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Jun 7, 2012

Teaching Syllable Segmentation

The Task
Children participate in a series of activities that help them realize that words are made up of syllables. For example, "Can you count the syllables or the word parts in football?"

Activities
1.     Syllable Clap
2.     Talk with children about why knowing about syllables can help them when they read and write.
3.     Ask them to clap with you as you say these words:
sunshine
vacation
delicious
dinner




astronaut
alphabet
communication
calendar
school
wonderful
merry-go-round
television
4          4.Syllable Count
5          5.Have children clap for each syllable you say.
6          6.Begin with two or three syllable words and build up to longer words with more syllables:

airplane
air
plane



2







table
ta
ble



2







porcupine
por
cu
pine


3







communication
com
mun
i
ca
tion
5


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