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Reception English and phonics textbook

Chapter 6: Blending words

  • Strand Word reading
  • Level Chapter
  • Practice 100 questions with step-by-step solutions

Early Years Foundation Stage for England, English. Content: Blend the sounds of simple CVC words (for example cat, dog, sun), Blend words with digraphs (ship, chick, thumb, ring) and long vowel digraphs (rain, boat, moon), Blend words with double letters or ck at the end (duck, bell, bus), Read simple two- and three-word phrases, word by word, Choose the picture for a word that has been blended.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • I can blend the sounds of a short word to read it
  • I can blend words with two letters that make one sound
  • I can blend words with a vowel digraph
  • I can blend words with a double letter or ck at the end
  • I can read a short phrase and find the picture of the main word

You should already know

  • Letter sounds in Chapters 1 to 5
  • Consonant and vowel digraphs (Chapters 4 and 5)

Where this leads

  • Common tricky words (Chapter 8)
  • Segmenting and writing words (Chapter 7)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 6.1 Blending short words
  2. 6.2 Blending words with two-letter sounds
  3. 6.3 Blending words with vowel digraphs
  4. 6.4 Blending words with double letters and ck
  5. 6.5 Reading short phrases
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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