How do you teach initial and final blends?
Introduce words with initial blends only of 4 sounds. When students are ready, introduce final blends still with only 4 sounds before finally tackling words with initial and final blends and three letter blends at the beginning. Eventually students should be able to read and write syllables of 5 and 6 sounds.
What order should you teach blends?
When teaching blends, most teachers introduced them in groups. For example, a teacher may choose to introduce the l-blends first (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl) followed by the r-blends. When introducing the concept of blends and digraphs, cue cards often help. Here’s one I made with many of the consonant blends.
What should I teach after CVC?
After CVC words, phonics instruction moves on to slightly more complicated patterns such as CVCC words and CCVC words. CVCC words such as jump, gulp, and lift follow the pattern of consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant. CCVC words such as trip, spin, and clap follow the pattern of consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant.
What are initial consonant blends?
The initial consonant blend is a cluster of letters that makes a distinctive sound at the beginning of the word. Each letter in the word is pronounced individually, but in a way that they blend together flawlessly.
What are beginning and ending blends?
Beginning blend examples are: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tr. Ending blend examples are: -ct, -ft, -ld, -lf, -lk, -lp, -lt, -mp, -nd, -ng, -kn, -nt, -pt, -sk, -sp, -st.
What are final blends?
A group of letters, usually two or three that make their own sound at the end of the word is termed as a final consonant blend. Examples of the final consonant blend are mask, lamp, sand, cold, golf, tent, bird and park.
What is an initial blend?
Initial and Final Consonant Blend The initial consonant blend is a cluster of letters that makes a distinctive sound at the beginning of the word. Each letter in the word is pronounced individually, but in a way that they blend together flawlessly.
What should I teach after vowels?
Learn to Read: After the ABCs
- SHORT VOWEL WORDS FOR READING AND SPELLING. Short vowel words are the best place to start.
- PHONEMIC MANIPULATION. Once rhyming and syllables are under the child’s belt, we want to develop the child’s ear for words and sounds even further.
- LEARN BASIC SIGHT WORDS.
- CREATIVE WRITING.
- READ ALOUDS.