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Letter K Sound: Stop and Blend Worksheet
Say /k/ once at each dot, blend it into a sound you can hold, then read kid, kit and keg.
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Letter K Sound: Stop and Blend
7 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Put your finger on the dot to say the sound. These sounds stop — try not to add an “uh” or an “a” after it. Say each sound crisply, then blend it with a sound you can hold. Check the box when the line is done 3 times.
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About this worksheet
k says /k/, the same sound c made on the cat page: the back of the tongue lifts and lets go. It's a stop sound: it comes out in one quick burst and can't be stretched. Held, it turns into a sound with "uh" on the end, and that "uh" is what keeps sounds from blending into a word.
An arrow under a letter is a sound to hold for as long as the arrow runs; a dot is a sound to say once and stop. The page starts with /k/ on its own, joins it to sounds from earlier days, and ends on real words: kid, kit and keg. It's day 22 of the 100-day kindergarten phonics sequence BrightPage prints, with one new sound a day after the first.
A worked example
Read kit on the last line.
- Find kit on the last line and put a finger at the first mark under it.
- Touch the dot and say /k/ once, quick, straight into the next sound.
- Slide along the arrow, holding /i/ (as in igloo) without a break.
- Touch the last dot and say /t/, crisp, then stop.
- Say it again at talking speed: kit.
Answer: kit
The common mistake
What it looks like: Thinking k must say a different sound from c.
Why it happens: Two letters for one sound is new, and children expect each letter to have its own.
How to fix it: Put kit and cat side by side and say them: the first sound is the same. Two letters can spell one sound, and this is the first time a child meets that.
Ten minutes a day, on paper. We plan what comes next.
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- Mon Letter K Sound: Stop and Blend
- Tue What they missed, back again
- Wed The next step, when they’re ready
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