SF v This book is dedicated to pat Jones We ley bs Nessy Learning was founded in 1999 by mother and son, Pat and Mike Jones at the Bristol Dyslexia Centre. Nessy uses strategies and games developed over 20 years of teaching ‘An award winning, ed-tech company, Nessy is now run by two dyslexic people: Tiffany James and her husband Mike Jones. Nessy resources follow the evidence based Orton-Gillingham methodology of Structured Literacy. This is a Science of Reading process that helps children become competent readers using science. Nessy has a team of dedicated people with a passion to change the educational outcomes for children with dyslexia. The goal of the company is to make effective instruction available to all children at an affordable, low cost. Nessy helps educators to identify and support children with dyslexia.NX Mike Jones is a parent, entrepreneur, and has dyslexia. At 8 years old, Mike could not read or spell his own name. His mother Pat Jones, homeschooled him, and created a series of techniques that taught him to read, write and spell. Pat's intervention transformed Mike's ability to learn, and he soon went from bottom of the class straight to the top. Their story has now been made into the film ‘Mical’, When Mike left school he went on to study law, while Pat set up a school to help children with dyslexia. In his free time, Mike helped out by answering the phone at her school. He recalls how conversations all started the same way, with parents desperate for help. He remembered his own struggle and realised he felt a deep passion to help others with dyslexia. After qualifying as a dyslexia specialist, Mike launched Nessy in 1999. Nessy is an online program that included all the techniques that had helped him. To date, more than 100,000 schools and millions of children worldwide have learned to read and write using his programs. THE AUTHOR’S STORY ay THE ILLUSTRATOR’S STORY Heming is on illustrator, Leet gallery curator art director, ar dnature guide, She has collaborated with Nessy Learning on books, illustrations and animations since 2014. 9 hea TU n Lye ae aa Leah has illustrated a dozen children’s picture books that have been published around the world. She has also art-directed part of popular children’s TV series ‘Driver Dan’s Story Train’ and worked as a concept designer on the series ‘Numtums’.TESTIMONIALS Nessy is absolutely brilliant. Thave been in fears over my son who is ADHD and dyslexic and struggled fo learn to read. At lost a program that not only works but he loves and will play ‘as much as he's allowed. Flying along with his reading now. Ambridge As a parent we love Nessy because we can see what she is working on Nessy notifies us if something doesn't seem right. Rebecca Desmarais Thighly recommend Nessy for reading and spelling. They are very systematic in their approach. 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He is reading for fun now, which two months ago I never would have thought he'd do. He can't wait to do Nessy every day and he's always willing to work longer than our 30 minutes we set aside for Thanks for such @ great program. Jenna Miller DeMasellis Tuse if (Nessy) in school. The children have gained so much confidence and they love itt! Talso run two Nessy clubs after school for them. The resources are just brilliant, The printable worksheets are Kelly George perfect for differenti Makes life so much easier for teachers and lovely activities to support personal target areas i, My son absolutely loved Nessy. We used it every day until he was 11. for the kids. by If's a really great interactive learn- Hannah Halliday & ing platform. Helped him lots. 4 Helped me support him as Twatched how he learnt. D HazzardINTRODUCTION Words in English sometimes have odd sounds. sounds as if it should be spelled luy. They has no a. These words don't seem to follow any logic, but both words can be explained by rules. Almost everyone will have heard of at least one spelling rule - i before e except after c. Ironically, this is probably the least useful rule, because it has so many exceptions. But there are many more useful rules that everyone should know. The Cambridge Dictionary states that 75% of English words follow basic rules. When I first learned that rules could be