52 Kindergarten | Unit 2 Assessment and Remediation Guide
Syllables—Poems/Songs/Nursery Rhymes (P/S/NR)
Blending Syllables
Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar? (P/S/NR Resource 15)- Teach students the speaking parts of the poem prior to this activity.
- Recite the poem saying the syllables of multisyllabic student names with a
pause in between (e.g., “Ju [pause] lie”). For one-syllable names, last names
can be included to provide multiple syllables. - After saying a name segmented into syllables, pause for students to blend the
syllables. - Once the named student identifies him/herself, that student responds with:
“Who, me?”...Yes, you...“Not I.”...Then who? - Repeat with other student names.
Five Little Ducks (P/S/NR Resource 16) - Sing the first three lines of the verses normally.
- On the fourth line, instead of saying, “quack, quack, quack!” Choose a
multisyllabic word to repeat three times saying the syllables with a pause in
between (e.g., wigg [pause] le, wigg [pause] le, wigg [pause] le). (See Word Lists
for suggestions.) - Students chime in on the fifth and sixth lines, repeating the word with the
syllables blended (e.g., “Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! He ruled
the others with a wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!”). - The second verse can be sung using the same word from the first verse or a
different word.
The Wheels on the Bus (P/S/NR Resource 17) - Sing the verses using the words having two-syllables (e.g., wipers, people,
driver, baby). - Before each verse say the feature word for the verse with a pause between the
syllables (e.g., wi-pers). - After saying the word segmented into syllables, pause for students to blend the
syllables. - Once the word is identified, sing the verse using the identified word.
- Repeat with a new verse.