Digraph Blends and squ phonics practice

Whole-class phonics practice for Really Great Reading Phonics Boost 1–5 · Unit 1 · Lesson 19. Every student spells words with Digraph Blends and squ and gets instant feedback — right after your direct instruction.

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Target sound

Digraph Blends and squ

Grade

1–5

Curriculum

RGR

⎙ What students see

Write as many words as you can using this rule: Digraph Blends and squ.

💡 Earn 1 point per correct word! 

The Curipod slide where students are prompted to write as many words as they can with the target sound Digraph Blends and squ.

About this lesson.

This activity pairs with Really Great Reading Phonics Boost 1–5 · Unit 1 · Lesson 19, which focuses on Digraph Blends and squ. The curriculum teaches the sound through letter-sound correspondence and guided word reading; this Curipod activity is the productive application step: students generate and spell their own words with Digraph Blends and squ, getting feedback in real time.

The activity surfaces gaps fast. A student who can read a word with Digraph Blends and squ when the teacher shows it isn't necessarily able to produce one from scratch — even fewer can produce three or four without prompting. The “spell as many as you can” structure makes that gap visible, and the class-wide view tells you who has the pattern and who's stuck.

The activity accepts any word that matches the target pattern. Students see green confirmation for words that match, and a gentle prompt for words that don't — so misconceptions get surfaced and corrected without singling anyone out.

Example target words

stoplastplanfrogcrab

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