applied to reading and spelling, Iwas amazed. This confusing language did make sense after all. we ‘iy na — they There are many thousands of words in English. Trying to learn them all using memorisation is too difficult, but learning rules gives us the ability to work out how to spell almost any word. Academic research into the most effective way to teach reading and spelling has repeatedly found that the best approach is understanding the structure and rules of English. Unfortunately, teacher training usually does not cover the rules. Many teachers are now realising there is more to learn. Rules are especially useful when the reader is confronted with an unfamiliar or difficult word. They are a way to apply logic to what may, at first, seem an illogical leHer sequence. Learning rules helps the brain make letter-sound connections. Once the connections 4. have formed a permanent memory, the rule is no longer needed - a process called Orthographic Mapping, For children, a rule benefits from being associated with a tangible picture that can be imagined. To make the rules more memorable, they have been given a special Nessy strategy.V | ivy ~ CHAPTERS | ~ 4 | \\% A |The Basies_ 4) IndexALPHABE. aA bBcCdDeE fFoG hHil JJ KK tLmM oN oO pP qQ rRsS tT uu VV wW x% uY¥ 22 Each letter makes a Bie short sound a apple @ 9 and a long name a apron The sound is called a phoneme The letter symbol is called a ORAPHEME Matching sounds to letters is called PHONICS 15After learning a group, blend the sounds into CVC words. Learn letter sounds first. —----—--—> pin map! dim Group 4-5 together. herck —-=--—=--—> hem rec can This is a good sequence: Ep d > ---—--> bus ju quick VWXYZ —=—=—— van win bx La yes zap 16 CYG= Gonsonant Wowel Consonant ,,SOUNDING F< OUT ve and isusing PHONIC KnowLedge a ng io to read an unfamiliar word & = ee sounds eS are Once the process of decoding = Cc RITICAL = - has been mastered, to the process =SPELD 20 hing tency of earning to read 18you TO READ -- -” ~ 7 i oc REAK it into = ntl atooright Poste CHUNKS ind all through Thisie a the word cates them xogether re 2122 ALPHABETIC PRINCIPAL means knowing all the phonic sounds and how they connect together. There are different th ff ee ea* ai ay oe od ow% igh ie* a-e i-e o-e u-e ui ue ew ou ph ey* ei* eu. wor ire * ough* * Makes more than one sound. 4 23* These letters are called the y All the other letters are called makes a VOWELS VOWEL eS — » “e D » A » C Z - DA rut Pr ps ! ) we Ne To remember draw letter ANTS = oo ANTS a To remember ‘Y an elephant in olive underpants "Ft 24 1e OT AwWoY* en > aINITIAL CONSONANTS END CONSONANTS Once cvc words have been mastered, move on to CCVCG. (€ Words that end with 2 consonants GWEC. Both consonants make distinct Words where the vowel makes sounds | that are blended together. Gr dnexpected asund, When speln are sometimes called units there may be aige or glued sounds. discriminath © difficulty S @ @ ¥ rane sceond Cc 2 ’ to last consonant brag crab drop blog clap _ flag @®@@ogeed «ep a from grid prod trap glad plan slam sm sn sp st ‘sw smog snap spot stop swim 2628 CONSONANT, DIGRAPR 2 letters that spell 1 sound. - ae im Fl pat sounds. Common spelling difficulties. Sh) ship yy ch chip A . A ck) kick —> ck/k ie ee digraph Th = moth—sinw | Shelfs 66 = similar sounds wh wheel —>wh/w ph) phone—>pht qu quick —> a/qw/kwiew Voy al lev Nas @ train @ ploy baa siareeh V @ keep GB— 2 s0unds > eat bread is represented @— 2 sounds pie thief tree =CCWN GB— 2 sounds >vein receive x o€ toe ©@ boat Ow 2 sounds >snow cow @-— 2 sounds boot wood Be Tsound fruit blue new Bt Oe tes erie cousin oe @ coin @ boy : e- 2 sounds = honey obey @ sauce DsavQUADGRAPH 4 letters make 1 sound. Some words start with 3 consonants but unlike a trigraph, each makes a distinct sound. (str Jeiring | spr )spring ( shr )shrink (thr )ihiree (spl J splash (scr) serateh saat 30Every word must have a vowel. Maro) makes the beat ina word. Building a longer word by syllable makes it easier to and 32 is called a syllable To remember draw » . beating his hoof \” on the ground! 