a as a word

Grade K · Day 24 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 12 · p.15 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 21 words

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hack
Jack
lack
cat
hat
bat
cap
pan
Mack
pack
rack
sack
tack
Zack
quack
pal
bag
rag
cab
map

◆ 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

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hack
Jack
lack
cat

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.