How to present and practise consonant blends at the end of wordsThe first thing to think about with final consonant clusters is if you want to teach them at all. The main reason for doing so is that there are related minimal pairs students have difficultly distinguishing between (“knees”/...
Consonant blends at the end of words — often called final consonant blends — include: -ct: fact, insect, act, direct -ft: craft, gift, soft, lift -mp: jump, bump, lamp, pump -nd: sand, hand, sound, found -nt: want, paint, scent, bent ...
The term consonant blend is used in phonics to refer to two or three consonants present in the same syllable of a word and not separated by vowels. Examples include combinations such as br, cr, st, and spr. Consonant blends are most commonly found at the beginning and end of words. Im...
Blending the Consonant with ‘L’:The consonant immediately before the ‘le’ blends with the ‘l’ to create a distinct sound. For instance, in ‘table’, the ‘b’ blends with the ‘l’ to produce a ‘bl’ sound. Stress Placement:In multi-syllable words with an L-E ending, the st...
These pairs of letters can appear at the beginning of words, in the middle or even at the end. Consonant Digraph vs Consonant Blend — What's the Difference? Although consonant digraphs and blends are both made up of consonants (surprise, surprise!), these two phonics terms refer to two ...
Listen to the End (Final Consonant Blends)
You may have heard of consonant blends in English. This is because many English words contain consonants that are blended together.These blends are also called initial clusters or blends.Although not sperate sounds they can be confused as such, and the blending of them is a skill that has to...
Stimulating presentation and practice activities for consonant blends like “bl” and “nds”Consonant clusters like “spr-” and “-nts” are one of the most difficult aspects of English for ESL students to pronounce and even hear properly, so they are well worth specific classroom practice. Th...
a specific sound. Even though we hear the 'b' and the 'r', they are pronounced as 'br.' It is easy to spot blends at the beginning of a word, but they can also appear in the end of a word too. For example. the word 'best' has a blend because the 'st' has its own sound...
Using the words from the word bank at the top of the page, write the correct word on the lines for the matching picture. 1st Grade Trace and Write Your students can practice writing SP words by tracing the words along the dotted lines and writing them on the primary-ruled lines. 1st Gr...