Short u words · Short u sentences · Consonants b and d
Grade 2 · Day 30 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 27, Lesson 28, Lesson 28a · p.41–42 · 30.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
/ʌ/ · short u
Our new sound: /ʌ/ written short u
Mouth relaxed and half open. Do nothing with your lips at all — no smile, no rounding. Tongue flat in the middle — /u/, as in 'cup'.
Check yourself: This is the LAZIEST sound in English. If your face is doing anything, you are trying too hard.
Watch for: /ɒ/ and /ɑ/. Because it is unmarked, children reach for a stronger vowel.
Read these · 40 words
cub
bud
bug
cull
bun
dub
dud
dug
dull
fun
hub
hug
gull
gun
pub
Jug
hull
pun
rub
lug
run
sub
full
sun
tub
rug
pull
tug
up
us
cup
bus
but
lux
buzz
pup
Gus
cut
fuzz
hut
◆ 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
The dog dug in the mud and had fun.
Tom's dad put the pup in the tub.
Can Jack pull the big log up the hill?
Jack and Jill ran up the hill.
Bud's dog fell in the tub.
Gus put the mug on the rug.
Rick hugs his pup.
The sun was up at six.
Write what you hear
cub
bud
bug
cull
bun
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.