Kindergarden Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide

18 Kindergarten | Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide

Phonological Awareness: Syllables (Segmenting with Clapping)

Focus:

Syllables

(Segmenting

with Clapping) Teaching Materials

Warm-Up

Objective: Prompt student attention to speech segments (at the syllable

level).

Exercise: Play Short/Long using:

one-syllable words: frog, bear, pig, sheep

two-syllable words: rooster, monkey, lizard, chicken

three-syllable words: elephant, rattlesnake, jellyfish, ladybug

four-syllable words: rhinoceros, alligator

Tell students you will say a word and it will either be short (one syllable) or

long (multisyllabic).

Students will need to be standing to use the head, shoulders, knees, and

toes motions to represent syllables.

Say the word twice—the first time at a normal speaking pace and the second

time with a slight emphasis on the syllables.

Students repeat the word for themselves and indicate the syllables with the

head, shoulders, knees, and toes motions.

Ask students to respond individually or as a group to say if the word was

short (only touched head) or long (touched shoulders, knees, and toes, too).

Once the correct answer is established, have students repeat the word and

use the motions together one more time.

Then move on to the next word.

Challenge students to produce their own short or long words.

Explicit

Instruction

Objective: State the purpose for listening and model the desired

performance.

Learning about Syllables: Tell students you will say student names and

the purpose for listening is to clap the syllables (beats) in each one. (Use

a variety of first and last names to provide a variety of single- and multi-

syllable words for students to segment.) For example, say “Michael” twice—

the first time at a normal speaking pace and the second time clap along with

a slight emphasis on the syllables. Next say “Jenkins” twice, but when you

clap the second time it is said, clap only once. If students don’t catch your

error, point out that you clapped for the whole word instead of the syllables.

Make the correction and complete a few more examples. Extend the

instruction using the same words from the Warm-Up.

Sample Remedial Lesson