Review of short a words

Grade 1 · Day 14 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 10 · p.12–14 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 40 words

Al
cab
bad
bag
yak
Cal
dab
cad
gag
gal
gab
dad
Hal
Jag
jab
fad
lag
pal
lab
gad
nag
Sal
nab
had
rag
Val
tab
lad
sag
mad
tag
pad
wag
sad
Tad
am
an
as
cam
ban

◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.

Write what you hear

Al
cab
bad
bag
yak

Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.