Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Medial means the middle sound and final means the last sound.
- A blend is made up of two or more sounds (phonemes).
Skills
With prompting and support,
- Delete the medial (middle) sound in in a one syllable base word with a blend.
- For example, Say snail. Now say snail, but don't say /n/. (sail).
- Delete the final (last) sound in in a one syllable base word with a blend.
- For example, Say wind. Now say wind, but don't say /d/. (win).
Understanding
- Blends are made of more than one sound, and they can delete the middle or last sound of a blend to create a new word.
Vocabulary
- Prompting
- Support
- Delete
- Medial sound
- Final sound
- Blends
- One-syllable base word
