Blending those Blends & Free Blend Posters

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Hi everyone! I wanted to share some ideas for teaching blends in the classroom and a freebie to be able to do just that!
Idea #1: Incorporate phonemic awareness in the morning through fun chants.
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These posters I’ve included below each have a chant at the bottom. It’s a simple chant, where I say, fluttering fly fl-fl-fl, plucking plums pl-pl-pl, clustering clouds cl-cl-cl. Chants have been something that have been a part of my classroom since my first day teaching, but I started off with a different chant format that I have improved over the years. I think it also has been a great way to get me to wake-up in the morning, lol! If you got a projector, you can actually project the pdf on the board instead of holding up the posters!
Idea #2: Play a quick game of memory with the blend cards during guided reading.
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While these are the size of a full page, did you know that you can actually adjust your pdf printer settings to print 4 to a page? Yes, you can! I’ve included directions to do this. This means you can use these for a quick game of memory during guided reading. Easy, peasy.

          Idea #3: Have a “What Begins With….” literacy center.
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These can be set-up in a center, and students can write words on a blank sheet of paper that begin with the letter.

 
Idea #4: Blend up words with the class.
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While either projecting the pdf of these on the board or using the blends poster, you can have students write a word on a sticky note that begins with the blend and bring it up to the classroom.
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Another idea, you can record words on the board that students blend-up.

Idea #5:  Introduce new blend words during guided reading.

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During guided reading, you can use the posters (or mini-posters) to introduce any new words that start with the blend.
Idea #6: Ring it up.
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You can print 4 to a page, put them on a ring, and have students use them as a writing reference in a writing center/station or for review.


Idea #7: Go on a blend hunt.

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Students can use the a mini-version of the blends poster as a reference tool while they are reading. They can then record any newly discovered blend words in a journal or on a piece of paper.

Not only do these activities work great for blends, but they work great for short vowels, long vowels, ending blends, digraphs, and other graphemes!

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Here is the freebie! It includes several L blend posters! I hope it helps your students to master those blends!

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I am also linking up with many other AWESOME teacher-authors who have tons of great tips and freebies! Make sure to check them all out!

Thank you so much for stopping by The Candy Class!
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Jolene 🙂
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10 thoughts on “Blending those Blends & Free Blend Posters”

  1. Thanks for sharing your awesome ideas and for participating in our collaborative linky. 🙂
    Nicole and Eliceo

  2. Your welcome! Thanks so much and glad you stopped by!

    Jolene 🙂

  3. Jessica

    Hi! I was wanting to try out your blends posters however, I am having difficulty downloading them. I’ve clicked on every picture and nothing happens.

    Jessica 🙂

    1. Jolene Mathew

      Hi Jessica,
      Your right, they are not working! Thanks for letting me know, and sorry about that. I transferred over from blogger to WordPress this summer, so the links must not have transferred over on this one. I will fix them right away, and here is the link also. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blend-Posters-2360634
      I also have a watercolor option of the blend ones free in my store too: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sound-Charts-Chants-for-Blends-Freebie-1168329
      Thanks again, and sorry about that!
      Jolene 🙂

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