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Sound Manipulation
Here are a few procedures you can use with your child or student to train reading speed and accuracy.
By drilling this procedure, readers can learn to readily correlate sounds with letters or groups of letters, so
critical for reading fluency.

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Ask the student to Ask the student to Choose a consonant
drop the first sound: drop the last sound: sound to have the student
bod wact ict buct drop. (See details below.)
dof caft ift luft lict blom
fob mald elf nuld bift brok
cot nalf els pulf ld clop
lom raln ulp suln kilf crof
mon salp ult tulp miln drop
nop talt amp wult ment ad
sot wamp and bump bept fram
bof band ont dund desk plal
dok dant osk lunt kesp prad
lapt lest skap
bli maf blom buct skes
dri blud sin brok luft slet
fri brus iln clop nuld smet
cli clup dra crof pulf sned
cri crub bli drop suln stit
pli druk nik on salp swim
pri ut bli fros talt trik
sli frup spi plod wamp swut
smi plum ult prot band trud
sni prus mup skof dant twus
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Activity 3 example: for the word ‘drat’ you simply say, ‘drat, last’… the student should drop the /t/
sound and simply reply by saying ‘dra’. You can also ask the student to drop the rst or second sound, so
vary which consonant sound you ask him or her to drop. Remember—don’t ask them to drop vowel
sounds.

Learn more about training the skills the brain uses to think and learn at:
www.unlocktheeinsteininside.com/procedures | www.learningrx.com