Lesson · Grade 1 · English Language Arts
Syllables: Clap the Beats in a Word
- Grade 1
- English Language Arts
- 58 s
- British Columbia
- BC1-EN-14
A rabbit and a banana appear one at a time, and a pair of hands claps each word as it is said: rab, bit, then ba, na, na. Each clap lights up one beat and drops a numbered dot under it, which shows that each beat is a syllable, so rabbit has two and banana has three.
Concept: Syllables: the beats in a word
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
Look, here is a little rabbit. Let's all say it together: rabbit!
How many beats can you hear in rabbit?
Transcript
What the lesson says
Look, here is a little rabbit. Let's all say it together: rabbit!
How many beats can you hear in rabbit?
Say rab, and clap your hands once.
Now say bit, and clap your hands again.
Rab, bit. Rabbit has two beats.
Each beat in a word is a syllable.
Now here is a yellow banana. Let's all say it together: banana!
How many syllables can you clap in banana?
Say ba, and clap your hands once.
Now say na, and clap your hands again.
Say na one more time, and clap!
Ba, na, na. Banana has three syllables.
Clap each beat to count the syllables.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 1
English Language Arts, Language features, structures, and conventions: phonemic and phonological awarenessBC1-EN-14
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The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.
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