Sentences
Grade 1 · Day 36 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 22 · p.35 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
That
man
has
cat
The
is
big
thin
This
his
Beth
Tell
them
Rex
at
bat
in
bag
Did
Rick
hid
with
ran
Let
dig
sand
pig
Dick
ill
hand
Phil
was ◆
and
Seth
Then
hen
Quick
get
thick
net
◆ 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.
Read the sentences
- That man has a cat.
- The cat is a big cat.
- The cat is a thin cat.
- This is his cat.
- This is Beth.
- Tell them that Rex is at bat.
- The cat is in the bag.
- Did Beth tell them that the cat is in the bag?
Write what you hear
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.