This is a PowerPoint presentation I developed to help my First Grade students learn to blend sounds together to read digraphs ch, wh and and nk in words. Each word is color-coded and repeated across several slides that prompt students to make one sound at a time, and then blend all sounds together to read the word. After all sounds have been blended together, the word is displayed a final time with a picture to help students create meaning for the word they just read. The complete presentation features 57 slides that guide students in blending 10 digraphs into words. The presentation also features notes as an instructional guide.

I have used this presentation with a digital projector as a mini-lesson for the entire class, and also as a station on my classroom computer to provide struggling readers with independent practice.

If you like this lesson, I have several more to offer as a teaching tool for additional vowel sounds, blends, digraphs, and compound words.

Created by Maria Manore