Initial consonant blends sw, sc, sk, scr

Grade 1 · Day 73 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 68 · p.77 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 28 words

swam
skid
scram
swell
scalp
skill
scrap
swept
skim
scratch
swift
swim
scan
skin
script
swing
scant
skip
swish
scat
skit
scrub
Swiss
Scott
skunk
switch
swan
swamp

◆ 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

swam
skid
scram
swell
scalp

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.