'S' Ending Blends

"This is an amazing trail, I can't wait to show Dee!" Kala is painting a map to show Dee a new cool trail. She is mixing together the colors much like mixing the sounds in words! Let's help her mix the colors and learn about S ending blends. You might already know that consonants are letters that aren’t vowels. And you might also know about blending things, when you mix things together. Did you know that you can blend letters together? When you blend two consonants together, you hear the sounds that each letter makes. Consonant blends can be at the beginning, middle, or end of words. In this video, we will explore ending consonant blends. When figuring out T, always start with the letter S and the sound it makes. Next, find the sound the next letter makes. Then, blend the sound S makes with the next sound to figure out the blend! Finally, touch and say the sounds and swipe your finger across the letters to repeat the blend! Now that we've learned a bit about ending blends, let's help Kala! Kala is mixing blue and yellow to make green for the grass, but each color has a letter on it! What blend do we get when we mix these two letters together? First, start with the letter S, what sound does S make? S makes the sound /s/. Next, we need to find the sound for the second letter, here it's K. What sound does K make? K makes the sound /k/. Then, blend the two sounds together. We can do this by touching and saying the sounds, then saying them faster to find the blend. What do /s/ and /k/ make when blended together? /S/ and /k/ make /sk/ when blended together. Like in the word desk or mask. It looks like Kala is blending blue and red together to make purple, but there are letters on her paint again! She has the letters S and T this time. What blend do we get when we mix these two letters together? Remember to start with the letter S, which makes the /s/ sound. Next, find the sound of the second letter, T. What sound does T make? T makes the sound /t/. Then, blend the two sounds together by saying each sound faster. What do /s/ and /t/ make when blended together? /S/ and /t/ make /st/ when blended together. Like in the word list or dust. Before we see Kala's map, let's review. Today we learned about S ending blends. To find S ending blend in words, always start with the letter S and the sound it makes. Next, identify or figure out the sound the next letter makes. Then, blend the sound from the letter S with that sound to figure out the blend! Finally, touch and say the sounds and swipe your finger across the letters to repeat the blend! Now, how is that map? "I should check that my map works first!' "Wait a second, what are you doing here, Dee?"