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Grade 1, Reading Std Phonics IIB: Utilize predictable letter-sound relationships to decode printed words, including words with consonant blends that require blending 3-4 phonemes into a whole word. (AL COS 2) B. Blend sounds to form words (AL COS)

Lesson Plans: Hickory, Dickory, Dock Give students practice with initial consonants and blends found in a nursery rhyme. The Blending Slide Sounding out CVC words Word Wizards: Students Making Words This lesson uses an active, hands-on activity in which students learn how to look for patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters. Chunking With a Spinner An introduction to blending and the formation of onsets and rimes.

Resources: Whirling Word Blends: Mix it up with word blends! Turn learning blends into a game with a twist of your wrist. Free membership. Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs): (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) E/B: Identify and express beginning and ending sounds in one-syllable words. E/B: Identify symbols and signs within classroom; D: Identify and speak about symbols and signs within classroom and community environment; E: Describe symbols and signs within classroom and community environment. E/B: Listen selectively for sight words and main ideas; D: Listen for specific purposes to identify sight words and main ideas; E: Listen for specific purposes to identify sight words, main ideas, and supporting details. E/B: Follow sequence of words from left to right. E/B: Identify first sound within a spoken word; D: Identify first and last sounds within a word when spoken; E: Identify first and last sounds within a word when spoken. E/B: Read some high-frequency words, including own name; D: Sort some high-frequency words by category; E: Sort and classify most high-frequency words by category. E/B: Relate individual letters or groups of letters to a coordinating sound; D: Blend two to four phonemes into recognizable words. D: Listen and produce some rhyming patterns in language; E: Listen and produce rhyming patterns in language with little error. E: Blend vowel-consonant sounds orally to make words or syllables. E: Distinguish between individual sounds and syllables. E: Count the number of syllables within a word or group of words.
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