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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 4 of 14

Clap the Beat

Clap the parts of words

What your child practices

Breaking words into syllables (ba-na-na) by clapping. Clap along out loud: one clap for each part you hear.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.2(A) · counting the syllables in spoken words

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Words have beats. Each beat is a clap.
  2. Say the word slowly and clap each part.
  3. Count your claps.

Example: Clap “pizza”. How many claps? piz – za. Two claps. Answer: 2

Clap the Beat in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 4 of 14 in Kindergarten English Language Arts, after Rhyme Time and before Sight Words.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word has 3 claps?

    • 🎂cake
    • 🦕dinosaur
    • 🕯️candle

  2. Question 2

    Clap “sun”. How many claps?

    ☀️sun
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3

  3. Question 3

    Clap “lemon”. How many claps?

    🍋lemon
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3

  4. Question 4

    Clap “moon”. How many claps?

    🌙moon
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3

  5. Question 5

    Which word has 3 claps?

    • 🍪cookie
    • 🥔potato
    • 🐱cat

  6. Question 6

    Clap “pizza”. How many claps?

    🍕pizza
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3

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