Clap the Syllables: 1, 2, or 3
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Clap the Syllables: 1, 2, or 3
A phonics worksheet for Grade 1 and Grade 2. Twelve pictures, such as a fox, a robot and an elephant. Say and clap each name, then circle 1, 2 or 3 syllables. With an answer key.
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Counting SyllablesA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Skill
- Syllable Worksheets
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- 1
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- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
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- Related curriculum
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Count the syllables in a word by its vowel sounds, split two-syllable words such as rabbit and napkin into parts, and read each part.
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How to use this sheet
- Have the child find the vowels first and mark them. Each syllable has one vowel sound.
- Split the word with a line, read each part, then put the parts together.
- If the first try does not make a real word, have the child try the vowel sound the other way, long or short.
Common mistakes
- Splitting a word between two letters that make one sound, such as between the s and h in "fishing".
- Counting vowels instead of vowel sounds, so "boat" is called two syllables. The team oa is one sound.
- Reading every syllable with a short vowel. An open syllable, which ends in a vowel, usually has a long sound, as in "ba-by".
