Tuesday Warm-up: Sorting syllables in fall leaves

Today's warm up is sorting syllables in fall leaves. 

In this warm up, we will sort fall leaf shapes to add or omit syllables in a word and then read those words when sorted correctly. How many syllables does each word contain? Write the whole word in your journal.

This assignment fulfills TEKS ELAR 2.A.ix and Social Studies TEKS 2.A

The student is expected to:

(A) demonstrate phonological awareness by:

(ix) manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word

and Science TEKS 2.A

2. Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

(A) sort plants and animals into groups based on physical characteristics such as color, size, body covering, or leaf shape;