Blending
What is it?
The ability to string together the sounds that each letter stands for in a word.
Why is it important?
A word almost always consists of more than one letter. When approached with an unknown word, a child can use their knowledge of letter sounds to blend the letters together and pronounce the word. Blending is a step towards children becoming independent readers because rather than ask for an unknown word to be read to them, they have the ability to first try sounding out the word on their own.
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