Make reading as fun as A-B-C and 1-2-3! Introduce your first grade students to ending blends such as NK, LK, NT, MP, and ND.
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Students will be able to identify and manipulate consonant ending blends.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Tell the students that today they will be learning about consonant ending blends.
- Explain that consonants are letters in the alphabet that are not vowels.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling
(10 minutes)- 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
(10 minutes)- 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
(10 minutes)- 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.
Differentiation
- 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.
Assessment
(10 minutes)- Have your students complete the Ending Blends 3 worksheet.
Review and closing
(10 minutes)- Have the students say one new word as they exit the classroom.
- Ask the students to identify the consonant ending for their new words.
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