Week 04 · Monday: Blends at the Start (Sound Trail Grade 1)

Monday: S blends

Samantha the Squirrel zips down a tree.

"I love fast sounds!" says Samantha.

"Stop, snap, spin! Can you hear two sounds at the start?"

See it: blends

In a blend, two letters sit side by side.

You can hear both sounds.

Stop starts with s and t. Sss, t. Stop!

A digraph like sh makes one sound. A blend keeps two.

HEAR IT: TWO SOUNDS AT THE START

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

Which one starts like stop?

Which one starts like snap?

Which one starts like spin?

Which one starts like slip?

SEE IT: FIND THE BLEND

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

What two letters start stop?

What two letters start swim?

What two letters start skip?

What two letters start smell?

BLEND IT

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

s p o t

s n a p

s l e d

s w i m

Build it

BUILD THE WORD STOP

Say stop slowly. Four sounds.
Tap the letters in order.

1First

2Second

3Third

4Last

BUILD THE WORD SWIM

Say swim slowly. Four sounds.
Tap the letters in order.

1First

2Second

3Third

4Last

Read it yourself

stop, step, spin, spot
snap, sled, swim, skip

Try it

Skip in a spot. Say skip, skip, skip!
Then stop and swim your arms. Say each word.

Word Spot: going, had

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Going: G-O-I-N-G.

Had: H-A-D.

FIND THE WORD

Listen to the word.
Tap it.

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

Listen to the sentence.
Tap the missing word.

We are ___ to the park.

The bird ___ three eggs.

Great start! Tomorrow we meet blends with l.