Syllable Photo Cards
Congratulations on your purchase of the Really Good
Stuff® Syllable Photo Cards—a teaching resource that
builds students’ ability to count, pronounce, blend, and
segment syllables in spoken words.
Objective
To count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in
spoken words.
Meeting Common Core State Standards
The Really Good Stuff® Syllable Photo Cards aligns with
the following English Language Arts Standards:
Phonological Awareness
RF.K.2b Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in
spoken words.
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.1.3d Use knowledge that every syllable must have a
vowel sound to determine the number of syllables in a
printed word.
RF.1.3e Decode two-syllable words following basic
patterns by breaking the words into syllables.
This Really Good Stuff product includes:
• 48 Syllable Photo Cards
• Syllable Category Card Reproducible
• Syllable Photo Cards Reproducible
• This Really Good Stuff® Teaching Guide
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The ability to distinguish and count syllables in words
is important for phonological awareness. Repeatedly
counting syllables helps students learn to hear syllables
more automatically. In this activity, students count the
number of syllables they hear in the names for pictures.
The large format of these cards makes them perfect
to use in your directed teaching lessons. The cards are
color-coded by number of syllables for easy management.
Teaching with the Syllable Photo Cards
1. Begin with the orange 2-syllable cards. Show each
card and ask students to name the photograph.
2. After you are finished, ask them what is the same
about the words for each of these photos.
3. Then explain to students what a syllable is: A syllable
is a part of a word that contains one vowel sound.
Show students by clapping for each syllable or by
resting your hand underneath your chin to feel your
jaw drop as each syllable is spoken.
4. Show them one of the 2-syllable cards and say its
name. Model for them by clapping or resting your hand
underneath your chin to count the number of syllables
in a word.
5. In this same manner hold up each Syllable Photo Card
and proceed by having students clap or hold a hand
under the chin.
6. After you finish the 2-syllable cards, do the same
with the 3- and 4-syllable cards. Once students are
comfortable recognizing and counting syllables, mix
the cards together for an additional challenge.
Variation:
1. Place the three Syllable Category Cards in a row on a
table, a large pocket chart, or the floor.
2. Have students take one card at a time, determine the
number of syllables, and place it under the appropriate
Syllable Category Card.
Learning Center Activity:
1. At a learning center, have students repeat the
Syllable Sorting Lesson described above. After they
finish the sort, have them fill in the Syllable Photo
Card Reproducible, writing each word under the
correct category.
2. After the students finish writing words, they must
divide each word into syllables by using a slash
mark (/).
Managing the Syllable Photo Cards
• Copy the Syllable Category Card Reproducible.
Laminate it for repeated use.
• Copy the Syllable Photo Card Reproducible. Laminate
it for repeated use.
• Visit our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com to
download Really Good Stuff® Teaching Guides.
All teaching guides can be found online.
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Syllable Photo Cards
Syllable Photo Cards
Below is a list of the cards included. Each card is color-coded and self-checking. On the back is a word segmented by
syllable and illustrations of clapping hands to indicate the number of syllables.
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apple
balloon
beetle
candy
doctor
eagle
hamster
kitten
lightning
noodles
pizza
raccoon
rainbow
sandwich
tiger
zebra
card back
ap•ple
bal•loon
bee•tle
can•dy
doc•tor
ea•gle
ham•ster
kit•ten
light•ning
noo•dles
piz•za
rac•coon
rain•bow
sand•wich
ti•ger
ze•bra
3
astronaut
barbecue
computer
dinosaur
elephant
grasshopper
hamburger
kangaroo
ladybug
octopus
porcupine
spaghetti
telescope
tornado
volcano
zucchini
card back
as•tro•naut
bar•be•cue
com•pu•ter
di•no•saur
el•e•phant
grass•hop•per
ham•bur•ger
kan•ga•roo
la•dy•bug
oc•to•pus
por•cu•pine
spa•ghet•ti
te•le•scope
tor•na•do
vol•ca•no
zuc•chi•ni
4
armadillo
aquarium
ballerina
binoculars
calculator
caterpillar
dandelion
dictionary
harmonica
macaroni
rhinoceros
tarantula
thermometer
unicycle
vegetables
watermelon
card back
arm•a•dil•lo
a•quar•i•um
bal•ler•i•na
bi•noc•u•lars
cal•cu•la•tor
ca•ter•pil•lar
dan•de•li•on
dic•tion•a•ry
har•mon•i•ca
mac•a•ro•ni
rhi•no•cer•os
ta•ran•tu•la
ther•mo•me•ter
u•ni•cy•cle
veg•e•ta•bles
wa•ter•me•lon
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Syllable Photo Card Reproducible
How many syllables do you hear? Name each picture. Clap out the syllables. After you sort the names into
categories, write them on this paper. Draw a line between syllables in each word.
2 Syllables
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3 Syllables
4 Syllables
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Syllable Category Card Reproducible
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