Consonants b and d
Grade K · Day 63 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 28a · p.42 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 25 words
bad
bed
did
bob
dud
dad
deb
bid
dub
dab
bib
dod
bud
bab
dog
dug
mud
and
had
tub
big
red
bud's
bug
bull
◆ 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
- The dog dug in the mud and had fun.
- Tom's dad put the pup in the tub.
- Can Jack pull the big log up the hill?
- Jack and Jill ran up the hill.
- Bud's dog fell in the tub.
- Gus put the mug on the rug.
- Rick hugs his pup.
- The sun was up at six.
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.