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Method for Teaching the Blending of Sounds: Train Technique
Students explore the blending of individual sounds to make words and, using visuals and manipulatives, equate this process to the hooking up of railroad cars to make a train. They link individual letters/sounds to make short words.
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Segmenting and Blending Words
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Beginning Reading Design: Blending Boats
Students study how to blend the sounds together in words with the CVC form. They use letter cards and the books, "Tin Man Fix-It," and Dr. Seuss', Green Eggs and Ham. They work with /m/ words to blend the sounds together to read words....
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Riddles with Blending
Students examine how blending sounds together helps them pronounce words. They look a flash cards with letters on them in order to blend the letter sounds together before listening to riddles that encourage them to blend letters into...
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I Said a Boom Chicka Boom
Young scholars explore how to blend words. They distinguish phonemes and practice blending them. Students practice the /oo/ sound and identify words that contain that sound. They read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and identify words that have...
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Language Arts: Then and Now
First graders hear Great Grandma and I. They locate objects representing then (seed) and now (tomato). They make then and now charts for members of their families.
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Sound Stretching
In this basic vowel and consonant blending lesson, young learners are shown how to "blend" the sounds of different letters together in order to make a word. Simple words such as, "sun," "moon," and, "ant," are used in a whole-class setting.
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Initial Blend "Sm"
For this initial blends worksheet, students say the word for each picture and then bracket the 'sm' sound for each example. Students complete 5 examples.
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Initial Blend "Tr"
In this initial blends learning exercise, students say the word for each pictures and bracket the 'tr' initial blend for each word. Students complete 5 activities.
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Initial Blend "Spr"
In this initial blends worksheet, students identify the word for each picture and bracket the 'spr' sound for each word. Students complete 5 examples.
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Initial Blend "Fr"
In this initial blends learning exercise, students say the word for each picture and bracket the 'fr' initial blend sound for each word. Students complete 5 examples.
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Word Blends: Sk or Sc
In this word blends worksheet, students study the pictures and write the sk or sc blend that goes with each picture. Students find blends for 12 pictures.
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AW Words
In this word blend worksheet, students label the pictures with the correct 'aw' word. Students label the ten pictures with 10 'aw' words.
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Ough Words
In this word blends learning exercise, learners complete several activities to learn the word blend of 'ough' words. Students look, say, and write to practice the words.
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Let's Write the At Words
For this word blend worksheet, students say the 'at' word shown in each picture and trace the first letter of the word. Students trace all the letters for each 'at' word and read the words aloud.
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School-Home Links: Word Blends
In this consonant blends learning exercise, students find the correct word for each picture using the words in the box. Students then write the word on the line and circle the consonant blend.
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Word Formation
In this word formation worksheet, students focus on six letters used for initial blending. Using these letters, students have the opportunity to make letter cards to move and manipulate the letters for beginning word formation.
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Fine Arts
In this fine arts worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and artists of the visual arts. There are 54 terms and/or names located in the puzzle.
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Build it Up
First graders practice spelling words through by blending sounds with a focus on short vowels i and a. Through matching and listening activities, 1st graders replace initial and final sounds to create words they decode and read.
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Creating a Canvas Floor Cloth
Students create a clored canvas floor cloth. They practice color blending and pattern design.