Ending Blends: Word Practice

Explicit instruction/Teacher modeling

• Show the students the Consonant Endings video.
• List NK, LK, NT, MP, and ND on the board.
• Have your students list the words they heard in the video.
• Ask the students if they know any words that rhyme with the words listed.
• Categorize the words according to their consonant endings.
• Some examples may include drink, silk, sent, camp, and land.

Guided practice/Interactive modeling

• Play hangman as a class or have 2 groups compete against each other.
• Use words that have already been discussed in the lesson.
• Write the ending blend in the word so that students just have to guess the vowel and beginning consonant to complete the word.

Independent working time

• Give students the Ending Blends worksheet.
• Read the instructions to the students.
• Give the students time to complete the assignment.
• Collect the worksheet for grading.

• Enrichment: Ask your students to use words with ending blends in sentences. Challenge them to use at least two words with the same ending blend in the same sentence.
• Support: Give the students only the consonant ending ND to work with.

• Have your students complete the Ending Blends 3 worksheet.

• Have the students say one new word as they exit the classroom.
• Ask the students to identify the consonant ending for their new words.