Starting with S Blends

1st Grade60 minutes

Learning Objective

I can read words with beginning s blends like "sp," "st," "sm," "sn," "sl," and "sw."

Key Concepts

When two consonants are making their sounds right next to each other at the beginning of a word, it is called a consonant blend.

The S blends covered in this video are SC, SK, SM, SN, SP, and ST.

Examples of sight words that have one consonant sound and a vowel are he, we, and me.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 12 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Which of these words starts with the /sp/ blend?

2. Write a word that begins with the /st/ blend.

3. Which blend do you hear at the beginning of the word 'smoke'?

...and 9 more questions

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S Blends: SC, SK, SM, SN, SP, ST - Practice Reading S Blends

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