Reception English and phonics: Blending short words
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Blending short words
Kit has a cat. Look at the word cat. It has three sounds: /k/, /a/ and /t/.
Blending means joining the sounds together. Say the sounds in order, faster and faster, then the word: cat.
Read the sounds from left to right, one at a time. Do not stop between them.
Key ideas
- Blending means joining the sounds of a word, in order.
- Each letter, or group of letters, makes one sound.
- Say the sounds faster and faster, then read the whole word.
cat
dog
sun
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.c - a - t
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./k/ /a/ /t/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./k/ /a/ /t/ = cat
Check. Check the picture of a cat. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
dog
pig
bed
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.d - o - g
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./d/ /o/ /g/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./d/ /o/ /g/ = dog
Check. Check the picture of a dog. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
pen
hat
sun
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.p - e - n
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./p/ /e/ /n/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./p/ /e/ /n/ = pen
Check. Check the picture of a pen. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
Watch out
Watch out: do not say the letter names, like “see-ay-tee”. Say the sounds, like /k/ /a/ /t/.
Exam tip
Grown-up tip. Point to each box, one at a time, and say its sound. Then say the whole word with no gaps.
Exercise 6A Blending short words
dog
sun
cat
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.c - a - t
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./k/ /a/ /t/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./k/ /a/ /t/ = cat
Check. Check the picture of a cat. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
dog
pig
bed
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.d - o - g
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./d/ /o/ /g/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./d/ /o/ /g/ = dog
Check. Check the picture of a dog. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
sun
pen
hat
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.p - e - n
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./p/ /e/ /n/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./p/ /e/ /n/ = pen
Check. Check the picture of a pen. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.m - a - t
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./m/ /a/ /t/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./m/ /a/ /t/ = mat
Check. Check the picture of a mat. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
sun
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.s - u - n
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./s/ /u/ /n/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./s/ /u/ /n/ = sun
Check. Check the picture of a sun. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
hat
cup
rug
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.h - a - t
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./h/ /a/ /t/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./h/ /a/ /t/ = hat
Check. Check the picture of a hat. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
bed
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.b - e - d
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./b/ /e/ /d/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./b/ /e/ /d/ = bed
Check. Check the picture of a bed. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
pig
cup
rug
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.c - u - p
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./k/ /u/ /p/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./k/ /u/ /p/ = cup
Check. Check the picture of a cup. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
pig
pen
pan
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.p - i - g
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./p/ /i/ /g/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./p/ /i/ /g/ = pig
Check. Check the picture of a pig. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.d - i - g
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./d/ /i/ /g/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./d/ /i/ /g/ = dig
Check. Check the picture of a dig. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
sun
Method. Read the sounds in order, from left to right.
- Read the first sound. The first sound is /s/.s
- Read the other sounds in order. Then /u/, then /n/.s - u - n
- Give your answer. Say why Ben is wrong.Accept any answer that says no: the sounds are read in order, s - u - n, so the word is sun.
Check. Read the sounds in order and you get sun. ✓
Watch out. Read the sounds from left to right.
rat
rug
ring
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.r - a - t
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./r/ /a/ /t/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./r/ /a/ /t/ = rat
Check. Check the picture of a rat. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.
Method. Read the parts in order. Then say the sounds together, faster and faster, to make the word.
- Read each part, one at a time. Each part makes one sound. Read them from left to right.c - a - p
- Say the sounds, then join them. Blending means joining the sounds together into one word./k/ /a/ /p/
- Write the word. The blended sounds make the word./k/ /a/ /p/ = cap
Check. Check the picture of a cap. The picture matches the word. ✓
Watch out. Do not say each sound as a separate word. Join them together.