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Don't know what I am asking here - words of more than one syllable?

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StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2012 07:13

DS is 5, going into Y1. He's coming along OK with his reading, and can do all that need sounding out and is learning many of the exceptions and special words. However he struggles with words of more than one syllable where each syllable can be sounded. He seems to struggle to hold the two in his head, and the concept of saying one after the other. So something like "foxtrot" (stupid example I know). He could read fox and trot, but would end up guessing at frrrrt when I ask him for the whole word. So what I thought I'd do is find a list of all the common ones and print them and cut them in two so he can match them. Does such a lit exist, and can anyone help me with things I need to be searching for?

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StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2012 08:05

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StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2012 08:06

Just googled composite words, and it's not that as the 2 (or more) syllables don't actually have to be words iyswim. But that's a fairly close description.

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snowball3 · 13/08/2012 08:16

Try compound words!

StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2012 08:21

are there any where the two don't actually have to be words? So like blanket? He could sound "blank" and "et" but can't seem to put the two together.

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snowball3 · 13/08/2012 08:43

www.readingfirst.virginia.edu/prof_dev/phonemic_awareness/multi_syllables.html
is a list of compound and multisyllabic words

StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2012 08:47

thank you that is perfect!

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auntevil · 13/08/2012 09:09

DS3 went through this phase in reception - with your example 'foxtrot', he would sound out fox - trot and then say trot, or fot. We carried on with the everyday reading and he ended up doing it less and less and now totally 'gets' that words can be made of parts.

StealthPolarBear · 13/08/2012 09:12

thanks :) I will stick with it, but I planned for him to do some school-type work today so thought this might be a good one to work on

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mrz · 13/08/2012 11:20

It might help to do some aural syllable "blending" first to check he can put compound words together...so say "fox" pause "trot" what is the word? or use pictures, a picture or a lady and a picture of a bird ...put them together ladybird. Then move onto written words and get him to cut them up so fox/trot lady/bird car/pet ... then 2 syllable words gar/den mon/ster

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