Awareness of Syllables

Awareness of Syllables

Awareness of Syllables

An awareness of syllables is an important step for developing a useful awareness of phonemes.​

Syllables are meaningless.

Syllables of spoken language can be heard and felt.

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​Syllables

Multiple Choice

The small units of speech that correspond to letters of an alphabetic writing system are called:

• Phonetics

• Syllables

• Phonemes

• Phonics

Multiple Choice

______________ is the study of the unconscious rules governing speech-· sound production.

• Phonics

• Phonology

• Phonetics

• Phonemic Awareness

Multiple Choice

_______________ is the study of the way in which speech sounds are articulated

• Phonics

• Phonology

• Phonemes

• Phonetics

To introduce the children to the nature of syllables by leading them to clap and count the syllables in their own names​

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​Clapping Names

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To bring out the rhythm of the words through repeated movement​.​

The King's/Queen's Successor​​

ACTION WORDS

boogy-woogying leaning sewing

bowing marching stretching

clapping nodding tiptoeing

curtsying reading waddling

hammering roller-skating waving

hippity-hopping rotating wiggling

hokey-pokeying saluting​

To show students how to synthesize syllables spoken one by one into familiar words​.​

​Listening first, Looking after

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To reinforce students' ability to synthesize words from their separate syllables.​

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Troll Talk 1: Syllables​​

EXAMPLES OF GIFTS

Barbie coconuts rhinoceroses

baseball computer roller skates

basketball fingerpaints spaghetti

bicycle Frisbee television

boomerang guitar trampoline

broccoli hippopotamus ukulele

bubble bath Nintendo watermelon

camera peppermint xylophone

chocolate refrigerator yo-yo​

​General advice

1. Use familiar words in the games.

2. The syllables should be enunciated clearly and distinctly.

3. The children should develop a level of comfort both in analyzing words into their separate syllables and in synthesizing words from their separate syllables

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