Help with blending sounds

Learn all about continuous blending, the research-backed way to teach the blending of sounds! This strategy will help kids learn to blend sounds effectively and read words quickly and accurately. Read, learn, and get a

The CVC Word Blend and Read dot cards and worksheets are a great way to help kindergarten and first grade students learn to segment and blend CVC words.

If you're looking for blending sounds activities, try successive blending. It works great for beginning readers in kindergarten and first grade. Grab the free printable mat and cards! #blending #phonics #CVCwords

Hi, friends! Today, I’d like to talk about phoneme segmentation. Stretching out CVC words can be such a tricky skill for some of our little learners. You all know what I mean! Sometimes, identifying each sound through auditory means

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Blending sounds into words–what an exciting step in learning to read. Once students know a few consonants and vowels, we can begin to teach them how to blend those sounds into meaningful words. Blending, for some students, is a challenge. Do you have students who know their letters and sounds and can sound out any […]

You’ve taught the letter sounds, but how do you teach blending sounds? We’ve got the tips, techniques, and activities to put it together!

Have you found your 1st grade classroom struggling with CVC words even when you feel like you’ve tried everything to help them with blending and segmenting? You won’t want to miss this blog post that includes 5 easy and engaging activities to practice CVC words. Some of these CVC activities include pop it blending, race car blending and even blending with hula hoops. Use all of these blending and segmenting activities to help your students with their reading skills while still having fun.

Blending words is an important skill that is needed in order to be a successful reader. Teach students how to blend sounds into words with these effective strategies and activities.

Blending cards help early elementary students learn to read by segmenting each sound, blending the sounds and reading the word. The cues on each card show students that each letter makes a sound. Many of blending cards now have images to go with them. The images are great to use for phonemic awareness or word sorts. The phonics image cards are sized for most pocket charts and are available for most blending cards!