Digital Phonics Instruction for S-Blends

Do you have students that are struggling with ‘s’ blends (sn, sp, sw, sc, sh, sk, sl)? We have the resource for you!

This interactive activity is an engaging, fun way to practise using the correct initial s-blends (sl, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, sc) to spell different words. Students are given an image stimulus and must drag and drop the correct initial s-blend to build the word. Then, students will type the word as well. 

The resource contains 20 s-blend word slides.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your phonics lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this activity to enhance learning through guided literacy groups, whole-class lessons, or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above- and below-level learners, we have a few suggestions for keeping students on track with these concepts. 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

• Allow students to reference a sound wall or classroom poster to assist with identifying the sounds of the different blends.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

• Encourage fast finishers to write sentences with the blends or identify other words that contain the same initial s-blend.

🧑‍🏫 Group Learning

• Project the slides onto a screen and work through them as a class by having students record their answers in their notebooks or on mini whiteboards. 

Choose the File Format That Suits You!

Use the dropdown arrow next to the Download button to choose between the Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint version of this resource.

Assign this interactive activity to Google Classroom. Please be sure to open in Edit mode, not Presentation mode. Students click/drag/drop to spell words using s-blends.