The 'Cr' Blend

Consonant clusters or blends are two or three consonants that appear together in a word with each consonant retaining its sound when blended.

Words containing 'cr' blend:

Crab, crack, cradle, craft, crane, crash, crawl, crayon, crazy.

Creek, creep.

Crib, cricket, cried.

Croak, crook, crop, cross, crow, crowd, crown.

Crumb, crunch, crust, cry.

Write the blend 'cr' set of words on individual cards. Underline the blend in every word. Explain your child that the set of two letters that needed to be spelt together or blended and help him in reading the first few words. Once he is comfortable reading individual words and recognizes the reading pattern, encourage him to read the story under your supervision.

Story for the day :







Crusty, the crafty crab.

Crusty, the crab, is one crafty crab.
Crusty, the crab, crawls by the map.

Crusty, the crab, has crooked ways,
Crusty, the crab, loves to wear a crown always.

Crusty, the crab, is cross with the crow,
Crusty, the crab, plays cricket, with his bro.

Crusty, the crab, loves cribs and cradles,
Crusty, the crab, likes crazy fables.

Crusty, the crab, got crushed by a crowd,
Crusty, the crab, lay all crouched.

Crusty, the crab, is one crafty crab.
Crusty, the crab, crawls by the map.

Take care.