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Lesson Plan:
Fun With Blends
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify and use consonant blends with the letter L to make words.
Introduction
(10 minutes)
- Ask students to identify what letter comes after K in the alphabet.
- Ask students to make the L sound.
- Tell students that today they will be learning L blends.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling
(10 minutes)- Affix the images to the board.
- Under each picture, write the L blend (such as FL, CL, or GL) in one color and the remainder of the word in black.
- Tell the students that the FL blend is at the beginning of the word flower, and point to the blend.
- Repeat this with the other words.
Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling
(10 minutes)- Give each student 5 precut Fun With Blends templates printed on white paper. Before the lesson, write each L blend on the templates with the word endings.
- Have the students color all the blends with one color.
- Ask your students to color the endings in another color.
- When your students have finished coloring, encourage them to match the L blends with the correct endings to make the same 5 words presented during the introduction.
- Walk around the classroom as the students match the words, and have them say the words to you.
Independent Working Time
(10 minutes)- Give each student a Fun With Blends worksheet.
- Read the instructions to the students.
- Give your students time to complete the worksheet.
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Give the students the option of writing more words with the L blend, such as glass, flour, clean, slide, and blue. Have your students categorize the words according to their L blends.
- Support: Give the students just one L blend at a time. For example, only present BL as in block, blanket, and blue.
Assessment
(5 minutes)- Collect the worksheet for grading.
Review and Closing
(10 minutes)- Ask the students what sound L makes.
- Have your students identify the L blends.
- As the students exit the classroom, ask your students to tell you one L blend word they learned today.
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
that guide learners through different concepts and skills.
They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Teaching kids to blend, or combine, sounds in order to pronounce new words is an important element to first grade reading. Segmenting the sounds that make up a word, and then blending those sounds to pronounce them correctly, can be a tricky skill to master. This lesson helps take first graders through this process, with guided practice and helpful examples.
Teaching kids to blend, or combine, sounds in order to pronounce new words is an important element to first grade reading.
This lesson includes printable activities:
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Song: Blending Bumper Cars
Game: Blending Sounds Photoshoot
Game: Blending Sounds Spelling
Game: Blending Ice Cream Attack
Game: Tutu's Blending Sounds Quiz
