Start your older students on the path to decoding longer, multisyllabic words successfully by teaching syllable types. This kit, Vowel Teams Syllables, is the fourth of the Solve It! Series and contains everything you need to teach and practice the next sets of syllables, including 17 vowels teams sound cards, 30 most common vowel teams syllable cards and 60 vowel teams syllable word cards, all formatted to print on a popular tear-apart labels brand for fast manipulative creation!

Even if you’ve never taught syllable types before, this product ensures your success with older students who have difficulty applying phonics skills to longer words. Use this kit with open and closed syllable kits to create a robust decoding plan for your struggling middle school readers.

Read more about making progress with these missed skills on my blog: https://huddleteach.com/working-with-middle-school-struggling-readers/, and at Adlit.

You receive 47 pages of materials, including:

• A plan for teaching these syllables, so don’t feel out of your comfort zone!
• 17 vowel teams sound cards, for your students (and you!) to master these combinations!
• 30 most common vowel teams syllable cards, ready to print and separate for fast creation!
• 60 multisyllabic word cards, including vowel team syllables!
• Syllable mini-posters to quietly remind students of the characteristics of these syllables!
• Vowel page posters – These one-pagers remind students of vowel sounds!
• Syllable lists – for reading practice or assessment!
• Syllable Search posters – for students to use as they hunt for vowel teams! Use as a class, in groups, or individually!
• Stuck on a Long Word? page-posters with STEP by STEP instructions for solving longer words that use these patterns, in color and in grayscale!

If you teach middle school striving readers, this is just what you need to get started with decoding multisyllabic words!