Beginning Blends Puzzles

Beginning blends puzzles where students join four letter pieces in order to build and read one-syllable words such as crab, flag, sled, drum and twig.
Year levels
Pre-school, Year 1
Pages
11
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated May 13, 2024

Subject
Spelling, Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Beginning Blends, Literacy Puzzles
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About this resource

Foundation and Year 1 students can practise reading and spelling words with beginning consonant blends with these beginning blend puzzles. With 42 different puzzles, students will have ample practice with reading and spelling one syllable words with beginning blends.

What is Included:

The 42 beginning blend puzzles contain easy to recognise images for students to create beginning blend words. Each puzzle contains 4 pieces, and each piece contains one letter for each word. Puzzles are included for each beginning blend, including r blends, l blends, and s blends.

How to Use:

Students will use the bold, colourful pictures as a guide to build each beginning blends word. Once they have the picture correct, students can read and practise spelling the word the picture represents.

When to Use:

  • Literacy Centres - The teacher can place these puzzles inside a literacy centre for students to work independently or with a partner to complete.

  • Morning Bins - The teacher can create a morning work activity that students can work on while waiting on their classmates to arrive to class.

  • Small Group Activity - The teacher can pull aside small groups of students who need extra practice reading and spelling words with beginning blends to complete these puzzles.

These beginning blend puzzles provide ample practice for students to get familiar with one syllable words that contain a beginning blend. Students will have fun learning about beginning blends and they will stay engaged with completing each puzzle.

Skills Assessed:

These puzzles assess students ability to complete puzzles using picture clues and provides practice with recognising, reading, and spelling beginning blends.

These puzzles are low prep. They need to be printed out and cut apart for students to complete. The teacher may choose to laminate the pieces for durability. The puzzle pieces fit easily inside a task box, allowing for easy set up, clean up, and storage for this literacy centre.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read one-syllable words that begin with a consonant blend

  • Spell beginning-blend words one letter at a time

Skills covered

  • Blending sounds — putting letter pieces in order to form words like frog and spin

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • R blends

  • L blends

  • S blends

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