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Grade 1 English Language Arts · Level 1, Sound-to-Sentence Foundations
Decode One-Syllable Words
Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words with short vowels, blends, and familiar consonant patterns.
How the lesson starts: Decode One-Syllable Words

Ziggy's word cards
Hi! This is Ziggy the zebra. Ziggy loves Word Match. He reads a word card. Then he finds its picture. Let's play too!
Sound it out
Read from left to right. The first sound, like the start of snake. The middle sound, like the start of up. The last sound, like the start of nest. Now blend them. Sun!
Let's read bug
Ziggy gets a card. He sees B and yells bus! Oops. Look at every letter. The start of ball. The middle of up. The end of dog. Blend them. Bug! Now find the bug picture.
