Early Reader
Lesson 140Early Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 140: The TR Blend

Focus: Blend tr

Objective

What we'll learn

Read words that begin with the tr consonant blend.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

A blend is two consonants together, and you can hear both sounds. Say /t/ + /r/ smoothly.

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Say each sound of tr, then add the rest of the word.

Words

Word list

treetriptrucktraintracktrue

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the tree.
  • We can see the trip.
  • You can see the truck.
  • They can see the train.

Story time

Ada and the Tree

Ada went to the garden. Ada saw a tree and a trip.

"Look!" said Ada. "The truck is by the train."

Leo came to help. Together they played with the track and the true.

At the end of the day, Ada and Leo smiled. What a wonderful Blend tr adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Ada go?

2. What did Ada see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 code

Meaning: instructions we write for a computer to follow

Example: I wrote code to move my robot.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • truckA truck is something we can talk about or see.
  • trainA train is something we can talk about or see.
  • trackA track is something we can talk about or see.
  • trueA true is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Choose the word that fits the Blend tr pattern.

Which word belongs with Blend tr?

Which word belongs with Blend tr?

Which word belongs with Blend tr?

Stretch

Try more words

treetriptrucktraintracktrue