breaking techniques:

Explain that students will learn to read longer words by breaking them into smaller parts (syllables).Warm-up Activity: Show a few long words (e.g., elephant, fantastic) and ask students how they would try to read them.

Teach students that every syllable has one vowel sound, and that longer words are made up of several syllables.
Activity: Clap and count syllables in common words (e.g., banana = 3 syllables, computer = 3 syllables)

Review common sounds and letter patterns (blends, digraphs, etc.).
Activity: Go through words that contain familiar phonics patterns. Practice decoding syllables by sounding out parts.

Teach Syllable Types: Open syllables (e.g., "ba-" in "baby"), closed syllables (e.g., "bat"), silent-e syllables (e.g., "cake"), and others.
Activity: Use examples (e.g., hap/pen, mag/ic) to teach students to divide words based on vowel and consonant patterns. Practice clapping, tapping, or drawing lines to split words.

Explanation: Discuss how recognizing root words and prefixes/suffixes helps break down bigger words (e.g., “unhappy” = “un-” + “happy”).
Activity: Provide a list of root words with prefixes/suffixes, and have students underline or circle them.

Reading Together: Give a list of multisyllable words and break them down as a class.
Partner Activity: Students pair up and practice reading and spelling longer words, breaking them down into syllables.

Wrap-up: Recap the steps for breaking down multisyllable words.
Homework: Assign a short list of multisyllable words for practice at home, breaking them into syllables and identifying the root words.

This lesson covers essential reading strategies using phonics and syllable division, with interactive practice and fun activities.
Learning Goals
Identify syllables, and the 6 syllable types
Blend each syllable together
learning goal

Syllabus

Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
5 Lessons
over 5 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Vowels, Phoneme Isolation
 Review long and short vowels and their hand movement; learn the sounds of digraphs. 
40 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Segmentation
 Divide a spoken word into its component sounds (phonemes); “stretch” the phonemes. 
40 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Phoneme Deletion
 Remove a phoneme from a two-sound blend. 
40 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
More about vowels
 R-controlled vowels; vowel-consonant-e; vowel-consonant-le; vowel teams. 
40 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Learning Needs
I am a reading coach with 5 years of one-to-one tutoring of struggling readers with and without a dyslexia diagnosis. My classes accommodate ADHD students with slides and quick pace. The science of reading is my foundation.
Pre-Requisites
Students need to have mastered short vowel one syllable words. This course is for students who have hit a wall when trying to read multisyllabic words.
Supply List
Post-it notes, composition book
Joined May, 2024
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Washington Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
Master's Degree in Information Technology from University of Washington
Master's Degree in Theatre Arts from University of Washington
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Washington
I am a veteran teacher and school librarian with 40 years of teaching in public schools. I have my own tutoring business and tutor homeschool families and private school students. 
K-12 certificated in the state of Washington, with hours of learning the Science of Reading, and teaching structured literacy to students. I will be able to help your student ditch the misery of reading and spelling big words. 
Since I am new to Outschool, I'm including ratings from parents and students in private tutoring with me. 

Testimonials

Excellent tutor! So thankful for how Sue educates and the breadth   of material she covers. Above and beyond!! Parent of 5th grade girl at Cincinnati Country Day creative writing and drama.
Fabulous, thoughtful, insightful tutor! Same parent of 8th grade brother at Cincinnati Country Day receiving enrichment ELA tutoring focusing on literature and academic writing.

Sue, thank you so much for your time and for sharing your expertise with our team and students! I appreciate your dedication towards finding the strengths and motivations for each of our students.

Teacher at the Seattle Children's Hospital School.

Ms. Sue is a very helpful tutor. She helped me pull up my grades. When we started a year ago I was below average. Now I am advanced. My reading scores went up. I have more confidence. She helped me become a better writer.  It was fun to read play scripts with Roderick. She also taught me better coping skills. I don’t burst out crying now. I don’t always think I’m gonna fail stuff anymore. Without her I don’t think I would have made it to where I am now. I’m ready for middle school. Most definitely ask if Ms. Sue can help your kid.
5th grader from Washington D.C.   (note: This student’s scores on “The Reading Inventory” given by her school 8/31/22 and 1/18/23 went from Lexile 788 to 1162; Percentile Rank 47 to 95; NCE (normal curve equivalent) 48 to 85; and Stanine 5 to 8.

Ms. Sue is kind and loving and smart. I could hardly read in 2nd grade and I just took the STAAR Reading and felt confident. I feel fine to read out loud in class. I’m sure you will like Ms. Sue as much as I do. She is forgetful sometimes and that makes her cool and so fun. 

4th grader from Texas who I have worked with for two years on word recognition using explicit, systematic instruction in phonics, spelling and sight recognition; and  teaching language comprehension including background knowledge, vocabulary, grammar and syntax, verbal reasoning, and reading fluency.

I highly recommend Ms. Sue as a tutor. Her exceptional skills and experience in test preparation helped my son improve his SSAT score from 1490 to 1941 in just five months. Ms. Sue's dedication and ability to create an engaging learning environment have made a significant impact on my son's academic progress. With Ms. Sue's help, my son was able to get into his preferred school, which speaks to her effectiveness as a tutor. I strongly recommend Ms. Sue's tutoring services to anyone looking for academic support that can make a significant impact on their child's educational journey.
 Parent of 5th grade male SSAT Prep student
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Ages: 6-10
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