Blending CVC Words

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Sound Superheroes: Let's Blend!

Hi, super reader! Have you ever made a yummy smoothie? You take a banana, some strawberries, and a little milk. You put them all in a blender, and... WHOOSH! They blend together to make one delicious drink!

Reading words is a lot like that. We take little sounds, blend them together, and make a whole word! This amazing power is called blending, and you're getting so good at it.

Let's Warm Up Our Blenders!

Sometimes, we can blend two parts. We take the first sound and smoosh it with the rest of the word. Try this one with me:

/p/ ... ig → pig!

Full Power Blending!

Now, let's blend all three sounds, one by one. We'll say each sound slowly, then faster and faster until they turn into a word. It's like stretching a rubber band and letting it snap back!

/c/ + /a/ + /t/ → cat
/s/ + /u/ + /n/ → sun

You did it! You heard the sounds and blended them into a word!

Your Reading Superpower!

Blending is your secret tool for reading new words. When you see a word you don't know, don't guess! Just look at the letters, say each sound, and blend them together. You can read almost anything!

Wow! You are a fantastic sound blender. Keep practicing this amazing skill, and soon you'll be reading stories all by yourself. You're a reading rockstar!

Sample questions

1. Listen carefully: /c/ /at/. What word do you hear?

○ cot

○ cut

○ can

✓ cat

Answer: cat — Listen to the first sound, then the rest of the word, and put them together.

2. What word do you get when you put /d/ and /og/ together?

✓ dog

○ dig

○ dot

○ jog

Answer: dog — Say the sounds slowly and then faster.

3. Blend these sounds: /s/ /un/. What's the word?

○ sad

○ sit

✓ sun

○ fun

Answer: sun — What word starts with /s/ and ends with /un/?

Skills in this topic

Blend two phonemes (e.g., /c/ /at/) to form a word.
Blend three phonemes (e.g., /c/ /a/ /t/) to form a CVC word.
Read simple CVC words by blending sounds.
Identify the CVC word formed when given three individual sounds.
Explain how blending sounds helps you read new words you've never seen before.

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