TerraLit Sample
Warm-up · Move first
3–4 min · Before any reading or writing
Move
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Closed fist tap
Tap each sound on fingers, then close your fist to show the vowel is locked in short.
Links the closure gesture to the short vowel sound in a closed syllable.
Connect
Syllables are everywhere — names, food, songs. Ask: how many beats in your name?
What to say
"Before we read today, let us wake up our brains. Watch what I do, then you copy me."
Closed Syllable
Consonant closes the vowel — vowel says its short sound
A closed syllable ends in a consonant.
The vowel is "closed in" by a consonant — so it says its short sound. cat, sit, hop, bed, cup are all closed syllables.
Closed (cl)
Open (op)
VCe (ve)
Vowel Team (vt)
Word Split
Each syllable shown with its type
basket
bas
ket
VCCV · VC/CV
napkin
nap
kin
VCCV · VC/CV
rabbit
rab
bit
VCCV double
mitten
mit
ten
VCCV double
plastic
plas
tic
VCCV · VC/CV
Clap the Syllables
Clap once per syllable — write the number
basket
mitten
plastic
velvet
Write the Split
Write each word divided by syllable
basket
rabbit
napkin
mitten
velvet
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