Text: I Went Walking by Sue Williams and Julie VivasĪbout the text: A little girl goes for a walk and meets a number of colourful farm animals along the way. the t-chart may have 1-syllable and 2+ syllables, children place their objects accordingly (hat in 1 syllable, pen-cil in 2+ syllable) Foundation Level Lesson: Developing Syllable Awareness Set up a t-chart on the carpet (could use string or masking tape), children choose an object from around the room to bring to the carpet and classify depending on the number of syllables e.g. 'lion' - li-on, 'ball' - ball, 'octopus' - oct-o-pus Mystery bag - fill with familiar objects, students pull out an object, name it, clap the syllables - e.g. feet, feet, feet, feet, march-ing up and down the street Group time rhymes with movement, stamping feet for the beat or syllable - e.g. This could also be done with claves, other forms of body percussion
Each student claps the syllables in their name e.g. The examples below provide some ways to incorporate phonological awareness into everyday classroom activities. Using games to practise the awareness of syllables, rhyme, initial/final sound, and individual sounds in words.Matching pictures to sound-letter patterns (graphemes).Finding patterns of rhyme, initial/final sound, onset/rime, consonants and vowels, by:.Highlighting phonological awareness concepts in songs, rhymes, poems, stories, and written texts.Phonological awareness activities and lessons should broadly involve: Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, (1998) note the importance of using a range of resources purposefully such as nursery rhymes, riddles, songs, poems, and read-aloud books that manipulate sounds to draw young learners’ attention to the sounds of spoken language.įor example, using a familiar rhyme such as Five Little Monkeys provides a playful and meaningful context for young learners: Initially, working on phonological awareness takes place without the written word (using real objects, pictures, and counters for instance).Īs phonological awareness activities develop it's important for students to participate in phonological awareness activities that link sounds (phonemes) to letter patterns (graphemes).Īllington et al. It's important to remember that phonological awareness activities do not have to occur with the written letters.
This page has example activities to develop the major phonological awareness skills.
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