How to Download Your Initial Blends Phonics Chart:

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One Way to Use this Poster:

1. Students sit in pairs.
2. Teacher introduces the initial blends chart on the website and models decoding the words.
3. Teacher models giving clues for the students to guess e.g. ‘I’m thinking of a circus performer that starts with cl  _______ ‘, ‘An animal that starts with fr _______ ‘. 
4. Students guess the word and spell it to their partner. 

1. Complete a running record or a student.
2. If initial blends appear to be a sounds the student needs knowledge on, go to https://phonics-teaching.com and find & print the initial blends words poster.
3. Explore the poster together.
4. Practice the onset & rime.
5. Place the poster in a loose leaf folder to create a book or personal sounds the student needs to work on.