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Final Blends: -ST and -SK

Ending Blends

Day 112of 180
Week 23of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and decode final blends -st and -sk

2

Read simple words ending with -st and -sk

3

Understand how blending sounds creates words

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 22:6

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

— Proverbs 22:6 (WEB)

Just as we learn to read by practicing sounds, we learn about God by practicing His ways

📦 Materials Needed

  • Letter tiles
  • Whiteboard and marker
  • Sound boxes
  • Picture cards with -st and -sk words
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in a circle. Explain we're learning special word endings that help us read better.

💭 Review Question: Can you tell me a word that ends with -st or -sk?
2Teaching (7 min)

Demonstrate how to sound out words like 'best', 'just', 'ask', and 'desk' by breaking them into sounds

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • When we see -st at the end, we say the sounds together quickly
  • The -sk blend sounds like 'sk' in 'ask'
  • Listen carefully to how the sounds blend
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What sound do you hear at the end of 'desk'?
  • Can you think of another word that ends with -sk?
3Activity: Blend Detective Game (6 min)
hands-on

Students will use letter tiles to build and read -st and -sk words

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each student a set of letter tiles
  2. Call out a word like 'desk'
  3. Students build the word using tiles
  4. Everyone reads the word together
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Provide a model word to copy

Challenge: Students create their own -st and -sk words

4Closing (2 min)

Review the new blends we learned today

📝 Review Questions:
  • What sounds make up -st?
  • What words did we learn today?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank You for helping us learn to read Your wonderful words.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more exciting word blends!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 119:105

“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.”

— Psalm 119:105 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Flashlight reading: Shine a light on words while reading

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Final blends help children decode more complex words by understanding how consonant sounds work together

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice these blends during everyday reading
  • Encourage sound-out attempts before helping
  • Make learning playful and positive
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children might find blending sounds challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to identify and sound out -st and -sk endings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a word hunt for -st and -sk words in books
  • Play 'I Spy' with -st and -sk words
  • Draw pictures of words ending with these blends

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