Final consonant blends sk, sp, st; sentences
Grade 1 · Day 61 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 49 · p.65 · 30.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
ask
asp
cast
pest
list
bask
gasp
fast
test
mist
cask
last
rest
cost
mask
mast
vest
lost
task
past
west
bust
desk
vast
dust
disk
best
chest
gust
risk
jest
quest
just
dusk
lest
fist
must
nest
gist
rust
◆ 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
- Jim sat at his desk.
- Jill will pass the test.
- Beth did her best.
- Bob did his task.
- Hank can run fast.
- The metal chest was full of rust.
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.