Final consonant blends nd, nt · Sentences

Grade 2 · Day 38 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 43, Lesson 44 · p.60–61 · 30.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 40 words

and

end

wind

bond

fund

band

bend

fond

hand

fend

pond

land

lend

sand

mend

rend

send

tend

ant

bent

pent

hint

pant

cent

rent

lint

hunt

rant

dent

sent

mint

punt

gent

tent

tint

runt

Kent

lent

went

Bill

◆ 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 is mending his tent.
Jack went with Kent.
Bob lent Ann his fishing rod.
Ann is fishing at the pond.
Bob wants his rod back.
Bob went to the pond.
Jill is fond of Philip.
Philip sent Jill a bag of mints.

Write what you hear

and

end

wind

bond

fund

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.