Kindergarten · Reading · week 25

Reading Three-Word Sentences

Read simple three-word sentences that combine CVC words with known sight words.

You know enough words now to read whole little sentences on your own. Three words is a perfect size to start: a sight word or two, plus a word you can blend.

Read the whole sentence, not just word by word in a choppy voice. Try to make it sound like real talking.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Point out which words in each sentence are sight words and which ones need blending, so your child has a plan before reading.
  • Encourage a smooth, talking voice on the second read of each sentence, not a choppy word-by-word voice.
  • Build a few more three-word sentences together using words your child already knows.
  • Celebrate every full sentence read well. This is real reading now, not just single words.
Talk about it:
  • Which words in the sentence were sight words you just knew?
  • Which word needed blending?
  • Can you make up your own three-word sentence using words you know?

Mastery looks like: They read simple three-word sentences smoothly, correctly mixing sight words with blended CVC words.

Common stumbles: Reading each word in a flat, separate voice instead of a smooth sentence; stalling on a sight word that should already be automatic.

See it visually

Interactive, spoken-aloud tools that show this idea in motion.

Sentence BuilderDrag word tiles into a real sentence, with a capital and end mark.try →Blending & SegmentingSlide sounds together to read a word — /s/ /u/ /n/ → “sun”.try →Sight WordsPractice the tricky high-frequency words you can’t sound out.try →
Homework for this lessonType it, write it with a stylus, or print it for pencil & paper.open →
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