Series created by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta Phonics Consultant: Debbie Hepplewhite . How to use this book Once children have learned all of the sounds in Stage 1+ they can go\ on to read the Stage 1+ Floppy’s Phonics Fiction and Non-fiction. USING THIS BOOK TOGETHER: THIS BOOK INTRODUCES: Sa y the sound. @ Say the letter sound together, e.g. say i asininsect. “nnn” not “nuh”. ® Ask your child to finger-trace the letter BL winnet, shapes and say the sound. Mos in man, Trace the letter shapes. © Ask your child to point to the key picture di asin dog. and say the word, e.g. “nnn, net”. @ Ask your child to sound out and blend the Ping SAL nh UR . . list of words Se Point to the picture @ Find all the words that include the focus and say the word. sound in the picture. Some are labelled, LABELS IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS SSmENENet. The lobels show the focus letter in black. @ Talk cbout what is happening in the Encourage your child to listen for the picture, e.g. Who can you see? What are focus sound within the word as you read they doing? How do you think they might the whole word to them. ‘ X be feeling? @ Ask your child to say the sounds at the bottom of the page os quickly as possible. ~tn m TV mr Arr, emember to do the fun Activities ot the end ~ letter-tracing, Matching and reading! 9389 8l 2336S (0s0u, =O What other words can you find in the - picture with the /i/ sound in them? in or caen “ t I Ikipper, family, gift, fingers, earrings, sa P U pin, mitk, ill, fringe] 3inte LH re USES TO ICI ARE q! h I rs =; K SSCS ip ara eitdet it itt erie i ( «ce we (Sei Cts =" ES Re |__| Ahr HY et SS ee Reo si =) What other words can you find in the picture with the /n/ sound in them? Ipond, men, trainers, fence, neck] meman mat map Sam mint =) What other words can you find in the picture with the /m/ sound in them? se $04, Fant [man, mouth]dip and sad damp What ot ords can you fin ie | oe ~ picture with the /d/ sound in them? ‘Ge sa t Pp i nm d [hands, head, skateboard, lampshade] : 9@esitpmandtip <==) Match the pictures to the letter shapes.oy, @einmdnidmin dip mint it pan man sad Match the capital letters with the lower case letters and say their sounds. —<) Read the words by sounding out and blending. } Debbie Hepplewhite’s Top Tips What is blending? For reading (decoding), say the sounds from left to right of the word and blend the sounds to hear the whole word. How to blend: Point under each letter as you say the sound, then run your finger under the whole word as you say the whole (or blended) word. co Mma-t mat " Sounds and spellings Letters written like this /k/ refer to a sound, not a spelling. e.g. /k/ as in cat, key, duck ‘exe © Oxford Univenity Press © Phonics Ineenstional id 2011 Diusrations © Ale Reyes 2011 "he curator in thie worl a the ovina eating oF Roderick ut and Ax myc who mtn copyright tae 3 Set pubbsed 2012 "Tis Eon pobisbed 2031 Al sights veserved. No part oF his publication may Be epoeduced,stoced Iaelseea system, or rami, Or by any means tout The prior permission in wring of Oxlard Univer res, uNoreuussuasse2 1098765432 Printed in China by Hing Yip Allright esered. Photocopying of tls boots pried eet Lk tle,” Ul lU Uh ee Tips for spelling (encoding) Say the word slowly to identify each sound in the word. on U Use your left hand sorsllythenvdual Gh sounds to your thumb 0 and fingers. Write down the letters which are code for each sound you have tallied. oe ay od ty s ~ TEACHERS: For inspirational ‘Support plus © Yesources and eBook Ss www.oxfor %) ‘iprimary.co.uk \RENTS: . Patou hie’ reading fun with essential tps, etivities and free eBOks www.oxfordowl.co.uk