Long u as ue and ui; sentences

Grade K · Day 169 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 116 · p.123 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 17 words

cue
blue
due
clue
bruise
hue
flue
Sue
glue
cruel
true
suit
duel
fruit
fuel
juice
sue's

◆ 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

Write what you hear

cue
blue
due
clue
bruise

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.