David Hornsby - Picture Books For Teaching Phonics

Picture Books for
Teaching Phonics
• Valuing picture-story books and honouring the creators

• Learning sound-letter relationships in context
• The sounds of Australian English and their common spellings
• A record-keeping proforma for your teaching of sound-letter relationships
• Lists of picture-story books for teaching consonants and vowels
Notes by David Hornsby
Lists of picture-story books compiled by David Hornsby and Rebecca Claire
Reference
Hornsby, D & Wilson, L (2010) Teaching Phonics in Context.
Available from Pearson Professional Learning

The Value of Picture‐Story Books
David Hornsby
Picture-story books are created by talented people to tell truths, to create fantasies, to
entertain, to stimulate imagination, to provide information, to invite reader response,
and for a multitude of other purposes.
When we first share a picture-story book with children, our first priority is to honour
the author and illustrator by using the books for the purposes the creators intended.
Then, when the children are engaged, they are more receptive to learning through the
language and about the language.
The books become familiar because they are shared again and again. Now the
children can be helped to move “from the known to the unknown” (from engagement
with the text to learning about the nature of our written language).
For example, in the context of a complete story, children get a ‘feel’ for the meaning
of unknown or difficult words. In Diary of a Wombat, the text and illustrations help
children to ‘feel’ the meaning of words such as invading and territory:
Discovered flat, hairy creature Jackie French & Bruce Whatley

invading my territory. Diary of a Wombat
Sydney: HarperCollins, 2002
Fought major battle with
flat, hairy creature.
After sharing Dilly Duckling with young children,

it’s as easy as falling off a log to help them
learn the relationship between the sound /d/
and the letter ‘d’.
Many picture-story books help children to detect rhyme. After enjoying the story,
and responding to it, they can then discover how there are different spellings for the
same sound.
Mr McGee
lived under a tree.
Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
One morning he work up and said, Diary of a Wombat
‘It’s time that I got out of bed.’ Sydney: HarperCollins, 2002
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and may only be reproduced for use in the purchasing school.
Graphophonic Relationships
Graphophonic relationships are best learnt in context. The lists of picture-story books
(see www.davidhornsby.com.au/teacher materials) provide an excellent starting point.
if you know other picture-story books that should be

added to these lists, please click the email button on
my website and send me a message with details about
the book. The lists will be up-dated as appropriate.
General Notes
1. Publication details may vary in different countries and for different editions. If
you find any errors, please send correction details. (Simply click the ‘email’
button on my website.)
2. There are lsits provided for 43 of the 44 sounds in Australian English. There is no
list for the schwa (ǝ) sound – the very short, unaccented vowel.
3. Each list gives the most common spellings of a single sound. Therefore, the lists
are organised by sound, not letter. Consequently, there are no lists for:
- the letter ‘q’ (‘q’ is a spelling for the /k/ sound, so is found in the /k/ list)
- the letter ‘x’ (‘x’ represents two sounds, /k/ +/s/).
4. The chart for each sound shows:

- the common spellings of that sound (with a key word for each)
- the IPA symbol for the sound (International Phonetic Alphabet)
- sample words
- picture-story books as starting points for your teaching.
5. Remember, help me to keep the lists growing and up-to-date by sending details of
other high-quality picture-story books that can lead to effective teaching of
graphophonic connections.
Some references you might find helpful
Emmit, Marie et.al. (5th ed) Language and Learning: an introduction for
teaching, South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2012
Emmit, Marie, Hornsby, David & Wilson, Lorraine (2014) The Place of
Phonics in Learning to Read and Write, Australian Literacy Educators’
Association.
Available as a FREE download from - www.alea.edu.au/documents/item/773
Emmitt, Marie & Hornsby, David. ‘Phonics in Early Literacy’ in The Best of

Practically Primary, Norwood, SA: Australian Literacy Educators’
Association, 2007
Goodman, Ken. Phonics Phacts, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1993
Gyopar, Vivienne. Soundasaurus: Learning to find and spell words by sound,

Brighton, Victoria: Where4Kids, 2006
Hope, Diana. The Complete Phonic Handbook: the grapho-phonic and

spelling reference, Greenwood, Western Australia: RIC Publications and Prim-
Ed Publishing
Hornsby, David. Sounds Great: Learning Graphophonic Connections in a

