How many syllables are in the following words?

How many syllables are in the following words?

*Syllable: a part of a word that has 1 vowel sound

2ap/ple

2re/act

1need

6en/cyc/lo/pe/di/a

3e/le/ment

Syllable Slap Game

• A card will be flipped over• If the card says a 2 syllable word, slap the

desk as fast as you can• The first person to slap the desk wins a point

***Take out “STRESS & RHYME” ditto from last class.

I am free / ABCDEFGNow and then / HIJKLMNMe and you / OPQRSTUDrink some tea / VWXYZ

Now try to write your own chant!

STRESS the BLUE words & letters!

Word Stress Slap Game

• A card will be flipped over• If the card says a word that is stressed on

the 1st syllable, slap the desk as fast as you can

• The first person to slap the desk wins a point

BREAK• Be back in your seat by 12:15

Word Stress Listening

• Take a listening ditto• Example:

1 – 2 – 3per/fec/tionre/dac/teden/sem/blese/lec/ted

ex/o/tic

Practice

• With a partner, practice saying the words on the listening ditto with the correct stress

• Remember: to make a sound stressed, make the sound longer/slower, higher, and louder

Nursery Rhymes

• “Mary Mary”Mary, MaryQuite contraryHow does your garden

grow?With silver bells,And cockle shells,And pretty maids all in a row

• “Little Jack Horner”Little Jack HornerSat in a cornerEating his Christmas pieHe stuck in his thumbAnd pulled out a plum,And said “What a good boy

am I.”

• Your 1st oral presentation will be next class• You will write a haiku & read it to the class

Haikus

Haikus

The rain is fallingAnd my hair is very wet

It’s April again -Lizbeth

• What word has the stressed/unstressed pattern?

• What word has the unstressed/stressed pattern?FAL/ling A/pril

a/GAIN

How many

syllables in each

line?

5 syllables7 syllables5 syllables

http://youtu.be/K7-2_gUuWK4

• Take a ditto• Read the haikus as you watch the video of

a HAIKU BATTLE!!!!

-Watch the video.-Listen for word stress. Are there any words that could be stressed more or less? Are there any words where the stress should go on a different syllable?

-Watch the video.-Listen for word stress. Are there any words that could be stressed more or less? Are there any words where the stress should go on a different syllable?

HW: Due Next Class

• Syllable worksheet• Haiku oral presentation

Enjoy the rest of your day!