Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 4 - Consonant Blends
Old, ild, ind, and ost may sound like a foreign language, but they actually represent common final consonant blends. Help learners recognize and pronounce consonant blends with step-by-step instructions, including scripted conversations....
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Word Work: Blends, Digraphs & Trigraphs
Practice thirty-three different consonant blends, digraphs, and trigraphs with your emergent readers! Each letter combination has its own column in which you and your learners can write down five different words that demonstrate the...
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Pronunciation: The Sounds /s/, /z/ or, /iz/? Consonant Clusters with "s"
Instruct your class on how to pronounce /s/ sounds with this resource. Learners fill in the final /s/ sound into blanks, listen to plural sounds, learn about the rules of the target sound, write sentences, and work with consonant...
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Blends ABC
Review consonant blends with this visually-appealing and colorful presentation. It features a list of blends including ch, sh, th, tr, gr, pr, br, and more. There are pictures of objects that begin with the sound displayed on each slide....
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Brick Breaker: Initial Consonant Blends
Practice initial consonant blends with a fun, interactive game! Choose the sounds you'd like to practice, and then have kids place the appropriate pictures for their brick breaker boards. Spin the spinner to select a blended sound, and...
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Picture Pairs Blends
Challenge your pupils to match words to images with these 29 pairs. Each word includes a consonant blend, either initial or final, and should be matched with its corresponding image either by simply putting two correct cards together or...
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Initial Consonant Blends #3
Learners read ten sentences and use the word bank to find the correct missing word. There are ten sentences that illustrate initial consonant blends. Younger learners will most likely need additional support to complete this activity.
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Phonics: Read and Write Words with a Consonant Blend
Reading often times starts with phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence. Get little ones blending those letter sounds together to read and write simple words. As the teacher sounds out each word, learners count phonemes, and...
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Beginning Consonant Sounds
Young readers practice their beginning consonant sounds. Solid worksheets prompt students to practice their consonant in fun ways. These worksheets use Clifford the Big Red Dog as a theme, and give the kids excellent and colorful practice.
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I Spy Blends
In this phonics learning exercise, students practice matching consonant blends, with a partner, in a game of I Spy Blends where they match a set of consonant blend cards to a variety of pictures.
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Blending Buddies
Students put word cards together and use the word parts to create correct words. In this phonics lesson plan, students practice pronouncing consonant blends and vowel sounds, demonstrating an awareness of beginning, middle, and ending...
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with SC
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged with words that have sc-blends.
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Consonant Blends Activity
In this consonant blends worksheet, students circle circle the correct consonant blend that begin each word describing a picture. Students choose from 2 blends; a reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Initial Consonant Blends
In this recognizing consonant blends activity, students view pictures of objects, say their names, and identify the consonant blend at the beginning of the words. Students circle 10 multiple choice answers.
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Initial Consonant Blends #2
In this recognizing consonant blends worksheet, learners view pictures, say their names, and identify the consonant blends at the beginning of the words. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers.
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'Sh' Digraph Story
Explore consonant blends using this resource. Learners read a story about a boy named Shaun who encounters a group of pirates. They read words beginning with the sh- sound including shark, shiver, and ship. In addition, they discuss the...
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Consonant Blends Worksheet
In this consonant blends worksheet, students choose the correct beginning blend that starts each picture. Students do this for 4 pictures.
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Beginning Consonant Blends
For this beginning consonant blends worksheet, students fill in the correct beginning blend according to the picture being labeled. Students complete 4 problems.
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Matching Consonant Blends
In this consonant blends activity, students draw lines to match consonant blends to pictures that begin with that blend. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Matching Consonant Blends Worksheet
In this consonant blends worksheet, learners match the beginning consonant blend with the picture whose name uses it. Students complete 5 matches.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words beginning with Pl
For this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged with difficult words that contain a pl-blend.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with TR
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that contain a tr-blend.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with SL
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the difficult words that contain a sl-blend.
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Blends - Sp and St
In this consonant blends worksheet, students work with the sp and st blends. They look at 6 pictures and decide whether they begin with sp or st. They circle the correct blend and write on the line below each picture.