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Reading · Ages 5–7 · 12 minutes

Phonics Check: Blend and Point

Children touch each sound, sweep across the word, and point to a matching meaning clue to show that blending led to understanding.

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Phonics Check: Blend and Point

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Today I am practising: blending three printed phonemes into a CVC word

1

Touch /s/ /a/ /t/. Sweep and say sat.

2

Point to or draw what sat could mean in a sentence.

3

Blend /f/ /i/ /n/ and write the word.

4

Blend /m/ /o/ /p/ and choose its picture clue.

5

Blend /c/ /u/ /p/ and use it in an oral sentence.

6

Ask an adult to write one new CVC word for you to blend.

Grown-up guide
  1. Keep a finger under each letter before making the left-to-right sweep.
  2. Use a simple sketch or oral sentence as the meaning clue; decoding is not a picture-guessing task.
  3. If blending stalls, say the sounds with less pause between them rather than supplying the word.