The 'Fl' 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 'Fl' set of words on individual cards. Underline the blend in every word. Explain your child about 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 Fl blend:

Flash, Flashlight, Flawless, Flew, Flight, Flips, Flops, Floor, Flung, Fly.

Reading for the 'Fl' blend:

I saw a fly at night.

I took my flashlight,
To catch a fly at night,
I saw it fly up high,
I saw it sit on the floor,
I flashed my flashlight,
To see if it flew anymore!
Then, I saw it take flight,
And do flawless flips and flops,
Until I flung my flashlight,
To find it lying flat on the floor.

Take care.

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The 'Cl' 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 'Cl' set of words on individual cards. Underline the blend in every word. Explain your child about 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 'Cl' blend:-

Clad, Claim, Classy.

Clear.

Cling, Climb, Climate, Cliff.

Cloud, Clown, Closet, Clothes, Cloak, Clock.

Clue.

Reading for the 'Cl' blend.

Clingy, the Cloud.


Clingy, the little cloud, loved to climb up high.
Clingy, the cloud loved to clown in the sky.

Clingy, the cloud had clothes in his closet,
His clothes gave us clues on our doorstep.

When clad in a grey cloak, he made rains,
But when clad in white, he made a classy sight.

Clingy, the cloud claimed to clear our days,
Clingy, the cloud, changed the climate his ways.

Clingy, the cloud, followed no clocks,
Clingy, the cloud, stood tall over cliffs and rocks.

Clingy, the little cloud, loved to up climb high.
Clingy, the cloud loved to clown in the sky.

Take care.

The 'Bl' 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 'Bl' set of words on individual cards. Underline the blend in every word. Explain your child about 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 'Bl' blend:-

Black, Blanket, Blast, Blame.

Bleat, Blew.

Block.

Blizzard, Blink.

Blue, Blush, Bluff.

Reading for the 'Bl' blend :-


Baabaa black sheep wanted to bleat all night,
Baabaa black sheep blew his blue nose tight.

Baabaa black sheep wore a blue blanket,
Baabaa black sheep wanted to block the blizzard with might.

When Baabaa black sheep heard a big blast,
Baabaa black sheep did not blink a while.

When Baabaa black sheep saw a blocked road,
Baabaa black sheep blamed the black smoke.

Baabaa black sheep loved to bluff,
Baabaa black sheep liked to blush.

Baabaa black sheep wanted to bleat all night,
Baabaa black sheep blew his blue nose tight.

Take care.

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