SL Consonant Blend PowerPoint

Here is a fun, animated PowerPoint to help teach the consonant blend 'SL' with supporting resources including a follow-up worksheet. Your consonant blend lesson all ready for you!

The SL consonant blend PowerPoint enables teachers and parents to introduce consonant blends in a fun way.

Aims:

To help children to blend the sounds 's' and 'l' to make 'sl'.

To help children to hear and feel the 'sl' blend at the beginning of words.

Go on an adventure with Slimmy Slug! What will happen today? He finds a fun slide to slip up and slide down - leaving a slimy trail! He finds a sledge and what fun he has! Feeling hungry has finds a slice of pizza and finds a cozy slipper in which to slip...until....

Listen out for the SL words: SL WORDS:  SLIMMY  SLUG  SLIMY  SLIDE  SLIPS  SLEDGING  SLEDGE  SLED  SLICE  SLEEPY  SPIES  SLIPPER

What is included in the SL consonant blends PowerPoint?

1. A 10-slide animated PowerPoint telling the story of Freddy Frog: Please play with the PowerPoint before using it with your class to see how the animation works. Click to activate the animations or progress to the next slide (you will find out what happens as you click!)

2. 8 slides focusing on the blending of the sounds 'F' and 'R' and looking at FR words in the story and retelling the story

3. 1 slide: Find the words that begin with FR - the pictures spin if correct.

4. 1 fun worksheet to use as a follow-up activity - colour the things that begin with 'fr'.

5. A PDF transcript of the story, slide by slide. This story is also written under each slide to be viewed in presentation mode

Who is the SL consent blend PowerPoint for?

1. All children of any age

2. Special needs children

Who can use the SL PowerPoint?

• Teachers

• Parents

• Home educators

• Private tutors

• Anyone who is teaching consonant blends to anyone!

I created this FR consonant blend PowerPoint to engage the attention of a late-speaking 8-year-old, who is having difficulty hearing consonant blends. He had already studied phonics before and failed, so was disillusioned. It worked. He loved it! Find more, coming soon, in my shop: Lilibettes Resources.