Educational "Pick the Blend" worksheet for children to practice phonics by matching letter blends to complete words.

Let's solve the "Pick the Blend" worksheet step by step.

Objective:

For each word, choose the correct blend (a combination of two consonants that make a specific sound) from the options at the bottom to complete the word based on the picture clue.

The possible blends are:
- sc, sk, sn, sp, st, sw

We’ll go through each row and match the image with the correct blend.

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1. 🌟 Star + ___ar

- The picture is a star.
- Word: star
- Blend needed: st
- ✔ st → star

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2. 🕷️ ___ider

- Picture is a spider.
- Word: spider
- Blend needed: sp
- ✔ sp → spider

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3. 🦆 ___an

- Picture is a swan.
- Word: swan
- Blend needed: sw
- ✔ sw → swan

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4. ☁️ ___ow

- Picture is snow (cloud with snowflakes).
- Word: snow
- Blend needed: sn
- ✔ sn → snow

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5. ☀️☁️ ___y

- Picture is sunny (sun and clouds).
- Word: sunny
- Blend needed: su? Wait — no, it's sun → but the ending is y, so it’s sunny.
- But the blank is before “y”, so we need a blend that starts sun → sn?
- Wait: sunny = sn + y? No — actually, sunny is pronounced /ˈsʌni/, and the sn blend makes the /sn/ sound.
- So yes: sn + y = sunny
- ✔ sn → sunny

But wait — is sn a blend? Yes, sn is a common blend (as in *snail*, *snake*, *snug*).

So: sn + y = sunny — correct.

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6. 🐌 ___ail

- Picture is a snail.
- Word: snail
- Blend needed: sn
- ✔ sn → snail

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7. 👖 ___irt

- Picture is a skirt.
- Word: skirt
- Blend needed: sk
- ✔ sk → skirt

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8. 🛻 ___ooter

- Picture is a scooter.
- Word: scooter
- Blend needed: sc
- ✔ sc → scooter

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9. 🍽️ ___oon

- Picture is a spoon.
- Word: spoon
- Blend needed: sp
- ✔ sp → spoon

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10. ⛰️ ___one

- Picture is a stone.
- Word: stone
- Blend needed: st
- ✔ st → stone

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11. 🧣 ___arf

- Picture is a scarf.
- Word: scarf
- Blend needed: sc
- ✔ sc → scarf

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12. 🪅 ___ing

- Picture is a swing.
- Word: swing
- Blend needed: sw
- ✔ sw → swing

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Final Answers:

Now let’s fill in the blanks:

| Image | Word | Blend |
|-------|------------|-------|
| Star | star | st |
| Spider| spider | sp |
| Swan | swan | sw |
| Snow | snow | sn |
| Sunny | sny | sn |
| Snail | snail | sn |
| Skirt | skirt | sk |
| Scooter| scooter | sc |
| Spoon | spoon | sp |
| Stone | stone | st |
| Scarf | scarf | sc |
| Swing | swing | sw |

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Blends Used:

From the list:
- sc → used for scooter, scarf
- sk → used for skirt
- sn → used for snow, sunny, snail
- sp → used for spider, spoon
- st → used for star, stone
- sw → used for swan, swing

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✔ All words are correctly matched with their blends!

Final Answer:

Fill in the boxes with:
1. st
2. sp
3. sw
4. sn
5. sn
6. sn
7. sk
8. sc
9. sp
10. st
11. sc
12. sw

This completes the worksheet!