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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

  1. 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!

  2. 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!

  3. 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.