Each syllable has one vowel sound –vccv and le rules are introduced with fun examples! Watch video on youtube at https://youtu.be/wuzi8yUfFqE With your class play name that rule!

1. One Syllable or Two
What is the Rule?
Double Consonants
puppy
dinneregg

2. ea i o u
ea ee oaai ie ueoo ou
Each syllable has one vowel sound
*it could be one vowel or it could be a vowel pair*
ay
bell pup/py
suc/ceed bal/loon

3. ll
egg
hammer
bell
ff
waffle
mm
ss
scissors
button
pp
puppy
tt
rr
carrot
Teddy bear
gg
dd
nn
dinner
cc
soccer

4. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
1. When double consonants
follow a vowel and are
2. followed by a vowel
3. divide syllables between the
consonants
4. as in the word soc/cer

5. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant- Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
vc /cv
soccer soc /cer
occur oc /cur
hiccup hic /cup
accept ac /cept
accent ac /cent
success suc/cess
succeed suc/ceed

6. One syllable words ending with
(same)double consonants are more
common with the
consonant endings
dd, ff, ll, ss, & tt

7. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
add - When you add five plus
four you get nine.
odd - Nine is an odd number.
Todd - Did the golfer make the
putt?
Rudd - A Rudd is a fresh water
fish.
vc /cv
Teddy Ted/dy
rudder rud/der
buddy bud/dy
daddy dad/dy
hidden hid/den
sudden sud/den
addend ad/dend
One syllable words ending with
double consonants /dd/

8. When double consonants are followed by le
divide syllables between the consonants
1. double consonants ff
2. followed by le
3. divide syllables between
double consonants ff
4. as in the word waf/fle

9. Vowel-Consonant-
Consonant-Vowel-
(VCCV ) - two syllables
fluff – She wanted to
fluff the pillows on the
couch.
cuff - The cuff of her coat
was wet.
off - He turned off the
light when he left the
room.
scuff - He had a scuff on
his knee.
stuff – Jenny has too
much stuff.
cliff – The cliff was very
steep.
vc /cv
affect af/fect
offer of/fer
buffet buf/fet
differ dif/fer
fluffy fluf/fy
office of/fice
suffix suf/fix
muffin mif/fin
One syllable words
ending with double
consonants /ff/
Double consonant followed
by le- divide between
the double consonants
c/cle
waffle waf/fle
shuffle shuf/fle
truffle truf/fle
ruffle ruf/fle

10. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
egg – How would you like your
egg cooked?
vc /cv
smoggy smog/gy
doggy dog /gy
logging log/ging
noggin nog/gin
foggy fog/gy
buggy bug/gy
One syllable words ending with
double consonants /gg/

11. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
bell – The bell will ring soon.
yell - Do not yell at me.
tell - Please tell Tommy that we
will arrive at 8:00 p.m.
well - The well is very deep.
call – I am waiting for a call from
my friend.
shell – I found a beautiful shell at
the beach.
toll – There is a toll stop to enter
the bridge.
vc /cv
hello hel/lo
yellow yel /low
balloon bal/loon
stroller strol/ler
pillow pil/low
taller tal/ler
billion bil /lion
follow fol/low
One syllable words ending with
double consonants /ll/

12. vc /cv
mommy mom/my
hammer ham/mer
summer sum/mer
summit sum/mit
grammar gram/mar
comment com/ment
yummy yum/my
Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables

13. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
Inn - We stayed at the
wonderful Vacation Inn.
Lynn – Lynn is a good friend.
vc /cv
dinner din/ner
sunny sun/ny
planner plan/ner
bonnet bon/net
cannot can/not
manner man/ner
winner win/ner
One syllable words ending with
double consonants /nn/

14. vc /cv
puppy pup/py
happens hap/pens
oppose op/pose
puppet pup/pet
rapport rap/port
supper sup/per
wrapper wrap/per
Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables

15. vc /cv
carrot car/rot
sorry sor/ry
ferry fer/ry
surround sur/round
worry wor/ry
scurry scur/ry
parrot par/rot
Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables

16. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
boss – The boss makes the
rules.
grass - The grass looks green.
kiss - Big sister gave baby sister
a kiss.
glass - He drank the whole class
of milk.
toss – She needed to toss the
salad.
Swiss – We love Swiss cheese.
vc /cv
scissors scis/sors
messy mes /sy
essay es/say
assure as/sure
assist as/sist
tissue tis/sue
lesson les/son
One syllable words ending with
double consonants /ss/

17. Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
mitt – You must have your mitt
to play in the baseball game.
mutt - Our dog is a mutt.
putt - Did the golfer make the
putt?
watt - We need a 60 watt
lightbulb.
Scott – Scott is my best friend.
Matt – Matt is a fantastic
pitcher!
vc /cv
mitten mit/ten
kitten kit /ten
butter but/ter
cotton cot/ton
button but/ton
matter mat/ter
gutter gut /ter
bitten bit /ten
One syllable words ending with
double consonants /tt/

18. Name the RULE
carrot
mitten
scissors
puppy
hammer
bitten

19. The RULE is:
Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel
(VCCV ) - two syllables
car / rot
mit / ten
scis / sors
pup / py
ham / mer
bit / ten

20. Name the RULE
waffle
shuffle
truffle
ruffle

21. The RULE is:
Double consonant followed
by le- divide between the double consonants
waf / fle
shuf / fle
truf / fle
ruf / fle

22. ll
egg
hammer
bell
ff
waffle
mm
ss
scissors
button
pp
puppy
tt
rr
carrot
Teddy bear
gg
dd
nn
dinner
cc
soccer