Nonsense syllables with short e

Grade K · Day 43 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 18 · p.26–29 · 25.0 min · continued · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 40 words

beb
ceb
deb
feb
heb
cec
dec
hec
beck
ceck
deck
feck
heck
bed
ced
ded
fed
hed
bef
cef
def
fef
hef
beg
ceg
deg
feg
heg
bel
del
fel
hel
bern
cern
dem
fern
hem
ben
cen
den

◆ 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

beb
ceb
deb
feb
heb

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.