er, ir, or, ur, ear; sentences · Words ending in le; silent t; sentences
Grade 2 · Day 72 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 118, Lesson 119 · p.125–127 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
or
ear
her
perch
fir
dirt
fur
verb
clerk
flirt
curb
urge
herd
merge
bird
shirt
surf
purge
perk
verge
skirt
turf
germ
terse
girl
lurk
surge
term
verse
third
thirst
curse
fern
nerve
shirk
birth
hurl
nurse
Vern
serve
◆ 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
- Bert likes to throw curve balls.
- He is in his third year of baseball.
- Willy likes to learn new words.
- He is an expert at learning verses.
- Kelly is sitting on the curb.
- She is holding a purse in her lap.
- "Did you do your homework?" Dad asked.
- The clerk wore a new shirt.
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.