Teaching Wild Old Words So what are “Wild Old Words”?  Wild Old Words are “rule breaker” words.  Students are taught early on that a single vowel in a one-syllable word is short, however, there is a small group of words that breaks that rule. These words are called Wild Old Words. It’s helpful when teaching wild old words to make it fun! They are pretty common words, so if our students can recognize them right away, it’ll help them become fluent readers. Wild Old Words Posters When the vowels “i” and “o” are in a one-syllable word that ends in “ld”, “nd”, “st”, or “lt” sometimes the vowel says it’s long name. There are a few examples below. If you’d