The Elementary Spelling Book, being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book · Nos. 27–29 · Part 4: Accent, blends and new sounds
17. Blends at the start: crib, grub, trap, spin, split
Goal: Your child reads and spells one-syllable words beginning with two or three consonants.
You'll need
- The book, open to this table
- A slate, small whiteboard, or paper and pencil
What's in the book
No. 27 has words like scab, crib, grub, bled, plod, stag, shrub, trod. No. 28: clam, prim, scan, spin, trap, slip, trim, grin, scrap, grip. No. 29: snap, flip, split, chop, flat, slit, blot, shop. Sentences from No. 26 come first on the page, such as "Cider is made of apples."
The lesson, step by step
Review
Read three words from No. 26 and clap the syllables.
The pattern
One-syllable words again, now starting with blends like the ones in the early syllable tables: cr, gr, sp, tr, spl. Each vowel is short.
Read the table aloud
Read the table aloud together, a column at a time. You say a word, your child says it back while pointing to it. Then your child reads a column alone. Some of the words:
scab, crib, grub, bled, plod
clam, prim, spin, trap, slip
snap, flip, split, chop, flat
Spell aloud
Now the old way: your child looks at a word, then spells it aloud and says it.
Says, p, l, i, t, split.
Go down a column like this. Then cover the column, say a word, and have your child spell it aloud without looking.
Read the sentences
Read the sentences at the top of the page. They belong with No. 26:
Cider is made of apples.
A vial is a little bottle.
Dictation
Say each word, use it in a short sentence of your own, and say it again. Your child writes it. Try these: crib, grub, spin, trap, grin, flip, split, shop.
Check together against the book. Any word that came out wrong goes on a card for tomorrow.
Wrap up
Your child finds two words in these tables that rhyme (trap, scrap; slip, grip...).