Demonstrate Understanding of Syllables

First, have the students clap and/or count out the syllables of their first and/or last names to get the students thinking and moving. Explain to the students that they will be practicing counting syllables today. Next, pull up and watch the video, Clap It Out.  The students will practice clapping, counting syllables, singing, and dancing with the video until they have an understanding of segmenting and counting syllables. Finally, have the students practice sorting words into the correct categories of 1 syllable, 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 4 syllables, and/or 5 syllables using the suggested word sort picture (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7cK9wai9jzHWnhpbTlzU0ZnMkhRdzdJYkNTR0FZZW42RXJz/view?usp=sharing). This may be done, as a whole group or in small groups. The students will sort the 20 words from the video into 1 syllable, 2 syllables, 3 syllables, 4 syllables, and 5 syllables to sort (4 words for each category). The following are the 20 words/word combinations: mice, vegetarian, invisible, awesome, chimpanzee, volunteers, bake, cheese, cakes, alligators, inspecting, chandeliers, potato salad, appreciate, calculators, hippopotamus, evaluating, hamster, birthday, party.