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Sounds GRAPHEME INFORMATION SHEET PHASE 2

s s
Grapheme Picture Rhyme
snake – swerve
around the snake

a a
ant – around the
head, down the
body

t t
teacher – down her
body and cross her
shoulders

p p
parrot – down his
body, around
his face

i i
inventor – down her
body, spot her idea

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Grapheme Picture Rhyme
nest – down the bird
and over her nest

m m
meerkat – meerkat,
mound, mound

d d
duck – over his back
and around the tail,
up his neck and
down to his feet

g g
goat – start at his
ear, around the face
and down the beard

o o
ostrich – around the
ostrich’s body

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Grapheme Picture Rhyme
camel – curl around
the camel’s back

k k
kid – down the
body, up the arm,
down the leg

ck ck
a camel and a kid –
the camel stood by
the kid

e e
elephant – around
the head and down
the trunk

u u
umbrella – under the
umbrella and down
to the tip

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Grapheme Picture Rhyme
runner – down her
body, up over
the arm

ss ss
two snakes –
sunbathing snakes

h h
heron – from his
head to his feet, up
and over his back

b b
bike – down the
person and around
the wheel

f f
fox – over the ear,
down to the tail
and across the jaw

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Grapheme Picture Rhyme
two foxes – two
foxes facing
forwards

l l
ladder – down the
long ladder

ll ll
two ladders – ladders
in a line

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