Blending Sounds to Read Words

Blending Sounds to Read Words

1st Grade · ELA · 40 min

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Learning Objective

I can blend sounds together to read words.

  • 1

    In Read Write Inc. phonics, sounding out letters in words is sometimes called Fred talk.

  • 2

    When teaching sound blending, exaggerate the sounds and have your child copy you.

  • 3

    Green words are words children can read once they've learned the speed sounds within each group.

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