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Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Feed the Animals
An activity challenges scholars to sort picture cards based on the number of syllables they count as they say the item's name on each card. Depending on how many syllables they count, they place the card in the corresponding box...
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Phonological Awareness: Syllables, Clapping Names
Scholars practice identifying and counting syllables. Images of classmates are cut out and placed on a chart. Learners clap and count the syllables in each child's name. They finish by writing the number of syllables under the...
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Memorial Day Syllables Worksheet
How many syllables are in the word American? Celebrate Memorial Day by practicing with four one- to three-syllable words that are related to the holiday. Learners clap out the syllables in each word and note how many each contains.
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School-Home Links: Breaking Words into Syllables
Involve the whole family in syllable division with this resource, which has parents helping their children practice a new skill. Learners look at 6 words, which are visually divided, and write down their syllable count. There are 2...
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Segmenting Syllables Name Game
Clapping out syllables gets more engaging when you're using learners' names. Model some names first, then have the class join you in chanting names with each syllable clapped out. Bring up the difference between multiple-syllable and...
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Responding Syllables: Reading and Music
Shell Silverstein’s “Sick” provides an opportunity for kids to demonstrate their understanding of syllables and phonemes. The class creates a list of descriptive words used in the poem that have more than one syllable, and brainstorm how...
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Phonemic Awareness: Syllables
Count the syllables in your name, now count the syllables in your friend's name. Kids count syllables as they clap out and segment words. This activity is done as a whole class and has the potential of being highly engaging. The engaging...
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Winter Syllables pg. 1
It's winter! Bring the winter theme into your classroom with a syllable worksheet. Scholars identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables in the word, and then write in the matching number of syllables for the word. There are...
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Winter Syllables pg. 2
Come December, practice syllable counting with the appropriate time of year! Using the winter theme, readers identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables, and place the correct number of cotton balls next to the four...
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Clap Syllable
Students identify the number of syllables in a word. They count the beats in a word and realize that one beat -words are shorter than three beat words.
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Clapping the Number of Syllables in a Word - School/Home Links
In this word work worksheet, students work with a learning partner to determine the number of syllables in six words that are read to them. They clap once for each syllable they hear. There is a place for both the student and learning...
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Sound Blending Lesson Plan
Mr. Snowman wants to help emerging readers understand compound words, so he segments some familiar words to help them see that they are made of two distinct words. Learners repeat the words, both segmented and blended, and observe them...
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Syllables
In this recognizing syllables in words worksheet, students read each word, clap the syllables, and write the total number of syllables. Students write 20 answers.
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Clapping Syllables
Students explain that words are made up of parts called syllables. They associate spoken language with written words
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Counting Syllables in Words
In this counting syllables instructional activity, students look at, say and clap the name of 10 Christmas pictures. Students count each part and write the number of parts on the lines provided.
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Count the Syllables
In this word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 numbers and identify whether they hear 1, 2, 3, or 4 word parts.
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Syllables #3
In this word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 pictures and identify whether they hear 1, 2, 3, or 4 word parts.
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Syllables #5
In this word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 pictures and identify whether they hear 1 or 2 word parts.
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Syllables
In this word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 pictures and identify whether they hear 1, 2, 3, or 4 word parts.
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Syllables #2
In this word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 pictures and identify whether they hear 1, 2, 3, or 4 word parts.
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Syllables #4
In this Halloween word parts worksheet, students recognize syllables as they say the name of 10 pictures and identify whether they hear 1, 2, 3, or 4 word parts.
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Beginning and Ending Sounds - Lesson 1 of 2
Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...
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Syllables
In this syllables worksheet, students observe words broken into syllables, count the syllables, and write the number of syllables on the lines in front of the words. Students write nine answers.
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Can You Compose?
Fourth graders investigate musical notes. In this music instructional activity, 4th graders compose a short song while clapping the rhythm and singing the syllables using the appropriate notes or rests.