This week we have been working on literacy FAB: K.RF.3.2 Orally segment words into syllables. Our friends have been doing great with this foundational reading skill!  Separating words into syllables helps children recognize that words are made up of different sounds strung together and also helps them hear those sounds more clearly. 

Today’s kindergarten activity was called syllable graphing. Friends chose various words, drew a picture representing each word, figured out how many syllables were in each word and then graphed the number of syllables.

While this work was originally planned for just our kindergarten students, many other friends wanted to join. We love the opportunity to expose our younger friends to challenging curriculum! Soon we had a whole table of friends drawing, writing and graphing.

This activity was easily adapted to fit children at their developmental level. Some friends chose to just draw a picture and write the number of syllables, while others attempted to write the object’s name as well. Overall everyone was very proud of their work!

Our kindergarten students took syllable graphing to another level and practiced their lowercase handwriting!

Wee Sprouts: Carrots. Breakfast: Hot wheat cereal and fresh oranges. Lunch: Farm fresh eggs with whole wheat bread, fresh oranges and bell peppers. Snack: Refried black beans on whole wheat tortillas.

Link to the photo album: WF 1/13/2016

Have a wonderful Wednesday! –Jessica