How to Do a Blending Drill in Under 5 Minutes

A blending drill is helpful in SO many ways! It helps kids learn to read, provides practice with applying phonics skills, helps kids who are guessing at words, and so much more. A blending drill just requires a few letter cards, so it’s easy to set up. And the best part? It can be done in 5 minutes or less!
In this video, I'll show you exactly how to do a blending drill to improve your Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students’ decoding abilities!
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[@ZanaMilovanovic-g5s]

Yes. I use it every day.

[@ekenechristyike5461]

Just heard for the first time. Your videos have been a blessing 😇🙏✍️✍️💖dear teacher

[@learningattheprimarypond]

Thank you!

[@izzudinali2395]

Your strategy is very good and is really helpful teaching CVC words.

[@learningattheprimarypond]

So glad it was helpful!

[@readingpandasbymamtasiroya]

I do use very often!

[@cindyhaughey4801]

Yes

[@debragrimes4085]

Yes, use blending drills every day.

[@gingerdillard1664]

I use your K-2 blending lines from TPT - would that be considered synonymous with this or are they focusing on different skills?

[@learningattheprimarypond]

Hi! I actually use both. I like the cards because they are a nice visual to show one card = 1 sound. I do just a few quick minutes of the blending drill and students may read a blending line later in the lesson. I hope this helps!

[@Katie-wn3kg]

My almost 6 year old is having trouble with the transition from saying the letter sounds to blending. He got stuck on CAT yesterday, because the C is a stop sound so he would say AT and leave off the C. He will also interchange letter names with letter sounds. Any ideas on where I need to take a step back or how I need to adjust to help him understand? Or another video that might be helpful. We are using All About Reading.

[@learningattheprimarypond]

Hey! That's great that you noticed that c makes the /k/ stop sound which is why that could be tricky. I recommend starting with continuous sounds first like "m, n, s, r" etc. You could also just try VC words - such as "at" for a bit until he's comfortable blending the two sounds and has mastered that. THEN add one some continuous sounds --> "sat, rat, mat." After he gets going with those continuous sounds, then you can switch to stopped sounds (like the /k/ in "cat.")

[@hollywhite4349]

And Terra West small group unit lessons.

[@amandaalvarez9480]

I have started to use your blending boards with my intervention students. They can decode but we have noticed that their decoding is labored and their fluency is low.

[@learningattheprimarypond]

I hope you start to see improvements as you use the blending resources more!

[@cas9954]

Yes….I have done blending drills

[@cas9954]

Thanks….

[@alliswellinsurancesolution4634]

I use blending drills almost daily.

[@MsAuthenticite]

Not yet...

[@learningattheprimarypond]

Have you ever tried a blending drill or something similar before?

[@robynmax8719]

Never used…will now

[@learningattheprimarypond]

I hope it benefits your students!

[@pjpj6767]

This method, which many teachers do, requires kids to 'read' each word twice, - first practice saying the sounds in the word, them saying the word. I don't know where the blending is taught. I know kids who cannot learn blending this way.

[@learningattheprimarypond]

One of the methods I talk about is blending two sounds of the word first, too! As you said, kids learn differently so it's important to present varying methods!

[@hollywhite4349]

yes heggerty

[@אמירחוסנין]

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