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Segmenting Words into Syllables with Liz Quezada

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Produced by Reading Universe, a partnership of WETA, Barksdale Reading Institute, and First Book
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Liz Quezada: All right, boys and girls, I'm going to say a word. You're going to say the word and break it into two syllables, and then we'll say the word again. So we're going to go word, first syllable, second syllable, word. Ready?

Students: Yes.

Liz Quezada: Say apple.

Students: Apple.

Liz Quezada: Do the first syllable.

Students and Liz Quezada: ap-, -ple ... apple.

Liz Quezada: Say turtle.

Students: Turtle.

Liz Quezada: Ready?

Students and Liz Quezada: tur-, -tle ... turtle.

Liz Quezada: Say staple.

Students:

Staple ... sta-, -ple ... staple.

Liz Quezada:

Say fable.

Students:

Fable.

Liz Quezada:

Syllables ...

Students and Liz Quezada:

fa-, -ble ... fable.

Liz Quezada:

Very good.

Narrator:

For more information, please visit ReadingUniverse.org. Special thanks to La Verne Heights Elementary School, Bonita Unified School District and the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Reading Universe is made possible by generous support from Jim and Donna Barksdale, the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, and two anonymous donors. Reading Universe is a service of WETA, Washington, DC, the Barksdale Reading Institute and First Book.

Liz Quezada: This is Reading Universe.

Reading Universe is made possible by generous support from Jim & Donna Barksdale; the Hastings/Quillin Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (opens in new window); the AFT (opens in new window); the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (opens in new window); and three anonymous donors.