Monday, June 20, 2011

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.

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