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
- Is it true that Sue has the flu?
- Take a cue from Sue.
- Sue's dress is blue.
- Bruce has a tube of glue.
- He will use the glue to fIX a toy.
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.