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Skill Explainer

Syllable Awareness Skill Explainer

Carrie Simkin, Ph.D.

5. Sample Syllable Awareness Lesson Plans

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Segmenting Words into Syllables

This lesson plan uses the Quiet Yell and Stomp and Say teaching strategies to teach students how to segment words into syllables. 

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Blending Syllables to Make a Word

This lesson plan uses the Stomp and Say teaching strategy to teach students how to blend individual syllables to make a word.

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Deleting Syllables in a Word

This lesson plan uses the Stomp and Say teaching strategy to teach students how to delete individual syllables in a word.

Mirror Imaging

Remember, when demonstrating foundational skills with manipulatives, position and move manipulatives (in these lessons, felt squares) so that children see a left-to-right direction. This may be upside down and right-to-left movements from the teacher’s perspective.

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Phonological Awareness Teaching Strategies

Use this strategy card as a quick reference for lesson planning. 

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