Blends
Digraphs
Short Vowels
Long Vowels
Mystery
100

Give an example of a blend.

Blend, Trip, crispy, twirl.....

100

Give an example of a digraph.

Check, there, what, ship, phone...

100

Give an example of a short vowel sound. 

a, e, i, o, u 

100
What does a long vowel sound like? 

A, E, I, O, U 

100

How many syllables are in the word understand? 

3

200

Think of a sentence using a blend and write it

I got pretty flowers for Valentine's Day. 

200

Think of a sentence using a digraph and write it

I need to talk on the phone. 

200

Think of a word with a short vowel sound. 

Cat, bet, little, hot, up 
200

Think of word with a long vowel sound. 

Ape, feed, ripe, low, true

200

How many phonemes are in the word thrash? 

4

300

Have each person in your group write a consonant blend on the whiteboard and share it out loud. 

block, brush, tree, spoon, swing, frog, dragon....

300

Have each person in your group write a consonant digraph on the whiteboard and share it out loud. 

shark, chipmunk, twine, whale, graph

300

Have each person in your group write a word with a short vowel on the whiteboard and share it out loud. 

mad, bed, pig, cot, fun...

300

Have each person in your group write a word using a long vowel on the whiteboard and share it out loud. 

cake, sheep, night, coat, cube...

300

How many phonemes are in the word street? 

5

400

Where in a word can a blend be found? 

Beginning OR end! 

400

Where in a word can a digraph be found? 

Beginning OR end! 

400

Tell me 4 rhyming words using the short 'a' vowel sound

cat, bat, hat, sat, fat, rat, tat...

400

What helps us know that a vowel will be long? 

Magic 'e' at the end, "two vowels go walking the first one does the talking", double vowels

400

Does the word VCE pattern in the second syllable of the word, festive, spell a schwa or a long vowel sound? 

Schwa

500

What is a blend? 

Two letters that make one sound...but you hear BOTH letters.

500

What is a digraph? 

Two letters that make ONLY ONE SOUND

500

What do you hear with a short vowel? 

Its sound

500

What do you hear with a long vowel? 

Its name

500

If I have the word scrap and add the letter e to the end, what word do I have now?

Scrape