Initial consonant blend sl · Initial consonant blends shr, sm, sn
Grade 2 · Day 49 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 64, Lesson 65 · p.75–76 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 39 words
slab
slack
sled
slink
slip
slum
slam
slept
slump
slant
slick
slung
slap
slid
slot
slash
slim
shrank
smack
snack
shred
small
snag
shrill
smash
snap
shrimp
smell
shrink
smog
sniff
shrub
smudge
shrug
smug
snub
shrunk
snuck
snug
◆ 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.
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.