Today's Classroom Activities :

Working with Syllables

Silly Syllables
Reading/Language Arts Make a set of word cards that have one word on each card. Provide three envelopes, marked "one," "two" and "three" for the number of syllables in a word. Place the envelopes at a learning station at which children can put the word cards in the correct envelope. Make the activity self-correcting by putting the correct number of syllables on the back of each card.

Dividing Words Into Syllables to Develop Reading Fluency
Students will develop reading fluency by applying phonetic analysis to multiple syllable words while reading the words during Reader's Theatre. Students will decode the words in the story using what they know about multiple-syllable words.

Gone to the Dogs
The students learn how to decode words by breaking multi-syllable words into basic syllables and counting those syllables. The children then play a station activity game that builds vocabulary and practices decoding multi-syllable words.

Teaching Syllable Segmentation
Students participate in a series of activities that help them realize that words are made up of syllables.