Short e sentences
Grade K · Day 40 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 17 · p.25 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
Ten
men
met
Bess
fed
Jack
an
egg
Let
Jeff
tell
Ben
Can
Rex
Pam
Deb
had
Dad
Ken
get
wet
has
red
pen
Send
Len
ax
Lend
pet
jet
fell
yes
yell
Ted
cat
as
keg
and
set
net
◆ 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
- Bess fed Jack an egg.
- Can Rex tell Pam?
- Deb had an egg.
- Dad let Ken get wet.
- Deb has a red pen.
- Send Len an ax.
- Ben has a jet.
- Deb can yell.
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.