Whole Language Classroom, Sydney: Martin Educational, 1989 (revised
edition, 1995)
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If you want to check on the actual sounds heard in a word, or get a phonetic
spelling, you might find the following websites useful:
www.fonetiks.org
An online pronunciation guide for nine ‘varieties’ of English (American
English, British English, Australian English, Canadian English)
Select the flag of the country you want.
www.dictionary.cambridge.org
type in word
select word from results shown on screen
click “show phonetics”
(When the phonetic spelling comes up, it is underlined. If you click
on that, you will be taken to a pronunciation guide.)
www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/compact_oed/pronguide/?view=uk

!!COMMON!‘friendly’!SPELLINGS!OF!AUSTRALIAN!ENGLISH!PHONEMES!
This is a sample list of spellings, not all spellings.
Common Sample Words Common Other Sample Words

6
b bear, bubbles ă a, æ ant, cat, plait
7
ch chicken, watch ā ay baby, cake, say, snail, they
d dog, ladder, rolled air ȧr hair, square, there
f fish, coffee, phone, laugh ar ä car, giraffe, half
g goat, egg, ghost ĕ e, ɛ egg, head, any
h horse, who ē ee emu, tree, leaf, pony, key
j jump, giant, bridge eer ear ear, here, deer
k cat, kite, duck, queen er ir, ɜ fern, bird, fur, worm
l lion, ball, camel ĭ i pig, build, women
m monkey, hammer, thumb ī igh tiger, kite, fly, night
n night, dinner, knee, win ŏ o frog, watch, cough
ng king, song ō oh so, bone, boat, snow
p pig, puppy or aw fork, more, ball, paw, war
r rat, cherry, write oo oo book, could, push
s sea, dress, cent, science oy oi boy, royal, coin
sh 1 ship, sure, station, special ow ou owl, brown, house
zh 2 treasure, television ŭ u cup, glove, trouble
8
t tap, little, jumped ū oo rude, moon, chew
th (θ)3 thumb, three ure ewer pure, newer
about, taken, pencil, lemon
th (ð)4 then, feather ə9 uh
circus, dollar, teacher
1. voiceless /sh/
v violin, of, have
2. voiced /sh/
w water, wheel5, queen 3. voiceless /th/
4. voiced /th/
y yellow, million 5. sometimes, ‘wh’ in initial position is considered to
represent a 45th sound, /ʍ/ (now rare)
z zebra, jazz, dogs 6. hook above letter = shorter vowel
7. bar above letter = longer vowel
(vowels are many different lengths)
8. ū = long /oo/ (not /yoo/) eg. ‘June’
9. schwa (shortest, unaccented vowel)
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A PHONEME LIST FOR AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH
You may copy this list to keep a record of the opportunities you have to highlight the spelling patterns
for the phonemes in our language (ie. the letters we use to spell the sounds we hear).
Record the text you used (or any other context) and the date. You will have opportunities to cover the
‘phonic elements’ several times over. The text dictates which phonic elements you will highlight (it is
not the other way around).
IPA Letters Sound-letter relationships highlighted

Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/b/ b b ! bear
bb! bubbles
Note: The letter ‘c’ is not missing! It is a spelling for other sounds (eg. /k/ or /s/ )
/ch/ t∫ ch! chicken

tch! watch
/d/ d d! dog
dd! ladder
ed! rolled
/f/ f f! fish
ff! coffee
ph! phone
gh! laugh
/g/ g g! goat
gg! egg


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/h/ h h! horse
wh! who
/j/ dʒ j! jump
g giant
dge! bridge
/k/ k c ! cat
k ! kite
ck ! duck
q ! queen
/l/ l l ! lion
ll ! ball
/m/ m m! monkey
mm! hammer
/n/ n n ! night
nn ! dinner
kn ! knee


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/ng/ ng ng !king
!song
/p/ p p ! pig
pp ! puppy
Note: There is no letter ‘q’ here (it is a spelling for the sound /k/ )
/r/ r r ! rat
rr ! cherry
wr ! write
/s/ s s ! sea
ss ! dress
c ! cent
sc ! science
/sh/ ∫ sh !ship
(unvoiced) ti !station
ci !special
/sh/ ʒ s treasure
(voiced)
si television


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/t/ t t tap
tt little
ed jumped
/th/ θ th ! thumb
unvoiced ! three
/th/ ð th ! then
voiced ! feather
/v/ v v ! violin
f ! of
/w/ w w ! water
wh ! wheel
u ! queen
/y/ j y ! yellow
i ! million
/z/ z z zebra
zz jazz
s is


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
a ! cat
/ă/ æ ai ! plait
/ā/ eI a baby
a-e cake
ay say
ai snail
/air/ ɛə air ! hair

are ! square
ere ! there
/ ar / ɑː ar !car
a !giraffe
al !half
/ĕ/ ε e ! egg
ea ! head
a ! any


