Decodable Words and Sentences: Blends

What's Included:

Words and sentences for:

• Initial Blends

• Final Blends

How to Use:

Building fluency and getting in decoding practice come hand in hand. Both are also critical when it comes to building comprehension and confidence. In order for students to become fluent, they must be good decoders.That’s why these decodable sentences are so great – students can work on fluency because they’re able to decode these sentences. When we’ve built a strong foundation in decoding, fluency can easily follow.These sentences are a great way to practice both, and these sentences give students the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their small groups. Though this set contains the phonics skills ng-diphthongs, it’s accompanied by short vowel skills and practice, too.

These decodable sentences can be used in a variety of ways – choose what works best for your classroom! We provided both a color and black and white copy for your convenience.

• Centers - Make copies of each and set them up as centers. Place them in a basket in the middle of a table and have students read them out loud.

• Partner Work – Have students partner up and read the sentences to each other. This way, fluency is modeled for them and they can hear the sentences read more than once.

• Small Groups – Take these decodable sentences and work on them at your small group table. Divide up the groups based upon skill level.

Why was this resource created?

❓ I don't know about you, but over the years, I have tried to mix and match phonics activities that will best support my students. Most of the time, the curriculum I am using just does not cover everything that I need it to. The problem is that there are so MANY things out there, that we can easily get overwhelmed with what to use. Phonics instruction should be explicit and systematic (that's what research tells us) but it should also be CONSISTENT.

🌟 That's exactly why I created these phonics lesson plans and accompanying activities aligned to science of reading research and best practices. Our ultimate goal when we sit down to do a phonics lesson is to TEACH our students how to decode. This is why the activities we do should be CONSISTENT. We don't want our students to have to learn a new game or exercise every time they come to our table (although games on the occasion are a must). We want them to know exactly what to expect so they can focus all of their brain power on learning HOW to read. That's why I am so passionate about the lessons shared in this science of reading phonics kit I am about to share with you! The Phonics Lesson plans are EXPLICIT... SYSTEMATIC... and the activities are consistent from week to week.

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This kit of lessons and resources is for you IF:

✅ You are just getting started with the Science of Reading
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You can now sit down at your small group table feeling confident that you are reaching your kiddos!

Virginia State Approval: This resource is part of the Foundations to Fluency Curriculum approved by the VDOE under the Virginia State Literacy Act for grades K-2 as a supplemental resource to your current program. This means that this resource has been vetted and determined to follow the Science of Reading initiative.

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