Coloring by Syllable Type: (FREEBIE INCLUDED!)
The Headache of Syllable Division
Do you teach Orton Gillingham, Phonics First, or follow the science of reading in your classroom? If so, you are likely teaching some form of syllable division. As a second grade Orton Gillingham teacher, I am going to be honest. When I first came across syllable division in my OG courses, I had a headache. As I worked in small groups with other teachers, I could see the confusion on concentration on some of their faces. It really is a complex skill when you first learn about it. I could not fathom trying to teach this to second graders!
Flash forward a year to teaching this skill to the first time to an actual class: my students were even more scared and confused than I was. I promised them that if they gave it time and practiced, they would be able to successfully use this skill while decoding.
Teacher confession time: I was pretty sure I was lying to them.
As the year went on, I was completely amazed at how quickly they picked up the skill. Students were memorizing the ordered steps with ease. They had a little bit of trouble remembering where to split the syllables, but we eventually got there. I noticed that their biggest struggle was labeling the different types of syllables. No matter how many times we reviewed what made a closed syllable, or an open syllable, or a vowel team, when it came time to label in syllable division, they just seemed to pick random labels. That’s when I had an idea.
Introducing my Solution: Color by Code: Syllable Types
Click on the picture to grab all 10 different color by code pages!
My students love to color and they definitely need the fine motor practice, especially coming off of a year and a half of virtual learning. They always ask me for coloring pages or free draw time. It occurred to me that this might be the perfect place to get some syllable labeling practice in. Thus, the Color by Syllable Types activities were born!
I grabbed my ipad and began drawing different fun characters I thought the students would enjoy, and filled in the spaces with a multitude of different syllable types. In order to know what color to color each part they have to slow down and think about the syllable label!
My students loved all 10 of these pages and spent their time checking their syllable labels and discussing with their table mates which label would be correct for each syllable.
Not sold? Try one out for free! Grab one of these pages below for FREE and let us know how it worked in your class!
These 10 pages offer plenty of practice with:
Closed Syllables
Open Syllables
Magic E Syllables
Vowel Team Syllables
Bossy R Syllables
Consonant le Syllables
Hopefully these pages help you out in your classroom and get your kids engaged! If these work for you, please give up a follow on Teachers Pay Teachers and Pinterest!
Good luck!
