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Consonant Blends / The Letter L / Phonics Mind Map

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Activity for ages 5 to 7. Kids will learn common digraphs in no time with these cute playdough mats. They are easy to prepare and make an awesome word work station or literacy center. They’re the perfect compliment to our popular Digraph Activity Pack! Getting Ready To prep the playdough mats (below), I began by printi

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Phonics Unit 5 - Consonant Blends FREEBIE in 2020 | Blends worksheets, Consonant blends worksheets, Kindergarten reading centers

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Feb 8, 2020 - It is time to tackle consonant blends ! We have come so far this year with our phonics skills. We started with segmenting and blending first/middle/final sounds in CVC words, then we studied word families and CVC words and now we are diving right into consonant blends. This blog post is all

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Consonant Blends Clip Cards in 2020 | Phonics kindergarten, Blends activities, Phonics activities

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Feb 18, 2020 - Kids love practicing with these free, reusable clip cards. This set is FREE Consonant Blends Clip Cards. Perfect for helping lower elementary age kids.

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Consonant Blends Center: Hands on Phonics Activity in 2020 | Phonics, Phonics activities, Consonant blends activities

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Jan 8, 2020 - Initial Consonant Blends hands on center activity. Perfect for literacy stations, phonics centers, roti groups, word work, guided reading extensions and more!

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Introduction

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Blends Song | Letter Blends | Consonant Blends | Two Letters that Work Together | Jack Hartmann

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Anchor Chart

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Last Week in Pictures (Plus Pirate /ar/ activities!) | Kindergarten anchor charts, Classroom anchor charts, Consonant blends anchor chart

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Dec 10, 2018 - First off, sorry to everyone who has emailed or commented here lately. My week was beyond crazy so I didn't have a lot of time for blogging....

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Consonant Blends Lesson

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In my new role as a K-2 literacy teacher, I spend a lot of my time working on direct phonics instruction to help my first and second grade students decode words they are encountering in their texts. I thought I would take a little time to go through what a week of small groups phonics instruction looks like using a real-life example from a second grade room! We spent last week learning all about s-blends.

To provide a little background:

Each day, I meet with the same group for about 15- 20 minutes to complete these activities and this is the same method I used during my phonics block when I taught first grade.

Before I dive into this blog post, I thought I would give you another way to "consume" this content. I created a video to share this information as well in case you'd rather watch/listen:

Day 1: Explicit Phonics Instruction

On the first day, I explicitly and directly show students exactly which phoneme(s)/grapheme(s) we will be learning. I do this on my small group whiteboard or using a pocket chart. Last week, we learned all about s-blends. So I first explained to my students that we would be learning all about consonant blends and defined a consonant blend as two consonants that we can blend or "scoop" together when reading a word. I also explain that while we scoop them together, we can still hear both of the sounds. I show them that when they see a blend at the beginning of the word they can put the blend in their mouth and get ready to decode the rest.

As I explain this, we practice blending two sounds together to create s-blends: sl, sn, st, sk, etc. After I have taught them to scoop the words, we start decoding words using familiar word family chunks at the end. I like to stick to familiar word family endings so students aren't trying to decode those along with learning/practicing an already difficult skill for them. So our whole group practice looks like this:

sl-ip, sl-ap, sl-id

sn-ap, sn-ip

st-op, st-ill, etc.

With the time we have left on day 1, I give pairs of students their phonics cards (in this case, s-blends) and have students try to make real words. They record the real words they found on a recording sheet or mini-whiteboard.

When I am teaching it whole group to my students, I use the scooping motion with my finger, so I am sure to put that little motion on my cards as well. I also like to make the blends cards a different color than the ending of our words.
You can grab a set of these blends cards for FREE by clicking the picture above or clicking here.
Day 2: Decoding the Graphemes in text

On the second day, we review the skill at hand and practice decoding a few more words with s-blends by scooping the blend and putting it in our mouths before we read new words. I will follow the same whole group pattern as yesterday.

