The 'Sw' 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 'Sw' 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 'Sw' blend:

Swallow, Swamp, Swarm, Sway
Sweet, Sweat, Swept
Swim, Swine, Swift.

Reading for the 'Sw' blend:

Sweety, the sweet Swallow.

Sweetie was a sweet little Swallow
Who loved to swing all day.

She loved to see the fish swim,
She liked sound of the swine.

She loved the swamps,
She liked the insect swarms.

She loved to see the branch sway,
She liked the feel of the swift wind.

She loved to sweat in the sun,
She liked the sweet light of the moon.

Sweetie was a sweet little swallow,
Who let her heart swept away.

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The 'St' 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 'St' 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 'St' blend:

Statue, Stadium, Stage, Stars, Stairs, Stared,

Steady

Still, Stiff, Stinky.

Stone, Stockings, Stopped, Stomach, Stood

Style.

Reading for the 'St' blend:


Stony, the stone statue.

Stony was a stone statue,
Who stood steady all day.

Sometimes, he stood in the stadium,
Sometimes, he stood on stage.

Somedays, Stony stared at the stars,
Somedays, Stony stopped by the stairs.

Standing still and stiff all day,
Would give poor Stony a stomach ache!

Although Stony loved stinky stockings,
He loved to live in Style.

Stony was a stone statue,
Who wanted to be a part Stonehenge someday!

Take care.

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The 'Sp' 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 'sp' 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 'Sp' family of words:

space span spare spark spank spat.

speak spear, speed speck speech spell spend spent.

spike spill spin spine spire spirit.

spoil spoke sponge spoon sport spout.

spur spy.

The 'Sp' blend:

Spacy, the space spoon.

Spacy, a spoon in space,
Took part in a special race,
Got ready on a sparkling day
And was sporty all the way.

But in a spoilt temper,
He had a spat with the spear,
He spanked the sponge,
And threw sparks all along.
He spied the spout,
And spilled water from his mouth.

But Spacy, the spoon in space,
Was not a spoil sport.
In the end, he spoke in a manner,
That pleased the spanner,
He fixed the spear,
He sparkled the sponge.

This is how Spacy, the spoon, ended his day.

Take care.

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The 'Sn' 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 'sn' 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 'Sn' family of words:

Snack, Snap, Snake, Snail, Snare, Snag, Snarl, Snatch

Sneak, Sneeze

Sniff, Snip

Snob, Snoop, Snore, Snout, Snow

Snug, Snuggle

Story for the 'Sn' blend

Snobby, the Snobbish Snail.

The Snobbish snail had a snack,
The Snobbish snail had load on it's back.

The Snobbish Snail stopped to sneeze,
And the Snobbish Snail took a sniff.

The Snobbish Snail snuggled in it's shell,
The Snobbish Snail snored in a well.

The Snobbish Snail had no snout,
The Snobbish Snail could sneak about!

The Snobbish Snail saw the silly snake,
The Snobbish Snail sobbed all fake.

What a Snobbish Snail was silly Snobby!

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