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What are blends and digraphs? And what’s the best way to teach them?

Consonant blends are when two or more consonants are blended together, but you still hear each sound, such as in the words black and mist. Consonant blends are also referred to as consonant clusters.

There are beginning consonant blends and final consonant blends. Beginning consonant blends are blends that appear at the beginning of a word, such as brick and clay. Final consonant blends and blends that are at the end of a word, such as task and bend.

Consonant digraphs are different from consonant blends. A consonant digraph is when two consonants represent ONE new sound. For example, the words chin and wish contain consonant digraphs that make one sound.

Blends don’t actually need to be taught, since they are just sounds they already know. What some students might need is to practice blending and mapping words with consonant blends.

It’s important that students learn to focus on the sounds these letters represent. It’s very common for struggling readers to not hear a sound in a blend, or not realize they are misspelling a blend because they think it’s one sound when it’s really two or more.

Source: Author: Delilah Orpi
Delilah Orpi is the founder of Thrive Literacy Corner.

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