Activity ideas:Closed sort according to number of syllablesOpen sort to create discussion about words

Listening sort – say word and children point to the syllable number then write it down

1 2

3 4 5

sister apricot happy

cat supermarket electricity

hospital historical curiosity

avocado butterfly toothbrush

animal seven oval

circle another littlest

Multi Syllable Words.Revision from year 1 – talk about splitting the word into syllables and then soundtalking each syllable to help with spelling techniques. Y2 children should be able to do this for words with 3 or more syllables independently. Use discussion to revise known spelling patterns and rules.

Cut this top row off before you give the sort to pupils!

Sunday reading broccoli

screwdriver calculator mathematical

anybody hippopotamus alligator