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/ē/ I: e ! emu
ee ! tree
ea ! leaf
y ! pony
ey key
/ear/ ɪə ear !ear

ere !here
eer !deer
/er/ ɜ: er ! fern
ir ! bird
ur ! fur
or ! worm
/ĭ/ I i !pig
ui !build
o !women
/ī/ aɪ i !tiger
i-e !kite
y ! fly
igh ! night


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/ŏ/ ɒ o !frog
a !watch
ou !cough
/ō/ o o !so
o-e !bone
oa !boat
ow !snow
/oi/ ɔɪ oi !coin
oy !boy
/oo/ ʊ oo ! book
ou ! could
u ! push
/ū/ uː u-e !rude

oo !moon
ew ! chew


Phoneme (Common
symbol Spellings)
Context / Date
/or/ ɔː or fork
ore more
a !ball
aw !paw
au !August
/ow/ ow !brown
ou !house
/ŭ/ ʌ u ! cup
o ! glove
ou ! trouble
/ure/ ewer ure pure

our tour
ewer newer
/ə/ ə a about
e taken
(schwa) i pencil
o lemon
u circus
ar dollar
er teacher
or doctor

/b/
b bee
bb bubbles
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/b/ b bad bag bat bed beg big bin bit box
bug bun bus but
b bear
ball back band bee bear bike book
bunny baby brown brother broom
rabbit robber rubber rubbing cabbage

bb bubbles
ribbon pebble gobble rubble stubble
Sample Texts
b Bare Bear
Miriam Moss & Mary McQuillan (2006)
London: Hodder Children’s Books
Bertie And The Bear

Pamela Allen (1983)
Melbourne: Nelson
Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Bill Martin & Eric Carle (1995)
London: Hamish Hamilton
My Big Brother Boris

Liz Pichon (2004)
London: Scholastic Press
Baby Boomsticks
Margaret Wild & David Legge (2003)
Sydney: ABC Books
Broken Bird
Michael Broad (2006)
London: Puffin Books
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bb Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum
Lisa Wheeler & Laura Huliska-Beith (2004)
Mascot, NSW: Koala Books

/ ch /
ch chicken
tch watch
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
chat chin children chicken chair chase
/ch/ t∫ ch chicken cherry cheese cheer chop teacher each
peach
catch snatch fetch itch witch ditch

tch watch
hutch
Sample Texts
ch Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin Jnr & John Archambault (1989)
Aladdin Paperbacks
Dora’s Chicks
Julie Sykes & Jane Chapman (2002)
Charlie Chick
Nick Denchfield & Ant Parker (2006)
London: Campbell
Chicken Little
Sally Hobson (1994)
London: ABC Books
Down The Back Of The Chair

Margaret Mahy & Polly Dunbar (2006)
London: Frances Lincoln
The Chimpanzees Of Happytown

Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees (2006)
London: Orchard Books
(cont.)

tch How To Catch A Star
Oliver Jeffers (2004)
London: Harper Collins
An Itch to Scratch
Damian Harvey & Lynne Chapman (2005)

/d/
d dog
dd ladder
ed rolled
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/d/ d dad dam den did dig dip dog dot dug
day do dinner dollar done door draw
d dog
drink dry duck
and end kind find food good
dd ladder sudden middle cuddle paddle giddy
called opened started turned wanted

ed rolled
named burned ended filled heated
Sample Texts
d
Dogs Do, Dogs Don’t!
Frank Moffat (2005)
Camberwell, Vic: Puffin
Dr Dog
Babette Cole (1996)
London: Red Fox
Dilly Duckling
Claire Freedman & Jane Chapman (2004)
Farmer Duck
Martin Waddell & Helen Oxenbury (1991)
London: Walker Books
Dinnertime!
Ann Weld & Kerry Argent (2001)
Kent Town, SA: Working Title Press
Boris: The Beetle Who Wouldn’t Stay Down
Hiawyn Oram & Tony Ross (2000)
London: Andersen Press
(cont.)

dd Giddy Goat
Jamie Rix & Lynne Chapman (2003)
The Teddy Robber

Ian Beck (2006)
London: Random House
Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat and the Fiddle

Traditional nursery rhyme

/f /
f fish
ph phone
gh laugh
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
fan fat fed fig fin fit fix fog fox
/f/ f fun
f fish fall face family far fast feel feet fell few
fight find fire five fly food for four
friend from full
ff coffee staff stiff sniff off huff puff stuff
ph phone telephone elephant dolphin phantom
gh laugh laughing laughter rough tough cough
Sample Texts
f Farmer Fred’s Cow

