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LESSON PLAN
for Lesson 38
L-Blends

Materials
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teaching materials

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  • L-blend picture cards
  • Word cards
  • L-blend cards
  • Word-family cards
  • Letter cards
  • Practice sheet
  • Workmats


The Spy Club
• Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 400
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Background

Blends are two or three consonants grouped together, with each letter keeping its own sound. L-blends are highly reliable. When the letters bl, cl, fl, kl, pl, and sl appear together as a blend, they will almost always sound the same. L-blends most often appear in the initial position as in blink, clean, flower, klutz, plant, and slow. There is an exception in pronunciation for sl when the s is silent, as in island.