Blends

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Blends and Cluster Activities

There are over 325 activities for 25 initial blends and clusters on this page. You may want to "blend" the sets for mixed practice. I've also added 5 sets of dominoes and am working on a game that I'm calling "Blends Blingo." If you have suggestions for other activities, please let me know at carl1404@msn.com. Included on this page are the following blends/clusters:

bl br cl cr dr fl fr gl gr pl pr sc scr sk sl sm sn sp spr st squ str sw tr tw wr

(Just click on the one you want and follow the link.)

Bl Blends Set Anchor Word: blocks	Br Blends Set Anchor Word: breakfast
Cl Blends Set Anchor Word: climb	Cr Blends Set Anchor Word: crab
Dr Blends Set Anchor Word: Float	Fl Blends Set Anchor Word: float
Fr Blends Set Anchor Word: Frisbee	Gl Blends Set Anchor Word: globe
Gr Blends Set Anchor Word: grouch	Pl Blends Set Anchor Word: plant
Pr Blends Set Anchor Word: present	Sc Blends Set Anchor Word: scooter
Scr Clusters Set Anchor Word: scream	Sk Blends Set Anchor Word: skate
Sl Blends Set Anchor Word: slide	Sm Blends Set Anchor Word: smile
Sn Blends Set Anchor Word: sneeze	Sp Blends Set Anchor Word: spaghetti
Spl Clusters Set Anchor Word: splash	Spr Clusters Set (17 pages) Anchor Word: spray
St Blends Set Anchor Word: stop	Str Clusters Set Anchor Word: strong
Sw Blends Set Anchor Word: swing	Tr Blends Set Anchor Word: trick
Tw Blends Set Anchor Word: twirl	Wr Silent Cluster Set Anchor Word: write

Cl Skill Wheel	Cr Skill Wheel	Fr Skill Wheel	Gl Skill Wheel
Gr Skill Wheel	Pl Skill Wheel	Pr Skill Wheel	Sc Skill Wheel
Scr Skill Wheel	Sk Skill Wheel	Sl Skill Wheel	Sn Skill Wheel
Sp Skill Wheel	Spr Skill Wheel	St Skill Wheel	Str Skill Wheel
Sw Skill Wheel	Tr Skill Wheel	Tw Skill Wheel	Wr Skill Wheel

Blends Dominoes

Blends Dominoes, Set 1
(spr, sn, sm, str, scr, st)

Blends Dominoes, Set 2
(sp, sk, sw, sl, sc)

Blends Dominoes, Set 3
(cl, cr, bl, br, dr)

Blends Dominoes, Set 4
(pl, pr, gl, gr, thr)

Blends Dominoes, Set 5
(tr, tw, fr, fl, wr)

Blends Blingo

Blends Blingo, Set 1
(spr, sn, sm, str, scr, st)

Blends Blingo, Set 2
(sp, sk, sw, sl, sc)

Print these Blingo (Bingo) games on vellum and laminate for durability. Use with the picture cards from the database below. This game is meant to be played one-on-one with a tutor, parent volunteer or peer coach. Small group sets (6) will be available in the future.

Blends and Digraphs Chart

This chart contains the most common blends, consonant digraphs, clusters, and silent clusters (kn) and an anchor picture for each. It is recommended that teachers/parents use this as a reference for beginning and/or struggling writers. If a child hesitates when writing a word with a blend at the beginning, ask him or her to look at the chart. Do they see a picture of something that starts like the word they're trying to spell? Reproduce and laminate this chart to place in writing folders or to use in small writing groups, and/or for tutorial sessions. Enlarge at Kinkos to poster size and read it like you would the Alphabet Chart for automaticity.

Blends Poster Project

This poster project idea came from Jaime, a first grade teacher. She posted it on www.Teachers.net and I asked her if she would mind sharing it on this page. It's a great project to enhance the phonemic awareness of initial blends while working together as a family at home. Let me know what you think so that I can pass the compliments on to Jaime. On reflection, I think this project would work well for lots of other skills! Thanks again, Jaime!

Included in the packet: letter to parents, sample and scoring rubric.

Linking Activities to Literacy

"Cloze the Gap"

A cloze procedure is essentially a "fill-in-the-blanks" activity. Students use clues from the context or surrounding text to supply words that have been deliberately removed from the text. Activities such as "Cloze the Gap" facilitate the development of reading and writing skills in comprehension, spelling, fluency, syntax, and word identification. This is just one way to gain proficiency in using context clues. Many teachers also use the cloze procedure to assess comprehension. You'll see this strategy in most standardized tests.

For more information on rationale and directions for creating and scoring cloze activities, go to:

http://members.tripod.com/~emu1967/cloze.htm

More Web Sites For Teachers

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http://www.sitesforteachers.com/perl/rankem.pcgi?id=ccarl

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