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Short Vowels & Closed SyllablesDE 2.3 CVC Closed Syllables

Feed the Monster: Real or Nonsense Words

Read each word. Feed Munch only the real words.

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Practice reading and spelling words where one vowel is closed in by a consonant, so the vowel usually makes its short sound.

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Learning Path level
DE 2.3 CVC Closed Syllables
Learning objective
Student accurately reads and spells CVC words across all five short vowels with increasing automaticity.
Builds on
DE 1.4 Phoneme Blending, DE 1.5 Phoneme Segmentation, DE 2.1 Consonant Sound-Symbol Correspondence, DE 2.2 Short Vowels
Game type
Whack-a-Mole