Initial consonant blends st, str

Grade 2 · Day 51 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 67 · p.77 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 27 words

stab
stilt
strand
stack
sting
stuck
strap
staff
stem
stink
string
stag
step
stuff
strip
stamp
stick
stock
stung
Stan
stiff
stomp
stump
stand
still
stop
stunt

◆ 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

stab
stilt
strand
stack
sting

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.