Planets: 4 – Syllable Deletion

To Print:

•  Discovery Activity
•  Recording Activity

To Find:

• Something you can move, it could be a set of blocks, buttons, counters, marshmallows, raisins or anything else you have to hand. (Manipulatives)
• An old jigsaw puzzle (an easy one would be ideal!)

Introduction

Discovery:

Now it is your child’s turn.

• Helper: Print off the discovery sheet.
• Helper: Say the word clearly, and then name the syllable the child will delete.
• “Say cupcake without the cup.”
• Child: Finds the syllables pointing to a manipulative for each syllable.
• Child: Moves the correct manipulative away for the deleted syllable.
• Child: Points at the syllable/s remaining and gives the remaining syllable.
• Helper: If the child is incorrect, point at the syllable that is in error and support till the child finds the correct answer.

Words to practice with: armchair (remove arm), pancakes (remove cakes), rainbow, (remove rain), Backpack (remove back)

Guided Practice

• Helper  & Child: Take the jigsaw puzzle and fit pieces together into 12 pairs.
• Helper: Give the word and the deletion in the same way as before.
• Child: Finds the syllables pointing to a puzzle piece for each syllable.
• Child: Removes the correct puzzle piece from the pair.
• Child: Points at the syllable/s remaining and gives the remaining syllable.

Words- remove the part in bold eg “Say grasshopper without grass.”: grasshopper, jellybean, bathtub, drugstore, blackbird, housefly, swordfish, toothbrush, sandcastle, lipstick, corndog, earring

Recording

Using the recording activity:

• Look at the picture, and say what it is. (eg. cupcake)
• Now look at the second word, what is that? (eg. cup)
• Now take the second word (the syllable) away from the first word. What do you have left? (eg. cake)
• Draw a picture of what is left.
• Repeat with the other words on the page.

To see a completed example of the recording page click here.