Long u as u-e; sentences · Long u as ue and ui; sentences
Grade 1 · Day 104 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 115, Lesson 116 · p.122–123 · 26.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
cube
dude
duke
fume
cure
cute
Jude
pure
rude
Luke
plume
lure
lute
tube
crude
sure
mute
dune
brute
Bruce
mule
June
use
flute
truce
dupe
rule
tune
fuse
spruce
huge
muse
cue
blue
due
clue
bruise
hue
flue
Sue
◆ 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
- Luke sat on the sand dune.
- Luke rode on a mule.
- June is cute.
- The cloud was huge.
- Is there a cure for a cold?
- We are not sure.
- If there is a cure, let's use it.
- It's never nice to be rude.
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.