Short a sentences; punctuation
Grade K · Day 10 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 6 · p.7 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 16 words
Dad
sat
Max
had
ham
Dan
was ◆
tan
Sam
Has
an
ax
wax
sad
mad
Tad
◆ 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
- Max had ham.
- Dan was tan.
- Was Sam tan?
- Has Dad an ax?
- Dad has an ax.
- Dan has wax.
- Sam was sad.
- Was Max mad?
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.