Syllable Ship

What students practice

Students practice counting syllables and word parts, clapping once per syllable to load cargo pods under a drifting word, with word length ranges (all 1-4, 1 and 2, or 3 and 4 syllables) and word banks, including a compound-word and a content-vocabulary bank, selectable by a teacher.

How to play

Players press the space bar once per syllable, then press Enter to lock in the count before the time bar runs out; Backspace restarts the count. A correct count docks the freighter and shows the word split into syllables, such as but-ter-fly; letting three freighters crash into the dock ends the mission.

Teacher Setup

Teacher Setup lets a teacher choose which word lengths and word banks are in play, the speed, and whether the syllable split is shown after a miss. The end-of-mission report includes a printable list of words to practice, with space to write the syllable count and mark the split.

Play it in Starship Arcade

Syllable Ship is one of 16 games in the Reading and Spelling room, a members room on the Promenade.