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Reading Books to Children

 5 Basic Skills

1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Letter formation

3. Blending

4. Identifying sounds in words

5. Tricky words
Letter Sounds
 Digraphs
(two letters making one sound)
Storylines and Actions

Learning the /s/ sound

Action:
Weave your hand like a
snake, making an ‘s’
shape, saying ssssss
 Letter Formation

• Finger Phonics books

• On the board
• In the air
Reading (blending)
Writing (identifying sounds in words)
Pencil Hold

• Tripod grip
• ‘Froggy legs’
movement
Sound Sheets

This is
the /s/ Sound
Sheet from
The Phonics
Handbook.
Sound Book
Letter Sounds

Group 1
Blending Words
Games
Letter Sounds
Group 2

Group 3
 Digraphs
(two letters that make one sound)
/ai/ Words
Letter Sounds
Group 4

Group 5
Digraph with Two Sounds: ‘oo’

This is the
‘oo’ Sound
Sheet from
The
Phonics
Handbook.
Letter Sounds
Group 6

Group 7
Dictation

• Dictate letter sounds

• CVC words
• Homework Writing
Book
Read and See Books
Word Boxes
Reading Tricky Words
Jolly
Readers Some words
used in Level 1
Tricky words,
Level 1

Level 1
 Alternative Vowel Sounds
Introduced as: Alternatives taught later:

(rain) (play) (flame)

(feet) (leaf) (these)

(boat) (snow) (bone)
Dictation Sample
 Independent Writing

The children need to know:

• The 42 letter sounds
• How to hear the sounds in words
• One way of writing the letters for the sounds
• What they want to say
Independent Writing