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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 spl spr st squ str sw tr tw wr

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

Blends Bonanza CD

Blends Bonanza is a full color reproducible CD that has 26 blends sets as well as support materials for teaching this skill. Included are updated posters, puzzles, poems and songs, configuration and cloze activities, crossword puzzles, skill wheels, shape books, big book, word cards, sorts, word searches, alphabetizing, charts, dominoes and other new games and activities. New to the CD are little reproducible readers!

Proceeds from the sales of this CD are dedicated to maintaining a scholarship fund and to support the growth of literacy for children and teachers. International costs will have to be calculated at the time of purchase.

Blends Bonanza CD
Price: $9.95

Bl Blends Set Anchor Word: blocks	Br Blends Set Anchor Word: broke
Cl Blends Set Anchor Word: climb	Cr Blends Set Anchor Word: crab
Dr Blends Set Anchor Word: drink	Fl Blends Set Anchor Word: flake
Fr Blends Set Anchor Word: fries	Gl Blends Set Anchor Word: globe
Gr Blends Set Anchor Word: green	Pl Blends Set Anchor Word: plant
Pr Blends Set Anchor Word: present	Sc Blends Set Anchor Word: scooter
Scr Clusters Set Anchor Word: scrub	Sk Blends Set Anchor Word: skate
Sl Blends Set Anchor Word: sleepy	Sm Blends Set Anchor Word: smile
Sn Blends Set Anchor Word: snack	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: stuck	Str Clusters Set Anchor Word: string
Sw Blends Set Anchor Word: swing	Tr Blends Set Anchor Word: trike
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.

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