Grade 1 · Reading · Lesson 2

Blending CVC Words

In Lesson 1 you learned the five short vowel sounds. Now we are going to use those sounds to read real words! A CVC word has three letters: a Consonant, a Vowel, and another Consonant.

What this lesson teaches

1Blend three sounds — consonant + vowel + consonant — to read a short CVC word
2Identify the middle vowel sound when sounding out a CVC word

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