Summary
In this video segment from Between the Lions, an animated stick figure dances on a green background and sings about the joys of the "en" sound and different words that can be read "if you can read en." As the lyrics are sung, a new picture pops up to illustrate "en" words: ten, pen, hen, zen, men, end, mend, send, spend, lend, when, then, and den.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
"If You Can Read: en" is all about listening for the sounds inside words — rhyming, blending, or breaking words into parts (focus: en).
- What sounds, rhymes, or word parts did you hear?
- How were the sounds put together or pulled apart?
- Can you make another word that plays with those same sounds?
Quick work-a-long
Practice: sound, rhyme, word part.
Try it: Pick a short word, say each sound slowly, then blend it back together — and think of one word that rhymes with it.