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Applying decoding skills to connected text, focusing on reading multisyllabic words with blends in high-interest passages.吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹吹

Cumulative integration of all blends and short vowels studied, focusing on rapid decoding of mixed word lists.

Instruction on the digraph-blend 'thr-', focusing on the articulatory transition from the interdental 'th' to the liquid 'r'.

Instruction on the digraph-blend 'shr-', teaching students to treat 'sh' as one sound followed by 'r'.

Review of initial S-blends and 3-letter blends through cooperative word-building games and speed-decoding challenges.

Advanced orthographic mapping using sound boxes to visualize and connect complex initial and ending blends in single-syllable words.

Explicit instruction on 'spl-' and 'scr-' blends, focusing on the auditory discrimination of the three distinct sounds in each cluster.

Explicit instruction on the 3-letter blend 'str-', mapping three sounds to three letters at the start of words.

Instruction on initial S-blends (sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw) focusing on the continuous 's' sound into the next consonant.

Cumulative review of initial L and R blends with interactive word-building exercises.

Applying L and R blends to two-syllable words and academic vocabulary common in middle school texts.

Contrasting L-blends and R-blends to improve auditory discrimination and decoding accuracy.