Sentences
Grade 1 · Day 40 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 26 · p.40 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
The
man
has
ten
cats
and
six
dogs
Jill
hens
jim's
pet
pig
big
Don
kisses
his
mom
pam's
cat
is
fat
Pat
pins
Jack
of ◆
eggs
pots
pans
rex's
hat
red
dog
ran
with
foxes
val's
was ◆
in
pen
◆ 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
- The man has ten cats and six dogs.
- Jill has six hens.
- Don kisses his mom.
- Pam's cat is fat.
- Pat has ten pins.
- Mom has ten pots and six pans.
- Rex's hat is red.
- The dog ran with the foxes.
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.