Initial consonant blends sp, spl, spr

Grade K · Day 110 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 66 · p.76 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 17 words

spent
splash
sprang
span
spin
spring
spit
split
sprung
spat
spot
speck
sprint
sped
spun
spell
spend

◆ 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

spent
splash
sprang
span
spin

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.