1. -ab Word Family
Kindergarten Phonics Lesson
Blending Onsets and Rimes of CVC Words
By Lettie’s Lessons

2. Objectives and Common Core Standards
• Students will read words left to right. (CCS RF.K.1a)
• Students will recognize that spoken words are represented in written
language by specific sequence of letters (CCS RF.K.1b)
• Students will blend onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken
words. (CCS RF.K.2c)
• Students will pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-
phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (CCS
RF.K.2d)
(Standards taken from the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; California Department of Education; www.cde.ca.gov)

3. Objectives and Common Core Standards
• Students will blend two to three phonemes into recognizable
words (CA* CCS RF.K.2f)
• Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-
sound correspondences by producing the primary sound for each
consonant(CCS RF.K.3a)
• Students will identify which letters represent the five major vowels
and know the short sound of each vowel
( CA* CCS RF.K.3b)
(* Refers to the state of California additions to the Common Core Standards)
(Standards taken from the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; California Department of Education; www.cde.ca.gov)

4. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter.
“/ă/”, the short vowel sound of the letter a.
a

5. Say the sound of the final (last) letter.
“/b/”
b

6. Blend together.
“ /ă/ /b/”
a b

7. Say it. “ab” is a group of letters called the
rime.
ab

8. Now we are going to add a consonant at the beginning
of “ab” to form words. This consonant is called the onset.
ab

9. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/c/”
Blend with “ab”.
c ab

10. What word did you say?
“cab”
cab

11. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/d/”
Blend with “ab”.
d ab

12. What word did you say?
“dab”
dab

13. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/l/”
Blend with “ab”.
l ab

14. What word did you say?
“lab”
lab

15. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/f/”
Blend with “ab”.
f ab

16. What word did you say?
“fab”
fab

17. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/g/”
Blend with “ab”.
g ab

18. What word did you say?
“gab”
gab

19. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/j/”
Blend with “ab”.
j ab

20. What word did you say?
“jab”
jab

21. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/n/”
Blend with “ab”.
n ab

22. What word did you say?
“nab”
nab

23. Say the sound of the initial (first) letter. “/t/”
Blend with “ab”.
t ab

24. What word did you say?
“tab”
tab