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Syllable Activity Cards
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Syllable Activity Cards

A fantastic syllable resource that can be used in a variety of ways:

  • Classroom Display – display the cards as a great classroom reference
  • Hopscotch – Create a numbered ladder on the floor. Students can stand behind the first square and look at a picture/word card. Once they know the word, they then jump once for each syllable. E.g kang/a/roo the student would jump three times and say out loud that that the word has “three syllables”.  
  • Syllable Sorter – Lay out the syllable number cards as headings. Shuffle the picture/word cards and students will sort the words according to their number of syllables.

A great literacy rotation or fast finisher activity.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness).
  • We are learning to listen for rhyme, letter patterns, syllables and sounds in words.
  • We are learning to use most letter-sound matches including vowel diagraphs, less common long vowel patterns, e.g. ight, consonant clusters and silent letters, e.g. knife, thumb, when reading and writing words of one or more syllables.
  • We are learning to use digraphs, long vowels, blends and silent letters to spell one and two syllable words, including some compound words.
  • We are learning to use most letter-sound matches including vowel diagraphs, less common long vowel patterns, e.g. igh, consonant clusters and silent letters, e.g. knife, thumb, when reading and writing words of one or more syllables.
  • We are learning to use knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllables, blending and segmenting to read and write words with more than one syllable or with complex letter patterns.
  • We are learning to use knowledge of letter-sound relationships, syllables, blending and segmenting to read and write words with more than one syllable or with complex letter patterns.

Curriculum alignment

ENe-4A old Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies EN2-5A old Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words EN1-5A old Uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and letter–sound correspondences, to spell familiar words ENE-PHOAW-01 new Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts EN2-SPELL-01 new Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN2-REFLU-01 new Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning EN2-VOCAB-01 new Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN1-SPELL-01 new Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts EN1-PHOKW-01 new Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
VCELA218 Recognise most letter–sound matches including silent letters, trigraphs, vowel digraphs and common long vowels, and understand that a sound can be represented by various letter combinations VCELA226 Understand how to use digraphs, long vowels, blends, silent letters and syllabification to spell simple words including compound words VCELA239 Identify all Standard Australian English phonemes, including short and long vowels, separate sounds in clusters VCELA249 Understand how to apply knowledge of letter–sound relationships, and blending and segmenting to read and use more complex words with less common consonant and vowel clusters VCELA168 Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and some sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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