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Final Blends: -MP, -FT, -PT

Ending Blends

Day 114of 180
Week 23of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify and decode final blends -mp, -ft, and -pt

2

Read simple words containing these ending blends

3

Understand how blending sounds creates words

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:5

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.”

— Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

Just like we blend letters to make words, we trust God to help us understand new things

📦 Materials Needed

  • Letter tiles
  • Whiteboard and marker
  • Sound boxes
  • Blend word cards
  • Small jumping mat or area
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and explain we'll learn about special ending sounds that help us read new words

💭 Review Question: What sounds do we hear at the end of words like 'jump' and 'gift'?
2Teaching (7 min)

Demonstrate how to blend final consonant sounds -mp, -ft, and -pt with different beginning sounds

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • When we see these ending blends, we say both sounds together
  • Listen carefully to how the sounds connect
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you hear the 'mp' sound in 'jump'?
  • What other words end with -ft?
3Activity: Blend Jumping (6 min)
game

Students jump to different areas of the room based on ending blend sounds

📝 Instructions:
  1. Teacher calls out a word
  2. Students jump to the area marked with the correct ending blend
  3. Verify the ending sound together
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer blend options

Challenge: Have students create their own words with ending blends

4Closing (2 min)

Review the ending blends we learned today

📝 Review Questions:
  • What ending sounds did we learn?
  • Can you think of a word that ends with -mp?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us learn new ways to read and understand words.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll read a special book with lots of ending blends!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 46:1

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

— Psalm 46:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Jump and say each word of the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning to decode words by understanding how consonant sounds blend at the end of words

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice reading words together at home
  • Encourage child to listen for ending sounds in everyday words
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children might find blending multiple consonants challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to identify and pronounce ending blend sounds

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a word hunt for -mp, -ft, -pt words in books
  • Draw pictures of words with these ending blends
  • Play 'I Spy' with ending blend words

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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