The 'Sm' blend.

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

Write the blend 'sm' 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.

The 'Sm' family of words:

Smack, Small, Smart, Smash.

Smear, Smell.

Smile.

Smoke, Smooth.

Smuggle, Smudge.

Story for the 'Sm' blend:

Sam, the small boy.




Sam was a small boy, who smudged toys.
Sam was very smart and loved to smear art.
Sam loved the smell of smoke, and smiled when the alarm broke.
Sam wore smelly socks, and smashed big rocks.
But when Sam got a smack on his face, he smashed a big vase!

What a small smiling boy was Sam!

Take care.

The 'Sk' blend

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

Write the blend 'sk' 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.

Words for the 'sk' blend:

Skin, sky, skate, skim, sketch, skilled, skyscraper, skunk, skid, skull.

A silly story for the 'sk' blend:

Sally, the skinny girl!

Sally, the skinny girl liked to ski,
Sally, the skinny girl liked to skate,
Sally, the skinny girl, drank skim milk,
Sally, the skinny girl, loved to sketch.

Sally, the skinny girl, was very skilled.
She wanted to touch the sky,
She went to a sky scrapper,
And decided to sky dive!

But on her way to the skyscraper,
Sally the skinny girl, saw a skunk,
And she skid!
And broke her skull,
She scratched her skin!

Sally, the skinny girl liked to ski,
Sally, the skinny girl liked to skate,
Sally, the skinny girl, drank skim milk,
Sally, the skinny girl, loved to sketch.

Take care.

The 'Sc' blend

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

Write the blend 'sc' 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.

Words with 'sc' blend:

Scaffold, Scale, Scalp, Scan, Scar, Scarecrow, Scarlet, Scarf

Scold, Scoop, Scorn, Scope, Scorpion

Scuff, Scuffle, Sculpture, Scurry

Story for the 'sc' blend:

Scooty, the scarecrow.

Scooty the scarecrow, stood on a scale,
Scooty, the scarecrow, scanned pig tails.

Scooty, the scarecrow, wore a scarlet scarf,
Scooty, the scarecrow, scolded the scorpion hard.

Scooty, the scarecrow, sculpted small sculptures,
Scooty, the scarecrow, scribbled on scooters.

Scooty, the scarecrow, scratched with screwdrivers,
Scooty, the scarecrow, scuffled with pliers.

Scooty, the scarecrow, scared the boy scouts,
Scooty, the scarecrow, loved scary hideouts.

Scooty is the scariest scarecrow ever!

Take care.

The 'Tr' blend

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

Trap, trace, track, train, trail, trash, tray

Treat, tread, tree, trek.

Trick, trim, trip.

Troop, trot, trout.

Trump, truck, true, trumpet, trunk, trust, truth, try.

Write the blend 'tr' 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 'tr' blend-

Tracy the truck.

Tracy, the truck loved running on the tracks,
Tracy, the truck, fell on the trash.

Tracy, the truck, took long trips,
Tracy, the truck, loved big tips.

Tracy, the truck, was trust worthy truck,
Tracy, the truck, had a big trunk.

Tracy the truck, loved to play tricks,
Tracy, the truck, banged with trees.

Tracy the truck, said the truth,
Tracy the truck, loved little troops.

Tracy, the truck, is my best toy truck!

Take care.