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Week 12 · Big Word Party

Monday

Clap the beats
// Two-syllable words and a year of sounds
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Clap the beats

Ferris the Fox opens the Sound Map one last time.

Freddy the Frog jumps out. "Party week!" he says.

"First, let us clap big words. Clap, clap!"

Hear it: syllables

A syllable is a beat in a word.

Cat has one beat. Clap it: cat.

Rabbit has two beats. Clap it: rab, bit.

Every syllable has a vowel.

HEAR IT: ONE BEAT OR TWO?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
sunClap it. How many beats in sun?
blanketClap it. How many beats in blanket?
mittensClap it. How many beats in mittens?
rabbitClap it. How many beats in rabbit?
starClap it. How many beats in star?
HEAR IT: FIND THE TWO-BEAT WORD
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which one has two beats?
Which one has two beats?
Which one has two beats?
Which one has two beats?
Which one has two beats?

See it: find the vowels

Each beat has its own vowel.

Sunset has u in sun and e in set.

Two vowel sounds, two beats.

SEE IT: COUNT THE VOWELS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
How many vowels in sunset?
How many vowels in cat?
How many vowels in picnic?
How many vowels in napkin?
SentenceTrue or false?
Every syllable has a vowel.?
Rabbit has one beat.?
Sun has one beat.?
Blanket has three beats.?
WHY THIS EXERCISERabbit and blanket both have two beats.
BUILD THE SENTENCE
  • Read each card.
  • Tap the cards in order to make a sentence.
1First
2Next
3Last
BUILD THE SENTENCE
  • Read each card.
  • Tap the cards in order to make a sentence.
1First
2Next
3Last
Read it yourself
sun, set, sunset
rab, bit, rabbit
nap, kin, napkin
Try it
Clap the beats in three words with your grown-up.
Try your street, your pet or a toy.

Word Spot: walk

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Walk: W-A-L-K.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We ___ to the park.
Let us ___ slowly.

Clap, clap! Tomorrow we put small words together.