Lesson 2

spend desk

melt kettle

step blend

letter smell

pest fresh

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All of the words in this lesson are short e words. The letter e in each of them sounds like the e in Edward and let.

Practice: Rewrite each of the list words in the spaces below.

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Consonant Blends: Consonant Blends are letter combinations in which two or more consonants are put together and make almost one sound. The l blends are: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl. The r blends are: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr. The s blends are: sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, scr, str. Find four words from the list that use a blend and write them in the blanks. 1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. __________________ 4. _________________ Syllables: A syllable is a word, or part of a word which has a single vowel sound. The words desk, beg, rent, are one syllable words because we can only hear one vowel in each of them. The words kennel, kettle, letter, are two syllable words because each one has two vowels which we can hear. When you divide a word with a pair of double consonants in it (tt, ll, nn, pp, bb, etc.) you must divide the word between the double letters. Example ap/ple, rab/bit, up/per. Write the following words in syllables. Example: cattle - cat/tle kettle - _________________ bedding - _________________ petting - _________________ kennel - _________________ cellar _________________ runner - _________________

letter - _________________ getting- _________________ begging - _________________ teller seller _________________

_________________ swelling - _________________

wetter - _________________ better - _________________ redder - _________________

Complete the following story by filling in the blanks with the proper words from the list. Sammy Superhero was out with his sidekick, Patches the Superdog, when his day began to fall apart! It started out when he was walking to the post office to send a _____________ to his grandma. He tripped on the ______________________, went crashing into the post mans ______________ and knocked his tea _______________ to the floor! Sammy felt like such a ______________! He felt so terrible that he offered to _________________ some of his superhero time helping clean-up. Dont worry, Sammy, the postman said, I will make a _________________ pot. As Sammy and Patches left, they began to _______________ a wonderful scent coming from the bakery down the road. The smell seemed to be a delicious _________________ of apples and spice. Ill bet it is one of Mr. Magoos famous pies!

exclaimed Sammy to Patches. They ran into the bakery hoping for a taste, but the last pie had just been sold. Patches let out a whimper. Dont worry, Patches, I think I have just the cure for this crazy afternoon, Sammy smiled. A few moments later Sammy Superhero was at the ice-cream shop, and both he and Patches were licking a triple scoop of Apple n Spice ice cream. They enjoyed it so much that they didnt let even one drop _____________!