[blender whirring] Have you ever made a smoothie in a blender? I'm blending strawberries and bananas.
When I'm done blending, I won't have strawberries by themselves; I won't have bananas by themselves
either. I'll have a blend! [rapid, punctuated whir] Blends aren't just for smoothies, though. Blends can be in words.
We have learned a lot of words that have three letters: a consonant, vowel, and consonant
– like lip! But what if we see two consonants right next to each other?
Ooo ...
Flip!
Today we are going to read words like this: words that start with a consonant blend.
[emphasizes the blended sound of "bl"']
A consonant blend is a combination of two consonant sounds, just like my smoothie was
a blend of strawberry and banana! Sometimes consonant blends come at the beginning of
words. Blends can come at the end of words too. We're going to be working on blends for
a few weeks. This week, we'll start with L blends that come at the beginning of words.
In L blends, the second consonant sound is the sound that the letter L makes. L. L. [repeats the L sound]
Remember, the L sound? Our mouth is open, our tongue goes up and touches right
behind our front teeth, we spread our lips to the sides so air can go out around the
tongue to make the L sound, like at the beginning of the word lip.
But, what if the word was
flip? Now we have the consonant blend "fl" at the beginning. Let's blend these two sounds
together. First, we have the sound f. Make the sound with me. F.
Then we have the sound l. Make the sound with me. l. Let's make the letter F's sound again.
Do it with me. F. F. F.
Now let's do the letter L's sound again. L. L. L.
Let's blend these sounds together and read a word. Let's blend it slowly. [emphasizes
"slowly"] We should still be able to hear both sounds.
F ... [holds the f sound] ... l ... [holds the L sound] ... lip. [smoothly transitions]
Oh! [laughs]
Now THAT'S a flip!
Let's do another blend! P and L. [speaks the letter names]
Make the first sound with me. P. P. P.
Now make the next sound. L. L. L.
And blend! Pl. Say it with me three times. Pl. Pl. Pl.
What words can you think of that start with this sound? Plane. Planet. Platypus!
Nice! Let's do another. B and L. [speaks the letter names] Make the first sound with me.
B. B. B.
Now make the next sound. L. L. L.
And blend! Bl. Say it with me three times. Bl. Bl. Bl.
Blueberry. Blender. Blimp!
Next is C and L. What's the first sound? C [makes the hard C sound].
Now make the next sound. L.
And ... blend! Cl. Say with me three times. Cl. Cl. Cl. What words can you think of that
start with this sound? Clown. Clock. Ah! Cloud.
Next is G and L. What's the first sound? G.
Now make the next sound. L. And ... blend! Gl. Say it with me three times.
Gl. Gl. Gl. What words can you think of that start with this sound? Globe. Glue. Glasses.
Next is S and L. What's the first sound? S.
Now make the next sound. L. And ... blend! Sl. Say it with me three times. Sl. Sl. Sl.
What words can you think of that start with this sound? Sleepy. Sloth. Slippers.
Let's look at a picture. I'll show you the word, but I'll cover up the consonant
blend at the beginning. We will say the word out loud and think about which blend is hiding
at the beginning.
Ooo. Weird! Do you know what this is? It's a blobfish! Blob. Hmm ... What consonant blend
goes at the beginning of blob? Say it with me: blob.
Bl.
That's B and L.
A plot of land. That means an area of land. Plot.
Which letters are at the beginning of the word? Say the word again.
Plot. Plot. [emphasizes the Pl blend sound].
P and L.
Ooh! A glen. That's a valley with beautiful green hills. Glen. What goes at the beginning?
Glen. Can you say it? Glen. Gl.
G and L.
Great job! Now you can read words with these beginning
consonant blends with the letter L. [gasps] Oh! That reminds me! Let's work on some sight
words. Remember, sight words are words that pop up a lot in our reading, but [exaggerates
the word "but"] they might not always follow the rules.
See. See. What sentence can you
think of? Maybe, "I see a cat."
Next one: and. And. How about, "I see a cat and a dog."
Great!
Was. Was.
Oh! I have an idea for a sentence! It was hot. Great!
No. No. This isn't the word "no"
like "I know you can do it." This word is "no" like, "No, Tom!" Breaking the rules again ...
As. Can you say it with me? As. It is as big as a bus. Whoa! [laughs with astonishment]
Time to say goodbye! Great job today working on consonant blends!
[slow down sound effect] [gasps] Hey! Wait a second! "Blends!"
That starts with a consonant blend! Blends! B and L! [laughs] OK, anyways, nice job working
on blends and don't forget to always stay clever [gasps] [slow down sound effect]
– "Clever!" That starts with a blend too! Clever! C and L!
Now it's time [laughs] to say goodbye for real.
Can't wait to blend some more with you soon.
Don't forget to stay clever. [emphasizes the cl blend]