7 Ways to Practice Ending Blends
Once you’ve taught final blends, your students still need plenty of practice to reinforce the skill. These phonics activities are perfect for practicing ending blends and can be used as centers, word work, or work tasks.
Word sorts Word sorts encourage students to notice phonics elements within words, and it also gives them additional practice in reading and writing words with ending blends.
Puzzles Puzzles are another fun way for kids to practice reading words with ending blends.
Magnetic letters You can provide picture cards of words featuring ending blends (like the ones included in my Phonics by Design Ending Blends Unit) and have students build each word with magnetic letters. You can also use magnetic letters during the guided practice section of your direct phonics instruction.
Adapted books My students always loved completing adapted books, like this Ending Blends Adapted book.
Clip cards Clip cards are a fun, tactile way to get phonics practice.
Stamping You can use letter stamps the same way as magnetic letters. You can provide paper and ink pads, or you can have students stamp into play dough!
File folder tasks Most kids seem to love file folder tasks! They take a little time to prep, but you can use them year after year.
I hope these ending blends activities are useful in your special education or first grade classroom!
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