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Blends SP, ST Worksheet

An illustrated onset activity asks students to choose sp or st, write the blend for each picture, and use a labeled second page for later checking.
Grades
Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–2, Elementary
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Updated Jul 28, 2021

Subject
ELA, Language Development, Phonics
Topic
Beginning Sounds, Consonants
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Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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What's inside this resource

This activity is great for students who are just learning their blends. This worksheet can help them to better understand how to identify the beginning sound of a word.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify whether a pictured word begins with sp or st

  • Attend to the second consonant in an s-blend

  • Write the opening cluster that represents the heard sounds

Teaching tips

  • Pronounce the onset slowly, then blend it into the full picture name.

  • Let students explain which second consonant they heard before revealing the checking page. Revisit single-letter beginnings with this B, C, and D word-building worksheet before returning to blends.

Skills covered

  • S-blend recognition — sp and st are contrasted within one activity.

  • Sound-symbol mapping — spoken clusters are represented with letters.

  • Picture vocabulary — visual identification supplies the words being analyzed.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • SP blend

  • ST blend

  • Consonant clusters

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