This document provides instruction on teaching the difference between blends and digraphs using sound cards, including welded sounds like "ang" and consonant digraphs like "ch". It covers teaching concepts for reading and spelling through wordcards, wordlists, sentences, and a quick drill. The goal is for students to learn to read and spell words containing blends and digraphs.

1. Wilson Reading System
Substep 2.2
Kelly Smith
Willoughby Eastlake Schools

2. Goal
To learn the
difference
between a blend
and a digraph

3. Part 1
Sound Cards
Quick Drill

4. Welded Sounds
• Welded sounds are green sound cards.
• The three letters have individual sounds,
but they are welded together and difficult
to separate
• To tap this out, use three fingers tapping
together at the same time.

5. ang fang ang
ang

6. ing ring ing
ing

7. ong song ong
ong

8. ung lung ung
ung

9. ank bank ank
ank

10. ink pink ink
ink

11. onk honk onk
onk

12. unk junk unk
unk

13. Part 2
Teach and
Review Concepts
for Reading

14. digraphs
Consonants ‘stick together’ to form one
sound, even though there are two letters.
That is why they are on one card. They
are not separated.

15. Chicken
qu
Letter
Q is the chicken letter- it refuses to go anywhere without its
friend, u. It is never in a word alone. The u in this situation
has no vowel sound. Qu is a digraph as well.

16. th thumb /th/
th

17. ch chin /ch/
ch

18. sh ship /sh/
sh

19. wh whistle /w/
wh

20. ck sock /k/
ck

21. Blends VS Digraphs
sh i p
s l i p

22. Blends VS Digraphs
• Ship gets 3 taps
• Slip gets four sounds because s and l
have their own sound. That is why s and l
have their own cards.
• These sounds can be pulled apart but the
consonants blend together nicely.

23. Digraph Blend
l u n ch
sh r e d

24. Part 3
Wordcards

25. Part 4
Wordlist
Reading

26. sent

27. lend

28. pest

29. crib

30. jump

31. last

32. raft

33. grip

34. flop

35. stuck

36. grin

37. sand

38. trot

39. rest

40. step

41. drag

42. past

43. dump

44. must

45. drop

46. pond

47. bent

48. bend

49. dent

50. stub

51. clock

52. stash

53. cost

54. crab

55. drum

56. Part 5
Sentence
Reading

57. The belt is on
the shelf in
the den.

58. Did Beth step
on that frog?

59. This clock is
the best gift!

60. Bill fell in the
wet sand.

61. Stan must
dump the
trash.

62. Ted will jump
in the pond
and swim.

63. Mom will
mend the rip
in the dress.

64. I wish that
Kim did not
brag.

65. Ben went on
the ship.

66. The class
must get the
flag.

67. Tim will get
the cloth on
the shelf.

68. Pass the
small block to
Jed.

69. Jill had a
plum.

70. Bob went with
Dad to the
ranch.

71. The tot fell in
the wet slush.

72. Bob had the
last mint.

73. Trot up to the
flag and then
run.

74. Bob got a cut
on his leg
from the trap.

75. Beth had a
pink silk
dress.

76. Did Tom brag
about his six
big fish?

77. Get the trash
to the dump!

78. We will hunt
for the lost
raft.

79. Stan will lift
that big
pump.

80. Did Tom trip
on that twig?

81. Brad is sick
so he can not
help.

82. Bill is at the
swim club
with Tom.

83. Part 6
Quick Drill
(in reverse)

84. ang what ank
ing says ink
?
ong onk
ung unk

85. Part 7
Teach and
Review Concepts
for Spelling

86. 2.2 Words
• Repeat word and tap it out
• Picture the cards in your mind.
• Use the sound cards to spell th eword

87. Part 8
Written Work
Dictation: sounds,
words, sentences

88. SOUNDS
1. sh
2. ing
3. unk
4. o
5. d
Real Words Nonsense Words
1. ross 1. priz
2. shrimp 2. quelt
3. filth 3. spad
4. slab 4. grush
5. pact 5. shont
Sight Words
1. month
2. length
3. half

89. Part 9
Controlled
Passage
Reading

90. Part 10
Listening
Comprehension