Students examine word blends. In this word blends instructional activity, students investigate common word blends. Working in pairs, students analyze words containing blends and generate a word list.

In this initial blends worksheet, students say the word for each picture and bracket the 'fr' initial blend sound for each word. Students complete 5 examples.

In this word blends worksheet, students study the pictures and write the sk or sc blend that goes with each picture. Students find blends for 12 pictures.