Learning Your 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.

Counting Syllables in Words
Students will count the number of syllables in words with this hands-on activity.

Learning About Syllables
This lesson is on syllables. Students will have a worksheet where they will write down how many syllables each word has.

Teaching Syllable Segmentation
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?"

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 Theater. Students will decode the words in the story using what they know about multiple-syllable words.