Basic 2 · Ghanaian Language · Phonics: Letter and Sound Knowledge
Blending Sounds to Read Words
In this topic you will blend sounds and syllables to read simple words.
By the end of these notes you should be able to:
- Blend letter sounds into words
- Blend syllables into words
- Read simple words
What you already know
- Words with the same sounds
Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.
- Strand
- Reading
- Sub-strand
- Phonics: Letter and Sound Knowledge
- Indicator
- B2.2.4.1.1-3 – Use alphabetic knowledge to Blend syllables to produce simple words decode words
Introduction
/c/ /a/ /t/ … cat! When we join sounds together quickly, we read a word. This is called blending.
1. Blending Sounds
Blend: To join sounds together to make a word.
| Sounds | Word |
|---|---|
| /s/ /u/ /n/ | sun |
| /p/ /e/ /n/ | pen |
| /d/ /o/ /g/ | dog |
2. Blending Syllables
| Syllables | Word |
|---|---|
| ba + na + na | banana |
| ta + ble | table |
| win + dow | window |
Tip: Blend syllables in your Ghanaian language too, the same way.
New words
- blend
- To join sounds together.
- syllable
- A part of a word you can clap.
- decode
- To work out a word from its letters.
- sound out
- To say each sound in a word.
Summary
- Blending joins sounds to make words.
- We can blend letters or syllables.
- Blending helps us read new words.
Class activity: Bottle Top Blending
- Use bottle tops marked with letters.
- Put three in a row and say each sound.
- Blend them to read the word.
You need: Locally made letter cards, Word cards with pictures of local objects, Bottle tops marked with letters
Exercises
Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.
1. /p/ /e/ /n/ makes…
- A. pen
- B. pin
- C. pan
- D. pun
Show answer
Answer: penp-e-n is pen.2. ta + ble makes…
- A. table
- B. tablet
- C. tabby
- D. tale
Show answer
Answer: tableTwo syllables make table.3. Blending means joining sounds.
- A. True
- B. False
Show answer
Answer: TrueThat is blending.4. /d/ /o/ /g/ makes "cat".
- A. True
- B. False
Show answer
Answer: FalseIt makes "dog".5. To work out a word from its letters is to ______ it.
Show answer
Answer: decodeThat is decoding.6. Blend these syllables: win + dow
Show answer
Answer: windowTwo syllables make window.
Homework
- Blend and read five simple words from a storybook.