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Title:
| Reading Skills: Syllables |
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Description:
| These worksheets, activities, and lesson plans are all designed to help students learn about syllables and how to divide them. Some resources are about using syllables to decode words. There is a link to an eTheme on decoding strategies. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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Resource Links:
| Syllabication Rules
Learn how to divide words into syllables by going through this slideshow. Includes practice words.
Decoding Tips
Read these rules for using syllables to decode words.
BBC: Syllables Introduction
Use the game, quiz, and worksheets to learn more about syllables. NOTE: The website includes links to a discussion board.
Clap and Count
Try these simple clap and count exercises to help young students understand how to count syllables.
Quia: Dividing Words into Syllables
Test yourself on syllables using these games. Use the flash cards to see if you can divide the words correctly.
Practice Dividing Open Syllables
This seven page PDF file includes worksheets to help students learn how to divide open syllables.
Scholastic: Open and Closed Syllables
This three page PDF file includes worksheets to help students practice recognizing open and closed syllables.
Multisyllabic Words
Here is a lesson plan for teaching students to decode words containing more than one syllable.
Scholastic: Decoding Multisyllabic Words
Here are activity ideas for teaching students to decode multisyllable words.
Syllable Segmentation
Try these two activities to help students understand syllable separation. NOTE: Some of the links at the bottom of the page are broken.
Scholastic: Syllabication Activities
This four page PDF file includes teaching ideas, plus several word drills.
eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Decoding Strategies
Learn about decoding strategies for young readers. Find out what decoding strategies are and why they are so important. Also includes teaching tips, handouts for students, and online activities. There is a link to an eThemes resource on sight words.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
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