A syllable juncture is a term used to describe the point at which two syllables join.  Knowing the juncture of syllables helps us learn how to spell words.  This lesson consists of words that have 1st syllables that are "open" (the 1st syllable ends with a long vowel sound as in hu/man).  The spelling pattern for these words is VCV (hUMAn).  The second spelling pattern is exactly the same as the first one, except the syllables are divided differently.  These VCV words have "closed" 1st syllables (the 1st syllable has a short vowel sound and ends with a consonant as in wag/on).  The spelling pattern for these words is VC/V (wAGOn).  Words in the second example list break spelling rules; the first syllables look like they should have long-vowel sounds, but don't.  The third group is also somewhat different.  The spelling pattern is VVCV, and these words have an "open" 1st syllable which end after the vowel sound.

Sort long-vowel "open" 1st syllable words like "human" under VCV.

Sort short-vowel "closed" 1st syllable words with like "wagon" under VC/V.

Sort long-vowel "open" 1st syllable words with two different vowels like "reason" under VVCV

Sort words that don't fit any category under Oddball.

CATEGORIES:   VCV          VC/V      VVCV     Oddballs

human - wagon - reason - river - pilot - visit - meeting - never -  planet - lemon - frozen - peanut - finish - student - seven - leader - lazy - present - easy - second - music - sneaker - humor - minute