Consonants
Glued and welded sounds
Some letter groups resist being sounded out one at a time: all, ing, ank, old and ind. The vowel and what follows fuse into a single chunk, so “ball” and “sing” are read as wholes rather than assembled letter by letter.
Programmes call these glued sounds, welded sounds or word families. The point is the same: pull them out of regular blending practice and teach the chunk.
Patterns and example words
Every word below is from the word list Cody generates from, not a hand-picked sample. The count is how many words in that list carry the pattern.
all
1,807 wordsall also call called calling calls always small smaller smallest although already almost fall fallen falling falls qualities quality wall walled walling walls alternative
ang
191 wordssang rang hang hanged hanging hangs sprang bang clang fang gang pang slang banged banging
ing
5,870 wordsbeing beings having doing willing saying sayings going knowing getting liking thinking making timing seeing taking coming working workings using looking wanting giving finding
ong
222 wordslong longed longer longest longing longs along strong stronger strongest wrong wronged wrongs song songs belong belonged belonging belongings belongs strongly alongside gong wrongly
ung
87 wordsyoung sung rung hung sprung swung strung clung flung lung slung stung wrung lungs
ank
487 wordsthank thanked thanking thanks bank banked banking banks drank rank ranked ranking rankings ranks sank tank tanked tanking tanks anxious anchor anklet blank blanket
ink
418 wordsthink thinking thinks drink drinking drinks link linked linking links sink sinking sinks distinction distinctions pink pinker pinkest pinks distinct blink clink ink pinkish
onk
64 wordsbonk conk honk donkey donkeys monkey monkeys
unk
146 wordssunk bunk chunk clunk dunk flunk hunk junk plunk shrunk skunk slunk stunk trunk chipmunk chipmunks chunks trunks
-old
432 wordstold old older oldest hold holding holdings holds sold cold colder coldest colds gold household households fold folded folding folds golden holder holders bold
-ost
155 wordsmost almost post posted posting postings posts mostly host hosted hosting hosts ghost ghosts poster
-ild
78 wordschild wild wilder wildest wilds childhood childhoods childish mild wildlife wildly
-ind
127 wordsfind finding findings finds kind kinder kindest kinds mind minded minding minds behind wind winding bind binding binds remind reminded reminding reminds blind blinded
alk
93 wordstalk talked talking talks walk walked walking walks chalk chalkboard chalkboards sidewalk sidewalks stalk stalks
alt
142 wordsalternative alternatives alter altered altering alters salt salted salting salts altogether salty halt halted
oll
67 wordsroll rolled rolls controllable doll knoll poll toll uncontrollable dolls troll trolls
olt
81 wordsbolt colt jolt molt revolt
ull
427 wordsfull fuller fullest pull pulled pulling pulls fully carefully successfully hopefully faithfully bull bulldog bullfrog gull awfully beautifully bulldozer bulldozers bulletin bulls cheerfully dull
Curricula that teach this
Cody generates material against the scope and sequence you already teach. This skill appears in Custom Pattern Selection, Reading Simplified: 1st Grade Pathway, Reading Simplified: 2nd Grade & Up Pathway, Reading Simplified: Kindergarten Pathway, Slant System, UFLI Inspired.
Make a decodable story for this skill
Cody generates stories, word lists and worksheets constrained to the patterns a student has already been taught, so practice on glued and welded sounds does not smuggle in something they have not met yet.