Hello Niepodam! Have you ever heard a child read a word like this?
"/p/ /ă/ /t/ ... sip!"
Where on earth did SIP come from?
When kids know their letter sounds but land on the wrong word, it's often a working memory problem. The sounds slip away before they can put them together.
That's where successive blending comes in. Instead of saying all the sounds and then blending, students blend the sounds as they go. It's a small shift that makes a big difference for struggling decoders.
Once your students have the hang of it, blending lines are a fantastic next step. They're short rows of decodable words that get progressively more difficult, and you can use them with the whole class, small groups, or one-on-one.
In today's YouTube video I explain both successive blending and how to use blending lines in your phonics block.
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