Blends Lesson – The Blender

b
l
We take two or more consonant
letters (letters that are not
vowels), and we throw them in
our blender.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 b l

We mix them up.

Blends Lesson – The Blender
 bl

The letters blend together, but

each of their sounds can still be
heard.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 bl

Let’s pour out that blend and look

at some words that begin with
that blend.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 bl
bl ack

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 bl
black

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 bl
bl ock

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 bl
block

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 s
t
We take two or more consonant
letters (letters that are not
vowels), and we throw them in
our blender.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 s t

We mix them up.

Blends Lesson – The Blender
 st

The letters blend together, but

each of their sounds can still be
heard.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 st

Let’s pour out that blend and look

at some words that begin with
that blend.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 st
st op

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 st
stop

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 st
st em

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 st
stem

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 st

Blends can also be at the end of a

word or even inside it. Let’s look
at some words with this blend at
the end.
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 st
ne st

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 st
nest

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 st
la st

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 st
last

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 n
t
We take two or more consonant
letters (letters that are not
vowels), and we throw them in
our blender.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 n t

We mix them up.

Blends Lesson – The Blender
 nt
The letters blend together, but
each of their sounds can still be
heard.

This particular blend is only

found in the middle or at the end
of a word, never at the beginning.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 nt

Let’s pour out that blend and look

at some words that END with that
blend.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 nt
te nt

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 nt
tent

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 nt
mi nt

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 nt
mint

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 l
l
Sometimes, we can take two of
the same consonant letter (letters
that are not vowels), and we use
them in our blender.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 l l

We mix them up.

Blends Lesson – The Blender
 ll
The letters blend together. Since
the letter is the same sound, we
only need to say the sound one
time.

This particular blend is only

found in the middle or at the end
of a word, never at the beginning.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 ll

Let’s pour out that blend and look

at some words that END with that
blend.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 ll
be ll

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 ll
bell

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 ll
hi ll

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 ll
hill

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 c
k
The letters “c” and “k” often go
into our blender.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 c k

We mix them up.

Blends Lesson – The Blender
 ck
The letters blend together. Since
the letters say the same sound, we
only need to say the sound one
time.

This particular blend is only

found in the middle or at the end
of a word, never at the beginning.

Blends Lesson – The Blender

 ck

Let’s pour out that blend and look

at some words that END with that
blend.
Blends Lesson – The Blender
 ck
ba ck

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 ck
back

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 ck
du ck

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 ck
duck

Blends Lesson – The Blender

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