Then I let my students know we will be reading a poem (or short story) with many words containing our phonics skill. Students read it silently to themselves for a minute or two before we read it aloud together. I will usually read it line by line and have my students echo-read it after me once to get the intonation and fluency before they read it with a partner. I usually have them each read a line of the poem back and forth and then do it again, switching who goes first. Lastly, I have them read it one last time by themselves and circle or highlight all the s-blend words they found.

If time permits, and I am using one of my phonics poems, I also have them use the visualization sheet to draw what the poem was about. This helps me check their understanding of the words they are reading.

All my phonics poems can be found here:

I will usually start with a poem since the rhyming and short stanzas make the words easier to decode for my students, but if we are still working on a skill and need more practice I may use a short story, like the one below from my Consonant Blends unit:

Day 3: Nonsense Word Practice

On the third day, we take our poems again and read through the poem twice. We quickly review our skill (s-blends) and I explain that my students will be tasked with reading an entire grid of words beginning with s-blends. They will have to figure out which words are real and which are nonsense and only color in the real words.

Days 4 & 5: Games! (aka practice, practice, practice)

On the last two days of the week, my students play different phonics games to help them practice identifying s-blends, reading decoding s-blends, listening for different s-blends and more. Each game focuses on a different aspect of literacy and reading development when it comes to each phonics skill. Two of the games we played last week was to help students listen for the different s-blends at the beginning of the pictures and identify which image began with which s-blend. Roll & Cover had students start with the s-blend and find a matching image, while Roll, Complete, & Color had students starting with the image and listening for a consonant blend at the beginning.

We also had time to play Blend, Read, and Race which had my students adding s-blends to word chunks to try and make real words and fill up their grid before their partner:
*All the print & play games can be found in my Print & Play Phonics Games unit. It includes 6 different black and white games for each of the following phonics skills: short vowels (CVC), long vowels (CVCe), long vowel teams, digraphs, consonant blends, r-controlled vowels, & diphthongs.*
Each week, or as needed, we focus on a new phonics skill and repeat the same process:

- Direct instruction and manipulation of sounds to make words

- Decoding the graphemes in text

- Nonsense vs. real word decoding practice

- Games & practice

This method has helped my students tremendously over the years. It also really helps me, focus on the specific needs of my early readers as they grow into more comprehensive readers! I hope some of these tips can be useful to you in your classroom!
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A Week of Phonics Instruction Plus a Freebie! - Susan Jones

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In my new role as a K-2 literacy teacher, I spend a lot of my time working on direct phonics instruction to help my first and second grade students decode words they are encountering in their texts.

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Blends Activity

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Phonics Unit 5 - Consonant Blends FREEBIE | Consonant blends, Phonics, Consonant blends worksheets

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Mar 7, 2019 - It is time to tackle consonant blends ! We have come so far this year with our phonics skills. We started with segmenting and blending first/middle/final sounds in CVC words, then we studied word families and CVC words and now we are diving right into consonant blends. This blog post is all

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Roll a "R-Blend" Freebie | First grade phonics, Phonics, Teaching phonics

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Oct 2, 2016 - This FREEBIE helps students review r-blends. It is a great activity for guided practice, independent practice, a center, or a partner game. Enjoy!

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If you're tired of the same old consonant blends activities and worksheets, you'll love boom cards! Kindergarten and 1st grade kids love these self correcting games and their perfect for literacy centers, whole group or even at home.

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About Phonemic Awareness Assessment

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All assessments should be given one-on-one.

When should it be assessed?

Phonemic awareness assessments should be done three times during the kindergarten and first grade years to help guide instruction.

Examples of assessment questions

* Remember, when a letter appears between slash marks, you should say the letter sound, and not the letter name.

