Long u as ue and ui; sentences · Long u as ew and eu; sentences
Grade 2 · Day 71 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 116, Lesson 117 · p.123–124 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
cue
blue
due
clue
bruise
hue
flue
Sue
glue
cruel
true
suit
duel
fruit
fuel
juice
sue's
new
news
Lew
stew
chew
grew
threw
drew
sew
dew
few
brew
View
mew
clew
knew
crew
screw
pew
flew
slew
feud
deuce
◆ 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
- Is it true that Sue has the flu?
- Take a cue from Sue.
- Sue's dress is blue.
- Bruce has a tube of glue.
- He will use the glue to fIX a toy.
- June has a new dress.
- The news is good.
- Tell me the good news.
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.