What is a syllable?

What is a syllable?

We're going to learn today!

1. Find an object in the room.

2. Say the word out loud.

3. For each part of the word, slap the table one time.

4. Each slap is a syllable.

​Practice!

Each "beat" of a word is a syllable.

A syllable is a part of a word.

​When we have long words, they can
be broken into parts and those parts are called syllables!

Multiple Choice

What is a syllable?

• a base word

• vowels

• a part of a word

• consonants

Multiple Choice

Longer words can be broken down into parts.

• True

• False

Do you remember your vowels?

What are they?

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​There is more than one way to break apart words!

BUT FIRST!

The vowels are A, E, I, O, U

Let's label the letters of the words according to whether they are vowels or consonants! Do the following words:

1. BASKET
2. MAGNET
3. WINDOW

Labelling

Label the letters in the word as a vowel or consonant:

BASKET

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

c

v

c

c

c

v

Labelling

Label the letters in the word as a vowel or consonant:

MAGNET

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

c

c

c

c

v

v

Labelling

Label the letters in the word as a vowel or consonant:

WINDOW

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

c

c

c

c

v

v

Do we notice any patterns?

Let's break down the words using the table pat method. Write down how many syllables each word has.

1. BASKET
2. MAGNET
3. WINDOW

Do we notice any patterns?

For each word, the consonants are paired together! The first pat has a vowel and consonant pair and the second pat has a consonant and vowel pair!

c v c | c v c
B A S | K E T

Let's practice together!