Circle the L Blend You Hear

Say each picture name together and stretch the first two sounds, or the last two on the ending blend pages, before your child writes. Check with the answer key and say any missed word again slowly.

Circle and write the l blend for pictures like flag, glove and blanket from three blend choices. A blend is two consonants whose sounds you hear together, like st in stop. Every blend on this page ends in l. The directions on the page read: Say each picture name and listen to the first two sounds. Circle the blend you hear at the start. Then, write the blend on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade consonants, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with consonant blends. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A blend is two consonants side by side where you still hear both sounds, like f and r in frog or c and l in clap. Children say the two sounds together quickly.

L blends end in l, like bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl. R blends end in r, like br, cr, dr, fr, gr and tr. S blends start with s, like sn, sp, st, sw and sk. Ending blend pages add nd, st, mp, nt, nk, sk, lt and lk at the end of words like hand and milk.

Say each sound slowly, then push them together: f, r, og becomes frog. Have your child say the picture name aloud before writing, and stretch the start if the blend is hard to hear.

Yes. All 28 consonant blends sheets have an answer key.

They match consonant letters to sounds at the start and end of words, read blends where both sounds are heard, like st in stop (RF.1.2.B), and learn digraphs where two letters make one sound, like sh in ship (RF.1.3.A).

Begin with single beginning and ending consonants, then l, r and s blends at the start of words, then ending blends like nd and mp. Digraphs such as sh and ch come next, with th, wh and ck after them.

Ask your child to say the word slowly and stretch the end, as in nest. If only one sound comes out at the end, say the word together and tap a finger for each sound. The Circle the Ending Blend pages practice this with pictures like lamp and skunk.