Quick Look: Blending Words with Short Vowels

In this short video, instructional coach Carla Miller, of Burgess-Peterson Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, uses words like cat and nap to work with her students to practice blending short vowels into words. 

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Carla Miller: What word did she read?

Student 1: Cat.

Carla Miller: Good. What did I just do?

Student 1: Cap.

Carla Miller: Good. What word was that?

Student 1: Cap. Nap.

Carla Miller: Nap. Good. I'm going to go to Ilia. What word was that?

Ilia: Nap.

Carla Miller: Look, I'm changing my vowel in the middle. What word do we have now?

Ilia: /n/, /ĭ/, /p/. Nip.

Carla Miller: Excellent. I love how you pulled it together at the end.

Viewing Questions

1. Where in your phonics lesson might you incorporate this routine?

Support Materials

Word Chaining with Short 'a'

The purpose of this activity is to offer students practice reading words with a short 'a', /ă/, like rat and rag.

Word Chaining with Short 'i'

The purpose of this activity is to offer students practice reading words with a short 'i', /ǐ/, like fit and fin.

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