Sort the Cards

Syllable Awareness Procedure 1. Share picture cards of familiar objects with children, or take digital photos of objects in the classroom or outside . Print the pictures and glue them to cardstock . Be sure children can identify the object on each card . (Sample pictures may be found in the Digital Resources .) 2. Begin with an object that has either a one- or twosyllable name . Show the card, and ask children to say the name of the object pictured . Together, count the number of syllables in the object’s name . Encourage children to clap the syllables as they say the name . Continue to show cards and count syllables . 3. Have children help you sort the cards by number of syllables, perhaps by creating columns on the floor or in a pocket chart . Point to the cards in each group, and name the cards together . Confirm that they are in the correct group . 4. Distribute the cards so each child has one . Let each child name the object on their card and then place it in the correct group of one-syllable or two-syllable objects . Differentiate or Extend ▲ Begin with pictures of objects with one-syllable and twosyllable names . Later, add pictures of objects with threesyllable names . ▲ Support student learning by telling them the number of syllables in the word . Then, have them tell you what the syllables are . ▲ Extend this activity by making cards available for children to use on their own . Sort the Cards Objective Students will identify syllables in words . Overview The teacher shares picture cards with children and asks them to identify the objects pictured, and then they count the number of syllables in each object’s name . Children sort the cards according to the number of syllables in the objects’ names . Materials picture cards of objects that have one-syllable, two-syllable, and three-syllable names (available in the Digital Resources) School-Home Connection Encourage children to bring pictures of objects from home . Let them post their pictures on a wall or bulletin board, grouped by the number of syllables in the names of the objects . sample sample 90

Syllable Awareness

Samples of Objects

One Syllable Two Syllables Three Syllables

ball bus cat dog hen horse key milk moon mouse nail pen rain ring shoes socks sun tree apple baby carrot doctor jacket ladder lemon napkin paper rabbit raccoon table tiger turtle wagon yo-yo zebra zipper

apartment banana broccoli cantaloupe computer crocodile dinosaur envelope gorilla piano pineapple potato octopus telephone tomato trampoline umbrella violin Additional words are provided in List B in the Word Lists section of the Appendix. Sort the Cards (cont.) sample