-ab Word FamilyKindergarten Phonics LessonBlending Onsets and Rimes of CVC Words

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Objectives and Common Core Standards

• Students will read words left to right. (CCS RF.K.1a)

• Students will recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequence of letters (CCS RF.K.1b)

• Students will blend onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. (CCS RF.K.2c)

• Students will pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (CCS RF.K.2d)

(Standards taken from the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; California Department of Education; www.cde.ca.gov)

Objectives and Common Core Standards

• Students will blend two to three phonemes into recognizable words (CA* CCS RF.K.2f)

• Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound for each consonant(CCS RF.K.3a)

• Students will identify which letters represent the five major vowels and know the short sound of each vowel( CA* CCS RF.K.3b)

(* Refers to the state of California additions to the Common Core Standards)

(Standards taken from the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; California Department of Education; www.cde.ca.gov)

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter.“/ă/”, the short vowel sound of the letter a.

a

Say the sound of the final (last) letter.“/b/”

b

Blend together.“ /ă/ /b/”

a b

Say it. “ab” is a group of letters called the rime.

ab

Now we are going to add a consonant at the beginning of “ab” to form words. This consonant is called the onset.

ab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/c/”Blend with “ab”.

c ab

What word did you say? “cab”

cab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/d/”Blend with “ab”.

d ab

What word did you say? “dab”

dab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/l/”Blend with “ab”.

l ab

What word did you say? “lab”

lab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/f/”Blend with “ab”.

f ab

What word did you say? “fab”

fab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/g/”Blend with “ab”.

g ab

What word did you say? “gab”

gab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/j/”Blend with “ab”.

j ab

What word did you say? “jab”

jab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/n/”Blend with “ab”.

n ab

What word did you say? “nab”

nab

Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/t/”Blend with “ab”.

t ab

What word did you say? “tab”

tab