Quick Look: Blending Syllables with Liz Quezada

At La Verne Heights Elementary School in the Bonita Unified School District in San Dimas, California, teacher Liz Quezada helps her students practice blending syllables by repeating them out loud and using their hands to put those syllables together to form a word.

What did you notice?

1. When could you use this strategy in your phonics lessons?

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Blending Syllables to Make a Word Lesson Plan

Use this sample Reading Universe lesson plan for teaching syllables awareness with a gradual release approach, or I Do, We Do, You Do. In this lesson you'll use the Stomp and Say teaching strategy to teach students how to blend syllables to make a word. It includes all of the support resources needed to put it into action in your classroom.

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