Syllabication Rules

• one vowel sound (stamp)
• like consonants between vowels (carrot)
• unlike consonants between vowels (conform)
• consonant blends and digraphs between two vowels (complex)
• one consonant between two vowels (label)
• suffixes (trying)
• three vowel sounds (contradict)
• ending le (table)
• prefixes (dislike)

• Clap the syllables in student's names. 
• Clap the names of animals. Sort pictures of animals by the number of syllables in their name.
• Clapping words: clap your name, your friend’s name, your mom’s, your dad’s, etc.
• Make a puzzle: Draw or cut a picture from a magazine. Write the word by syllable on the picture. Cut the picture at each syllable. Have the child recreate the picture.
• Tell students that you are going to say some names of snacks. Slowly say each of the syllables " rai......sins". Have the students guess what snack you are saying.