Final consonant blend tch; sentences

Read these · 15 words

◆ 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

• Jack has an itch.
• Dad has a watch.
• Bess has a lamp.
• The cat is in a ditch at the dump.
• Can the cat catch the fish?
• Bill will pitch his tent at the camp.

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.