Teaching blends

If you need free activities for teaching beginning blends in kindergarten and first grade, these games are for you! Children roll a die and check the key at the top. Then they move to the picture whose name begins with a particular blend. #phonics #blends #kindergarten #firstgrade

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You’ve taught the letter sounds, but how do you teach blending sounds? We’ve got the tips, techniques, and activities to put it together!

Are you teaching consonant blends to your elementary students? Today I am sharing the steps I take when teaching this phonics skill to my students. I start off by teaching what consonant blends are and then I have students do a quick consonant blends activity by tapping out the sounds. Then I introduce graphemes. I like to use successive blending when teaching students to decode words. I like to then have students decode words in sentences. Then they get to play consonant blends games!

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Wondering how to teach blending? Or have a few students who are struggling? This post has tons of ideas to help!

Take a look at our easy and proven strategies for teaching and practicing consonant blends and digraphs with early readers!

How to teach this science of reading approach of continuous blending in kindergarten. Learn more and grab a free printable here.