# Session 4 : Blending With Consonants - Part 1

<div align="left" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-session-tittle%C2%A0-blen"><table style="width: 117.380952%; height: 317.859375px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 29.665738%;" width="269"></col><col style="width: 70.194986%;" width="448"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 42px;"><td class="align-center" style="height: 42px;">**Session Tittle**

</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 42px;">**Blending with Consonants - Part 1**

</td></tr><tr style="height: 102.828125px;"><td style="height: 102.828125px;">Objective

</td><td style="height: 102.828125px;">- Students develop phonetic awareness of consonant-vowel combinations.
- Students learn to blend consonants (D,B,F,N,K,H ) with vowels (A-E-I-O-U).
- Students develop their collaboration ,communication skills and teamwork skills.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">Topic

</td><td style="height: 29px;">phonics instruction: Blending consonants and vowel sounds.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">Methodology

</td><td style="height: 29px;">Experiential Learning

</td></tr><tr style="height: 70.03125px;"><td style="height: 70.03125px;">Materials

</td><td style="height: 70.03125px;">1. Flashcards with letters(D,B,F,N,K,H ), and the vowels A, E, I, O, U.
2. White Board

</td></tr><tr style="height: 45px;"><td style="height: 45px;">Session Duration

</td><td style="height: 45px;">90 minutes

  
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</div>### Introduction Activity (7 minutes)

##### Sound Scavenger Hunt

7-minute warm-up activities where students find objects starting with specific consonant sounds.

Door, Board, Fan, Nail, Hand,

### Main Activity (65 minutes)

##### Blending Practise ( 20 minutes ) 

- Use flashcard to show students how to blends each consonants with the vowels A,E,I,O,U eg- ba, be, bi, bo , bu
- Have students repeat each blend after you.
- Encourage students to take turns practicing the blends with a partner.

##### **[![Letters-Vowels.png](https://education.ilabindia.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/letters-vowels.png)](https://education.ilabindia.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/letters-vowels.png)**

##### Blending Relay Race (45 minutes ) 

**1. Team Setup**

- Divide the students into 6 teams:(D,B,F,N,K,H ) Encourage teamwork and communication among team members.

**2. Relay Race Setup**

- Set up a relay course with flashcards at each station.
- Team D and Team B will go first.

**3. How to Play**

- The first student in Team D starts by saying "Da" and then runs to the station where Team B is waiting.
- When they reach Team B’s station, they say “Ba” and run back to their team.
- Then, the next student in Team D will say "De" and run to Team B, and so on (De,Di,Do,Du ).
- Team B will do the same, starting with "Ba", then "Be", "Bi", "Bo", and "Bu".

  **4. Switch Teams**

- After both Team D and Team B finish, the next two teams (F and N) will start the same process.

**5. Winning Team**

- The first team to finish all their blends correctly and quickly will win. The team that completes the task with clear pronunciation and the fastest time wins.

### Follow-Up Activity (15 minutes)

##### Blend It Up 

**Objective:** Reinforce consonant-vowel blends and encourage creative thinking.

**Materials Needed:**

- Paper and markers
- Flashcards with consonants and vowels written on them
- Chart or whiteboard

**Instructions:**

1. **Pair Up:** Have students pair up with a partner.
2. **Create Words:** Give each pair a set of consonant and vowel flashcards. Students will take turns picking a consonant card and a vowel card to create a new blend (e.g., "D" + "a" = "Da").
3. **Draw &amp; Write:** Once they have formed a word, they should write it down and draw a picture that represents the word (e.g., for "Ba" they can draw a "ball").
4. **Share:** After 10 minutes, invite each pair to share their words with the class and display their pictures on the board.
5. **Review:** As a group, review the words formed and ensure that students pronounce the blends clearly.

### Review Assessment (3 minutes)

##### Quick Blend Quiz

**Materials**: Whiteboard or chart

**Instructions**:

**Step 1: Rapid Fire Blending (1 minute)**  
Call out a consonant (e.g., **"D"**), and point randomly to a vowel (e.g., **"e"**).  
Ask the whole class:

“What blend do we get?”  
Expected response: "**De**"  
Repeat with other consonant-vowel pairs (e.g., **B + o**, **F + a**, etc.)

**Step 2: Thumbs Up or Down (1 minute)**  
Say a blend out loud (e.g., “Na”) and ask:  
“Does this start with the consonant ‘K’?”  
Students respond with 👍 if correct, 👎 if not.  
Do 5–6 examples mixing correct and incorrect blends.

### Expected learning Outcome

##### Knowledge Building 

1\. Students will be able to blend consonant-vowel sounds accurately.

2\. Students will improve their reading accuracy and fluency.

##### Skill Building 

1\. Students will develop teamwork and communication skills.