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Syllable Showdown

Syllable Showdown
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Description

This presentation is a fun and inclusive game where students break lists of words into beats based on the number of syllables. Your class will have a great time clapping, jumping, stomping and waving through these word lists. 

Suitable for lower primary students, your class will learn how to break down 1, 2 and 3 syllable words.

Whole class brain break or game to introduce the concept of syllables.
 

Suitable for
  • Relief Teachers
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Curriculum Codes

AC9EFLY09 9

Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words (phonological awareness)

AC9E1LE04 9

Listen to and discuss poems, chants, rhymes and songs, and imitate and invent sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme

AC9E2LE04 9

Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes or songs

ACELA1439 8.4

Recognise and generate rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

ACELT1585 8.4

Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme

ACELT1592 8.4

Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs

ENe-4A old

Demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies

EN1-6B old

Recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts

EN1-1A old

Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations

ENE-PHOAW-01 new

Identifies, blends, segments and manipulates phonological units in spoken words as a strategy for reading and creating texts

EN1-OLC-01 new

Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions

EN1-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas

EN1-UARL-01 new

Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose

VCELA168

Identify rhyming words, alliteration patterns, syllables and some sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

VCELT209

Listen to, recite and perform poems, chants, rhymes and songs, imitating and inventing sound patterns including alliteration and rhyme

VCELT243

Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs

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