7 The vowel. has a name, Les eee) rr making it short of breath. OPEN SYLLABLE i There is no consonant to close the vowel, — we {tls open to fresh air a ind La) its name.To split a word into syllables, nderline the vowels, then divide in the middle. Nice SYLLABLE | P Vowel Consonant e Syllable el ‘Even though the vow" is cLosed in, 2s-CaPS the © causes the vowel. The © J to have a Long name. Closed syllable. makes no sound. F el. in the vow" Apair of vowels = =, : go together to make ¥, eer 4 sound. rail-road This isa compound word 2 separate words join to make a new word. E.g. hotdog, cowboy, Football 34 r CONTROLLED $s cL e SYLLABLE Tua BLE Consonant followed by ety Car-peyt “a a the sound /ul/. ‘SI ‘ L \ The a Controls aes 0Sed syllable noordle vont od LE ONG SYLLAB! ay ’ e -4 eh is not like either letter. ifferent sound. Trmakes anew and di >& To remember the sound of -Le y draw lifting elephants J 352 suffixes (the head of the word) Understanding. ~ the meaning ofa PREFIOG helps to develop 36 vocabulary. (the tail of a word) 37 underCC CHAPTER 2 spelling rulesdwd zz Words ending in ~ LLss \ SSorS buzz nice boss peas same i - J UL . L Use SS. UseS ) rule afferag-s 3) | as - has p ui be ef, we Hl, coo | , “=<. sound. alongname. Use - .” pink, beak’ ne 6 = @ a J isc lovely, Don't have este looks ton exer See butwen Ri folowedty jor It comes first. Te eer 46When it is soft ; i makes the sound /s/. ae i Ars | 1 Ce) 4 When itis Soft, ?\ makes the sound /j/. To remember ‘© sing a song 14 i, , ,makesa , makes a of of EXCEPTIONS (Tea TH Listen to the ong on the YouTube channel. aa é , VOWELT | All3 make the Owt WOWEL Khe: | = 29s cancel each other out. vs x ae b rry borrow m rror h rry © Aa ye VOWELS €2/ VOWEL+% + macic'@? changes the SOUNA again.chortch Make the same sound. 3 Use the protector tch ge «dge Make the same sound. draw a Shield around the protectors. «Os 55i Ply RaLS means MORE than ONE ! B aa Add-sto the €Nd ofa word als MnaA to make it oa al 5 j — | steps ” 0 Add -es , where a word ends with one of these hissing sounds. x ss ch sh zz boxes glasses patches dishes quizzes VV VY VU VY UY VU UY UVVS More plurals on page 68. SfA wv How do you know which to use? & ,0,i are letters at the > with the same At the beginning or in the middle. ~ ee: | > c n+--—— of the alphabet. Atthe end. Before a tail (suffix). pl playing b boys cr crying snow |snowed ch chewy w alphabet. 59: yet © making tre SOUND /u/ Onnakes the sound /U/ before the letters vnth bse argh hy one - once - stomach 60 /u/ bi glove ful -) money /u/ ‘ee mother wee No Mnext to§$ x Ss neyer ke Xnext to f > 5 ze XX: GY exsit Sw ~, never xx together 61DOVBLING RULE eeccecons sometimes called the] = 1—‘] rule) () 7 hop+ing= ho ing SU a irom ate} tetera Red these words. Listen to the different sounds. consonant at the end 5 S fun+y,= fu" y melt + ed = melted oy has a WSS? consonants hopping —_ hoping } ve DROP S 3 SUFFIXING RULES eye Adding « | SUIFFIDE S (A tall) to 2 word may moke it change. This is a t word! To remember Y A isa Short animal just add the tail keep the e a) L r and it has 2 ears. ee raters hope + ful = hopeful A word ie on the two consonants e tail storks short soun jh a consonant and2 consonant ears.body of the word when adding a tail ends with y y changes toi cry +ed =cried already has ar except on your face! U: Ise -ed on the end of a REALL word. ia’) + ng — crying Ask yourself, is there a REAL word before the final sound? [iri eat stopk—+ stop \/ —» «ees stopped ms skiing melt ——> mel X ——> uset fold ——> fol X —— > uea 65 j y + ful = joyfulGULA ls Roy MORE PLY RALS IRREGULAR PLURA (part 2) A few words change alla to -ves Be fot \eaves child ———_» children Person ——» people LN oTae ks ale mer] a elgery potato —_, Potatoes Lele tomatoes Piety == Se. at Zero ——— e4Twel 7THE" Wi ok a g Be a wizard letter. War Csi Lyne qu aw @ a = Make the same sound. 1 law a I launch oe before | Fe before n craw! ee daaar ts) sauce efore K OWT haunt @ | astronaut iets K a . oa’ ‘ ; R hel 6CY ou fy cow O° gu AWW FEN our how rounc grow! before | ; ! before y loud ™& brown mous (Sear crowd 75ough is monsterousLy difficult 5 so many nother gly great hairy because it Mm different sounds! Oh U great hairy monster 4 draw a hairy monster and say Ae Oh U great hairy wyee ch as /K/ and /Sh/ ad French words common iil n : oe ontve CONNECTIVE f ®@ rar E> ere Fa S o | Ssticks a a ed or people's jobs. 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