Get Ready to Spell R-Blend Words! 

With this collection of interactive Google Slides, students will build and read words featuring common r-blend letter combinations.

Students will improve their phonological awareness skills with learning activities featuring initial R-blends:

• gr
• tr
• br
• cr
• dr
• pr
• fr

Scaffolding + Extension Tips 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your foundational language lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this activity as a guided reading group, whole-class, or remote learning assignment.

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Provide read-aloud assistance if needed.

 Pre-teach R-blends and work through similar spelling activities before independent work.

Additionally, students can work with a partner to complete the task.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

Have students select words from the sort and write sentences to make a story. If students aren’t quite ready for sentence writing, they can write lists of other R-blend words.  

✋ Class Review

Turn this activity into an assessment at the end of your lesson or right before a test to give students some extra practice. Project the Google Slides complete them in your guided reading group or as a whole class. 

Get our 10 Best Scaffolding Strategies here! 

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Please note that this activity is an interactive Google Slides resource. 

After downloading, make a copy of the resource: 

1. Click on File.
2. From the dropdown menu, hover your cursor over Make a copy.
3. From the side bar, click on Entire presentation. 
4. On-page elements are moveable in Edit mode only.

Alternatively, turn this activity into worksheets by printing each slide for students to record their answers. 

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