Initial Blends - closed syllables 

• 21 common initial blends

• bl, br, fl, fr, sl, cl, cr, gl, gr, pl, pr, dr, tr, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, sk, tw, sc

• Practice identifying initial blends in closed syllables

• Increases fluency

• Alternate short vowel sounds

• Closed syllables - a mix of pseudo and real words to practice trusting the written the code.