Sentences with contractions
Grade 1 · Day 48 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 37 · p.49 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 27 words
is
not
isn't
can
can't
has
hasn't
it
let
us
let's
did
didn't
Bill
sad
this
peg's
dog
jill's
Peg
cat
they
run
Jill
jog
Yes
it's
◆ 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
- Is Bill sad?
- Is this Peg's dog?
- Is it Jill's dog?
- Has Peg a cat?
- Can they run?
- Did Jill run?
- Let's not jog.
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.