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Clap the beats in a word: Pre-K reading & writing

Syllables: clapping, blending and splitting them. A free Pre-K lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students work toward: syllables: clapping, blending and splitting them.

Hook (5 min)

  • Ask the class: what do you already know about clap the beats in a word?
  • Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.

Teach (8 min)

  • Say the big idea in one plain sentence: clap the beats in a word.
  • Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
  • Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.

Practise (7 min)

  • Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
  • Learn: Practise: clap the syllables (https://peabody.kids/practice/sent/clap)

Exit ticket (3 min)

  • On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about clap the beats in a word, and one question I still have.
  • Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.

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