Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 2Unit 1Lesson 3

Review the alphabetic code

Blend Beginning and Ending Clusters

Today: Read adjacent consonants while preserving each sound.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Blend /s/ /l/ /ĭ/ /p/.

  2. 2.Name both first sounds in crab.

B

Learn

Blend Beginning and Ending Clusters

A consonant blend contains two or more sounds close together. Unlike a digraph, each consonant can still be heard.

Say each sound in the cluster, then tighten the sounds without dropping either one.

Study the model

s-l-i-p → slip; f-a-s-t → fast

C

Read

Original PRA passage

The small crab crept from a crack. It sped past a flat rock and slipped into grass.
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Blend Beginning and Ending Clusters

Grade 2Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Underline the blend in small. ELA-2-01-03-Q1

  2. 2.Read: crept. ELA-2-01-03-Q2

  3. 3.Where did the crab begin? ELA-2-01-03-Q3

  4. 4.Where did it end? ELA-2-01-03-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Write two words with beginning blends and two with ending blends.

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