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Letter patterns are groups of letters that often appear together in many different English words: eg -tion and -ing. Letter patterns can often help you read words that you’re unsure of or have never seen before.

The only one-letter words in English are a and I. The most common two-letter words are of, to, in, it, is, be, as, at, so, we, he, by, or, on, do, if, me, my, up, an, go, no, us, am. The most common three-letter words are the and and.

Common 2-Letter Blends. The most common 2-letter consonant blends are: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, and tw. Here are some words with 2-letter consonant blends: Bl: blank, black, blue, blister, blight, blast.

Three-letter consonant blends are sometimes called consonant clusters or triple consonant blends. You can find a consonant blend at the beginning or end of a word.

A digraph contains two consonants and only makes one sound such as sh, /sh/. (ch, wh, th, ck) A blend contains two consonants but they each make their own sound, such as /s/ and /l/, /sl/ (st, fl, sk, gr, sw, ect.)

A blend, in morphology, is a word formed from parts of two or more words. In this sense blending is a process, among other processes, of creating new words.

What is a Blend? A blend is two consonants that come together and they both keep their sounds. For example, think about the sl in the word slide. You can clearly hear the sound of the s and the sound of the l in the word slide.

Below is a list of blend words (sometimes also called portmanteaus)….What are blended words?

An ending blend is two adjoining consonants that each make their own sound; a digraph has two letters that make just one sound. ENDING BLEND – An example of an ending blend is in the word “sink”. You make a sound for both ending letters nk. Say it out loud slowly and listen for both sounds.

A consonant blend is when two or more consonants are blended together, but each sound may be heard in the blend. The most common beginning consonant blends include: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fr, tr, fl, gl, gr, pl, pr, sl, sm, sp and st. Blends can also occur at the end of words as in the word “last”.

Introduce words with initial blends only of 4 sounds. When students are ready, introduce final blends still with only 4 sounds before finally tackling words with initial and final blends and three letter blends at the beginning. Eventually students should be able to read and write syllables of 5 and 6 sounds.

Recognize the alphabet letters. Remember to read the sounds left-to-right. Recall and say the sounds quickly enough so as not to distract from the blending. Remember all 3+ sounds in order to blend them together and read the complete word.

And today, it’s easy for a child to learn by showing that the blends consist of separate sounds “blended” together. When should you teach the blends? You can start after the child has learned the short-vowel sounds, all of the consonants, and can read many simple three-letter words.

A consonant is a speech sound in which the air is at least partly blocked, and any letter which represents this. Consonants may come singily (by themselves) or in clusters (two or more together), but must be connected to a vowel to form a syllable.

How to teach sight words

1. Create a tune or a story. Can you sing Mary Had a Little Lamb?
2. Use manipulatives to build it. Just because you taught a song, chant or story to “teach” what the sight word looks like or remember how it’s spelled – that’s not enough.
3. Find it in print.
4. Form the letters with bodies.
5. Skywrite.

Why is blending important? Blending is super important because being able to mentally join speech sounds together to make words helps students to decode unfamiliar words using letter-sound patterns when reading. Difficulties with the ability to blend is a hallmark sign of the struggling reader.