Final syllable er; er words and sentences
Grade K · Day 89 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 45 · p.62 · 25.4 min · continued · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 14 words
her
letter
better
hunter
lender
sender
butter
tender
chatter
ger
bigger
winter
sister
Summer
◆ 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
- Butter is better.
- Ken has a sister.
- Her hat is bigger.
- Bill sent a letter.
- Her dad is a hunter.
- Summer is better than winter.
Write what you hear
her
letter
better
hunter
lender
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.