Chunk it Out!
-ank
What two letters make the blend in drink?
dr
Is the word ring a closed syllable?
Yes – it ends in a consonant and has a short vowel.
What does the base word sing mean?
To make a musical sound with your voice.
Combine sing with -ing. What word do you get?
singing
Fill in the blank: “The bell will cl___ when the class begins.”
clang
What blend do you hear at the end of bank?
nk
Is the word wild a regular closed syllable or an exception?
exception - it has a long vowel
What does shrinking mean?
Getting smaller.
Add a prefix to kind to make it mean “not kind.”
unkind
Which word has the same ending sound as song: long, ring, or bank?
long (-ong)
Which word has an initial blend: song, string, ring?
string
Is the syllable in the word kind long or short?
Long
What is the root word in unkindness?
kind
Break apart the word banking into syllables.
bank / ing
Name three words that end in -ing.
bring, sing, running, ring
Spell a word with the pl- blend and a -ing ending.
playing, planting, plinking
Divide this word into syllables: banking.
bank / ing
Break the word strongest into parts.
strong / est
Make a new, real word using the -unk and an initial blend.
chunk, trunk, skunk, plunk
Create one nonsense word and one real word using -unk.
blunk (nonsense)
chunk (real)
Identify the blends in the word strength.
str (initial blend)
ngth (final cluster)
Divide this word into syllables: plinking
pl / ink / ing
Use thankful in a sentence that shows its meaning.
I am thankful for my family
Create a two-syllable word using one of these families: -ang, -ing, -unk, or -ong.
singer, longer, clapping