Counting Syllables 01

Description

This literacy resource is aimed at pupils in junior/middle classes or SEN pupils. The focus is on the ability of the pupil to be able to recognise and count the number of syllables in a word. This pack has words with just one or two syllables.

The pack contains 40 cards – on the left hand side of each card is a word. The pupil has to use a clothes peg to identify on the right hand side of the card how many syllables that word contains – one, two or three.

Cut up the sheets into 40 separate cards and laminate them individually. This pack could be an ideal activity for a literacy station in Station Teaching. A pack of 6 sets could be put together, one for each pupil in the group, to be completed at a literacy station.

This pack could be split up into two packs of twenty cards.

This activity is especially suitable for pupils who may not be able to write answers but who is able to understand the concept of syllables in a word, therefore it is a way for them to demonstrate this understanding. It is also good for fine motor skills in the manipulation of the pegs onto the cards.

We frequently gave activities such as this for homework to our SEN pupils. It gave them the sense that they had homework like everyone else and it also allowed the parents to see what language topic we were currently working on.

This activity could also be used as an independent task for the pupil to complete in their work station.