The third component of structured literacy is syllables. A syllable is one small part of a word that contains a vowel sound as is pronounced as a unit. Words have at least one syllable and can have as many as six or more syllables. An example of a one-syllable word is cat. An example of a two-syllable work is today. It can be broken into the syllables of to-day.
There are six syllable types students must learn to decode words successfully.
The chart below defines the six syllable types.