Quick Look: Blending Onset and Rime

At La Verne Heights Elementary School in the Bonita Unified School District in San Dimas, California, teacher Stephanie Fincher helps her students practice blending onset and rime using manipulatives to represent the sounds.

What did you notice?

1. Before the students practice onset and rime independently, what does Ms. Fincher do? When could you replicate this routine in your phonics lessons?

Support Materials

Blending Onset and Rime Lesson Plan

This lesson plan uses the Touch and Say teaching strategy to teach students how to blend the onset and rime in a word.

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Student Practice Activity: Onset Rime Detective

Use this activity to provide students with practice with segmenting and blending the onset and rime in words.

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