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DE 3.2 Initial Blends

Practice words that begin with a consonant blend, such as stop, flag, and crab.

DE 3.2 games (5)

Feed the Monster: Initial Blends
Feed the monster words that start with a blend, and skip look-alikes with only one consonant.
Initial BlendsDE 3.2
Fill the Story: Initial Blends
Read short stories and put each initial-blend word where it makes sense.
Initial BlendsDE 3.2
Missing Piece: Initial Blends
Listen to a word and choose the blend that begins it. Every sound counts.
Initial BlendsDE 3.2
Word Factory: Initial Blends
Listen to a word that starts with a blend and build it letter by letter.
Initial BlendsDE 3.2
Word Sort: Blend or Digraph?
Sort words by how they start: a blend (two sounds) or a digraph (one sound).
Initial BlendsDE 3.2

Focus: s-blends, l-blends, r-blends
Target skill: Initial consonant blends (s-blends, l-blends, r-blends) in closed-syllable words.
Builds on: DE 2.1 Consonant Sound-Symbol Correspondence, DE 2.2 Short Vowels, DE 2.3 CVC Closed Syllables, DE 2.4 Mixed Short-Vowel Closed Syllables, DE 3.1 Consonant Digraphs
Learning objective: Student accurately reads and spells words with targeted initial blends with increasing automaticity.