1. How many syllables are in the following words?
element
apple
need
react 3
e/le/ment 2
ap/ple
encyclopedia 1
need 2
re/act 6
en/cyc/lo/pe/di/a
*Syllable: a part of a word that has 1 vowel sound

2. Syllable Slap Game A card will be flipped over
If the card says a 2 syllable word, slap the desk as fast as you can
The first person to slap the desk wins a point

3. ***Take out “STRESS & RHYME” ditto from last class.
I am free / ABCDEFG Now and then / HIJKLMN Me and you / OPQRSTU Drink some tea / VWXYZ
STRESS the BLUE words & letters!
Now try to write your own chant!

4. Word Stress Slap Game A card will be flipped over
If the card says a word that is stressed on the 1st syllable, slap the desk as fast as you can
The first person to slap the desk wins a point

5. BREAK
Be back in your seat by 12:15

6. Word Stress Listening Take a listening ditto Example: 1 – 2 – 3
per/fec/tion
re/dac/ted
en/sem/ble
se/lec/ted
ex/o/tic

7. Practice
With a partner, practice saying the words on the listening ditto with the correct stress
Remember: to make a sound stressed, make the sound longer/slower, higher, and louder

8. Nursery Rhymes “Little Jack Horner” Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner
Eating his Christmas pie
He stuck in his thumb
And pulled out a plum,
And said “What a good boy am I.”
“Mary Mary”
Mary, Mary
Quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells,
And cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row

9. Haikus Your 1st oral presentation will be next class
You will write a haiku & read it to the class

10. How many syllables in each line?
Haikus
How many syllables in each line?
The rain is falling
And my hair is very wet
It’s April again
-Lizbeth
What word has the stressed/unstressed pattern?
What word has the unstressed/stressed pattern?
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
FAL/ling A/pril
a/GAIN

11. http://youtu.be/K7-2_gUuWK4 Take a ditto
Read the haikus as you watch the video of a HAIKU BATTLE!!!!

12. -Watch the video.
-Listen for word stress. Are there any words that could be stressed more or less? Are there any words where the stress should go on a different syllable?

13. -Watch the video.
-Listen for word stress. Are there any words that could be stressed more or less? Are there any words where the stress should go on a different syllable?

14. HW: Due Next Class Enjoy the rest of your day! Syllable worksheet
Haiku oral presentation
Enjoy the rest of your day!