Phoneme matching

Which words sound alike? man, sat, sip (Correct response: sat, sip)

Phoneme isolation – Initial (first) sound:

What's the first sound in "sat?" (Correct response: /s/)

Phoneme isolation – Final (last) sound:

What's the last sound in "sat?" (Correct response: /t/)

Phoneme isolation – Medial (middle) sound:

What's the middle sound in "sat?" (Correct response: /a/)

Phoneme blending:

What word do these sounds make? /h/ – /o/ – /t/ (Correct response: hot)

Phoneme segmentation:

What sounds do you hear in "hot?" (Correct response: /h/ – /o/ – /t/)

Phoneme manipulation – Initial (first) sound:

Say "mat" without the /m/ sound. (Correct response: at)

Phoneme manipulation – Final (last) sound:

Say "mat" without the /t/ sound. (Correct response: ma)

Phoneme manipulation – Substitution:

Say "pig." (Correct response: pig)

Now change the /p/ in "pig" to /f/. (Correct response: fig)

Age or grade typically mastered

Phoneme matching: The middle of kindergarten

Phoneme isolation – Initial (first) sound: The middle of kindergarten

Phoneme isolation – Final (last) sound: Late kindergarten or early first grade

Phoneme isolation – Medial (middle) sound: Late kindergarten or early first grade

Phoneme blending: Late kindergarten or early first grade

Phoneme segmentation: First grade

Phoneme manipulation – Initial (first) sound: First grade

Phoneme manipulation – Final (last) sound: First grade

Phoneme manipulation – Substitution: Middle to end of first grade or early second grade

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An informal assessment of phonemic awareness, including what the assessment measures, when is should be assessed, examples of questions, and the age or grade at which the assessment should be mastered.

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Beginning Blends Assessment

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preschool worksheets on consonant blends with letter l | Blends worksheets, Consonant blends worksheets, Consonant blends activities

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Sep 4, 2018 - preschool worksheets on consonant blends with letter l

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Beginning Blends Assessment

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Beginning Blends 1 | Worksheet | Education.com

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These picture names are each missing the first two letters which make a consonant blend. Kids choose the correct blend and write it to complete the word.

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Ending Blends

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The words on this first grade reading worksheet are not complete. Kids choose the correct ending blends from the boxes and write them to complete the words. Your child will get good practice with spelling and vocabulary building, and he'll also learn about consonant blends like "sk" and "mp." Help your child improve his oral and silent reading skills with this ending blends worksheet.

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Ending Blends 3 | Worksheet | Education.com

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The words on this first grade reading worksheet are not complete. Kids choose the correct ending blends from the boxes and write them to complete the words. Your child will get good practice with spelling and vocabulary building, and he'll also learn about consonant blends like "sk" and "mp."

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Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

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English Language Arts Standards " Reading: Foundational Skills " Grade 1 " 2 " b

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Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

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About Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

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About Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

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Basics: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness

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Before children learn to read print, they need to become aware of how the sounds in words work. They must understand that words are made up of individual speech sounds, or phonemes. A child's skill in phonological and phonemic awareness is a good predictor of later reading success or difficulty.

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MobyMax Phonics Blending covers key phonics skills, such as phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondence, grapheme-sound correspondence, blending, segmenting, and spelling patterns.

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BoomLearning.com - Amazing authors make awesome learning content! Kindergarten students will have fun practicing rhyming words using these 30 practice activities for phonemic awareness rhyming words. Students will look large pictures, say them, and click on smaller pictures to find the rhyming words. This set is simple, engaging, and perfect practice for rhyming words.

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Exercise, Rhyme and Freeze | Rhyming Words for Kids | Exercise Song | Jack Hartmann

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Practice for Blending

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Digraph /sh/, Phonics game to practice the consonant digraph /sh/ | KizPhonics

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Digraphs are formed when two letters come together to make one sound. There are many consonant and vowel digraphs that help build literacy skills through phonics. This phonics game reviews the high frequency consonant digraph /sh/ heard in words such as: fish, ship, shark, brush