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Knowledge
- A blend is made up of two or more sounds (phonemes).
- A blend can occur at the beginning or end of a word.
Skills
- Delete phonemes in spoken words with an initial blend. For example, say smoke. Now say smoke, but don't say /m/. (soak).
- Delete phonemes in spoken words with a final blend. For example, say best. Now say best, but don't say /s/. (bet).
Understanding
- By deleting phonemes in the initial and final blends of words, they are able to identify all the sounds within the word and demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness skills.
- Blends are made of more than one sound, and they can delete different sounds within a blend to create a new word.
Vocabulary
- Delete
- Phonemes
- Initial
- Final
- Blends
- Spoken words
