Words with consonant blends · Sentences
Grade 1 · Day 75 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 70, Lesson 71 · p.79–80 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
truck
bless
Jump
skip
then
Dutch
swift
spun
with
quick
pest
grudge
shrimp
dish
glass
shack
bank
plum
king
fudge
fond
dump
frill
act
task
flag
lift
sash
cliff
left
crux
kept
clasp
draft
trick
dwell
chest
France
clap
bridge
◆ 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
- Bill had fudge with his lunch.
- Patrick drank a glass of milk.
- Gwen put cash in the bank.
- Pam had a stiff neck.
- The king of France was plump.
- Frank is a prince.
- The bus stop is on the bridge.
- His skin has an itch.
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.