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Letter X Sound: Stop and Blend Worksheet
Say /ks/ once at each dot, blend it into a sound you can hold, then read wax, box, fox and six.
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Letter X 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
x says two sounds at once, /ks/: a /k/ and a quick hiss, as at the end of box. 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 /ks/ on its own, joins it to sounds from earlier days, and ends on real words: wax, box, fox and six. It's day 24 of the 100-day kindergarten phonics sequence BrightPage prints, with one new sound a day after the first.
A worked example
Read fox on the last line.
- Find fox on the last line and put a finger at the first mark under it.
- Slide along the arrow, holding /fff/ without a break.
- Slide along the arrow, holding /o/ (as in octopus) without a break.
- Touch the last dot and say /ks/, crisp, then stop.
- Say it again at talking speed: fox.
Answer: fox
The common mistake
What it looks like: Saying "eks", the letter's name, which adds a vowel to the end of every word.
Why it happens: The name of x is almost right, which is what makes it hard to drop.
How to fix it: Say box slowly and listen to the end: /ks/. In most short words x sits at the end, like box, fox and six.
Ten minutes a day, on paper. We plan what comes next.
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