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- 04-06-12
Blends Lesson Plans
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Practice using word blends and learning about word families by participating in a class game. Learners will collaborate as teams in a game by throwing beanbags onto a shower curtain with word blends on it. They will say the sound their bean bag lands on, identify a word with the sound, and use the word in a sentence. Great learning fun!
Practice blending letters together to make the words learners are reading. They decode words familiarized with the concept of blending. This lesson plan utilizes the Body-Coda method of blending developed by Lloyd Eldredge. Each child receives a copy of the book, Tin Man Fix-It.
Eighth graders examine blends and consonant digraphs and observe and demonstrate how to mark up text and create a keyword outline. They read a list of words and circle the blends and underline the digraphs and write sentences using words with consonant blends and digraphs. Students then observe the teacher model how to mark up the text and create a keyword outline on a biography about Socrates.
Ninth graders examine blends and consonant digraphs, and how to write a summary keyword outline. They develop a class list of words with both blends and consonant digraphs, and write sentences using words from the list. Students then read a paragraph and observe how to create a keyword outline.
Students practice reading words with the consonant blend -ft. In this phonics activity, students play a memory game and decode various words with the -ft ending.
Young scholars practice a wide variety of techniques and strategies to strengthen their blending skills to form words and read. They read "A Cat Nap" and interact with different colors of inner tubes with the letters "a, c, b, d, f, l, m, p, r, s, t" written on them.
Youngsters practice using blends and digraphs. In this early reading lesson, students play a game of "Go Fish" using words that contain a blend or digraph. This allows them to practice recognizing the word and using it in a sentence.
Scholars participate in a phoneme blending activity and examine the events in the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle." They play a word guessing game with the teacher, trace and write the letter C, and listen to and answer comprehension questions about "Hey Diddle, Diddle."
Youngsters participate in a phonetics game that helps them focus on blending, vowels sounds, and segmenting. They perform a word matching game as a group. Then discover phonetic strategies to enhance their reading and speaking skills. Resources to support this activity are available for download.
Students examine word blends. In this word blends lesson, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.
