Florida Center for Reading Research
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...
Florida Center for Reading Research
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.
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
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...
Curated OER
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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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...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Spring Is Here: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 9)
Spring is the theme of this unit of extra support lessons. Your early readers enhance their skills using chants, practice worksheets, picture cards, and alphabet cards. Topics include identifying syllables, beginning sounds /w/, /g/,...
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Activities to Build Phonological Awareness
Begin your reading program each day with a mini lesson on phonological awareness using these engaging activities listed in the resource. Young ones will enjoy word families, clapping and counting syllables, identifying single sounds and...
Curated OER
Syllables: Clap for Each Part
In this syllable worksheet, students clap for syllables in words, then writing the number of syllables. One example is done for students.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmenting, Phoneme Closed Sort
Build phonological awareness with an activity that challenges learners to sort picture cards based on the number of phonemes each has.
Curated OER
Prepositions
Elementary schoolers view and study ten pictures of the location of a ball adjacent to a box. They decide where the ball is and match it to its appropriate preposition on the right. A good language arts lesson!
Curated OER
Body
In this body parts worksheet, students read 10 words that name body parts and match them to the picture that illustrates each. This is intended for ESL students.
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Weather
In this word/picture matching instructional activity, learners examine 5 pictures and select the phrase that tells what the weather condition is. This is intended for ESL students but is usable for younger children as well.
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Furniture
In this word/picture matching worksheet, students examine 6 illustrations of common household furnishings. Students match the pictures to the correct word name.
Curated OER
Body Parts
In this word and picture matching instructional activity, students read the names of 9 body parts and match them to the correct picture that shows the meaning.
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Music
In this musical instrument worksheet, students match the names of 9 instruments with the illustrations that go with them. This is intended for ESL use but is usable for anyone.
Curated OER
Word and Picture Matching (B2)
In this word and picture matching worksheet, students match 10 pictures with the words that tell about them. This is intended for ESL use but could be useful with others.
Curated OER
Food Matching 3
In this food word/picture worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict common foods. Students match these with the words that describe them.
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Christmas Vocabulary
In this Christmas word worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict holiday activities. Students match these to the words or phrases that describe them.