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What is a blend?\u003Cbr>2. What is a digraph?\u003Cbr>3. Short i / Long i Word Sort\u003Cbr>4. Word Puzzles (with blends)\u003Cbr>5. Picture and Word Cards\u003Cbr>6. Bottle Cap Spelling Cards\u003Cbr>7. Blend-a-Word Game\u003Cbr>8. Color by Vowel Pattern\u003Cbr>9. Sight Word Search\u003Cbr>10. I Spy Sight Words\u003Cbr>11. Word-Wac-Woe Game\u003Cbr>This printable pack was created for use with your child at home or in the classroom setting. Permission was granted from BOB Books to use their logo.\u003Cbr>Created [by Becky @](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[ ](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[www.thisreadingmama.com](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)\u003Cbr>©2013 All Rights Reserved. |\n\nA blend is…  \ntwo letters  \ns t  \nput together  \nand you hear BOTH sounds  \nst  \n[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)  \ns t  \n| A digraph is…\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>two letters\u003Cbr>t h\u003Cbr>put together\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>t h |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>[www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com) | and you hear ONE sound\u003Cbr>th\u003Cbr>Common Digraphs: th, wh, sh, ch, kn, wr, gn |\n\nShort i/Long i Word Sort  \nDirections: Cut apart the short i and long i moons and use as headers. Cut apart the word cards in the sort. Read each word. Sort under the short i moon or long i moon (i_e or igh), depending on the vowel pattern.  \nNot all of these words are from the text.  \n\n| \u003Cbr>| e  \u003Cbr>| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>|\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n| time | night | six |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| sits | white | light |\n| sight | lick | dime |\n| pine | tonight | fish |\n| bright | with | fine |\n| kids | fright | kite |\n\nMax and the Tom Cats ©2013 All Rights Reserved.  \nBOB Books: Set 4, Book 8 Created [by Becky @](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[ ](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[www.thisreadingmama.com](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)  \n\n| g | \u003Cbr>l | \u003Cbr>a | [www.thisreadingmama.com](www.thisreadingmama.com)\u003Cbr>d |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| c | \u003Cbr>l | \u003Cbr>a | \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>p |\n|  | [www.thisrea](www.thisrea) | [dingmama.com](dingmama.com) |  |\n\n| \u003Cbr>s | o | n | g |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| l | a | s | t |\n|  | [www.thisrea](www.thisrea) | [dingmama.com](dingmama.com) |  |\n\nWord & Picture Matching with Blends  \nDirections: Cut apart and match the words with pictures.  \n\n| | |\n| --- | --- |\n| glad | clap |\n| \u003Cbr>| |\n| song | last |\n\nMax and the Tom Cats BOB Books: Set 4, Book 8  \nCreated [by Becky @](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[ ](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[www.thisreadingmama.com](by Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)  \n©2013 All Rights Reserved.  \nBottle Cap Spelling with Blends  \nUse the pictures from the picture/word match for this activity.  \n| | | | | |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| [www.thisreadingmama.co](www.thisreadingmama.com)[m](www.thisreadingmama.com) |  |  |  |  |\n\nDirections:  \n*Gather bottle caps from water bottles or plastic soda bottles, write letters on the words with blends. Use red tops for vowels, or write the vowels with red marker.  \n*Print the Bottle Cap Spelling mat (1 for each student) & pictures onto cardstock To make this activity self-checking, write the word on  \nthe back of each laminated picture.  \nCreated by  \ntops, and use them to spell these and laminate for durability.  \nBOB Books: Set 4  \n[Becky @](Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[ ](Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[www.thisreadingmama.com](Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)[ ](Becky @ www.thisreadingmama.com)©2013 All Rights Reserved.  \nSpell a Word  \nUse the pictures from the picture/word match for this activity.  \n[www.thisreadingmama.co](www.thisreadingmama.com)[m](www.thisreadingmama.com)  \nPicture Card  \nSpell the Word  \nDirections:  \n*Place the picture card on the square. Then use the dotted lines for the student to write the word, sounding out the four phonemes.  \n*Print the spelling mat (1 for each student) & pictures onto cardstock and laminate for durability.  \nTo make this activity self-checking, write the word on  \nthe back of each laminated picture. BOB Books: Set 4  \nCreated [b","cbCaif4L1jiH4OJZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif4L1jiH4OJZ","pdf",1048259,25,"English","# What is a blend?\n# What is a digraph?\n## Common digraphs\n# Short i / Long i Word Sort\n# Word puzzles (with blends)\n# Word & picture matching with blends\n# Bottle Cap Spelling cards\n# Blend-a-Word game\n# Color by Vowel Pattern\n# Sight Word Search\n# I Spy Sight Words\n# Word-Wac-Woe game","[{\"question\":\"What does the pack teach about blends and digraphs?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that a blend combines two letters while hearing both sounds, and a digraph combines two letters to produce one sound. 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