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Step-by-step practice English textbook

Chapter 5: Blending short words

  • Strand Word reading
  • Level Level 1
  • Practice 77 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: English (Level 1). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Blend the letters of a short word in order, Choose the picture that matches a blended word, Choose the written word that matches a set of letters, Blend the first two letters, then add the last letter, Read a word that has the same middle vowel as a model word.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • I can join the sounds of three letters to read a word
  • I can find the picture or written word that matches the letters
  • I can blend the first two letters and then add the last one
  • I can find a word with the same middle vowel

You should already know

  • Simple CVC words (Chapter 4)
  • Letter sounds for all the letters so far (Chapters 1 to 4)

Where this leads

  • Segmenting and spelling short words (Chapter 6)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 5.1 Blend three letters to find the picture
  2. 5.2 Blend to find the written word
  3. 5.3 Blend the first two letters, then add the last
  4. 5.4 Read a word with the same middle vowel
  5. Summary and key words
  6. Check-up and practice test questions

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).