Phonics: Lesson 1 - Identifying Words with Unaccented Final Syllables

Introduction

Today, you will read and spell words with unaccented final syllables.

Visual

We are going to learn about unaccented final syllables.

An unaccented final syllable comes at the end of a word and is spoken with less emphasis than an accented syllable.
The vowel sound is usually pronounced like “uh.”

broken

This is the word broken. The final syllable in the word broken is -ken.
Notice how the letters e and n sound like “uhn” instead of “en.”
This syllable is unaccented. It does not get stressed when you say the word.

Task

In Your Notebook: Draw a four-column chart. Write en, on, ain, and in in the top columns on the chart.

Interactive

Directions: Read each word. Sort the word under the correct category. After completing the sort, please copy this sort into your phonics/word study journal.

- Unaccented Final Syllables Sort

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