Nonsense syllables with short a

Grade 1 · Day 20 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 14 · p.17–21 · 25.0 min · continued · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 40 words

bab
cab
dab
bac
dac
back
cack
dack
bad
cad
dad
baf
caf
daf
bag
cag
dag
bal
cal
dal
barn
cam
darn
ban
can
dan
bap
cap
dap
bas
cas
das
bat
cat
dat
bav
cav
dav
bax
cax

◆ 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

bab
cab
dab
bac
dac

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.