Initial consonants S, m, h, s, t · Review sentences
Grade 2 · Day 3 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 2, Lesson 3 · p.4–5 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Build the word
S → am → Sam
m → an → man
h → as → has
s → at → sat
t → ax → tax
Read these · 15 words
Sam
tax
am
Sam
an
man
as
has
at
sat
ax
tax
dad
wax
Dan
◆ 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
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.