Margaret Wild & David Walker (2001)
Sydney: ABC Books
Farmer Duck
ff The Three Little Pigs

Traditional Tale
(key words: huff, puff)
The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Traditional Tale
ph If Elephants Wore Trousers…

Henriette Barkow & Richard Johnson (2005)

(cont.)
When An Elephant Comes To School

Jan Ormerod (2004)
gh What Made Tiddalik Laugh

Joanna Troughton (1994)
London: Puffin

/g/
g goat
gg egg
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
gap get go got gum gun gut
/g/ g gave game gate gift give goat good
g goat girl green great grow grandma grandpa
big dog hug
bigger giggle jiggle wriggle struggle

gg egg digging foggy soggy
Sample Texts
g Gorilla
Anthony Browne (1983)
London : Julia MacRae
Grandpa and Thomas

Pamela Allen (2003)
Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin
Fiona the Pig’s Big Day

Leigh Hobbs (2006)
Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin/Viking
The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Traditional tale
g Grumpy Gloria
& Anna Dewdney (2006)
gg New York: Viking
Bigger
Daniel Kirk (1998)
New York: Putnam
(cont.)

gg Piggybook
London: Julia MacRae Books
Wiggle!
Dorean Cronin & Scott Menchin (2005)
New York: Simon & Schuster

/h/
h horse
wh who
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/h/ h had ham has hat hen him hip his hit
hog hop hot hug hum hut
h horse hair half happy hard have he head
hear help her here him hit hold home
hope hour house how hurt
wh who whose whom whole wholemeal wholegrain
Sample Texts
h How To Be A Happy Hippo

Jonathan Shipton & Sally Percy (1999)
Mascot, N.S.W.: Koala Books
Horrible Harriet
Leigh Hobbs (2001)
Crow’s Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin
Don’t Be Horrid Henry

Francesca Simon & Kevin McAleenan (2000)
London: Orion
My Hen is Dancing
Karen Wallace & Anita Jeram (1993)
Hubert Hunts His Hum

Sue Lock (1980)
NY: Ashton Scholastic
wh Who Sank the Boat?

Pamela Allen (2000)
Melbourne: Puffin

/ j /
j jump
g giant
dge bridge
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
jam jar jaw jazz jet jig job jog jug
j jump
jail jeep jelly jolly jumper just judge
gem germ gentle giant giraffe
/j/ dʒ g giant cage stage page huge courage
luggage cabbage
badge edge hedge ledge bridge dodge
dge bridge
fudge judge smudge
Sample Texts
j Jump!
Jan Ormerod & Michelle Magarian (1992)
The House That Jack Built
Jeannette Winter (2000)
New York: Dial Books
g Ginger
Charlotte Voake (1997)
Changes
London: Walker
The Magic Bed
John Birmingham (2003)
London: Jonathan Cape
The Magic Hat
Mem Fox & Tricia Tusa (2003)
Sydney: Scholastic
(cont.)

Giraffes Can’t Dance
dge Smudge
Julie Sykes & Jane Chapman (1998)
Waukesha, WI, USA: Little Tiger Press

/k/
c cat
k kite
ck duck
q queen
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
can cap car cat cot cut
/k/ k c cat call came calf camel carry clean
clothes cold colour come could cousin
kid kitchen king kitten kind keep key
k kite kennel kiss kettle
ask book talk think week
back pack sack black crack quack snack
track stack neck peck check wreck kick
lick pick sick teck brick click chick quick
ck duck
stick thick trick lock rock sock clock
flock knock shock duck luck suck chuck
cluck stuck truck cricket rocket bucket
quack quick quiet question quarter quake

q queen
(Note: ‘qu’ = /kw/)
Sample Texts
c Crazy Cow
Colin & Jacqui Hawkins (2000)
London: Collins
I Want To Be a Cowgirl
Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (2003)
k The Kangaroo Who Couldn’t Stop

Robert Cox & Jim Robins (2004)
South Melbourne, Vic.: Lothian Books
Koala Lou, I Do Love You

Mem Fox & Pamela Lofts (1988)
Melbourne: Ian Drakeford Publishing
(cont.)

ck Clickety-Clack Something to Pack
Antony Lishak & Ian Penney (1992)
Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type

Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin (2002)
London: Pocket Books
One Duck Stuck
Phyllis Root & Jane Chapman (1998)
London: Walker
q It’s Quacking Time

& Martin Waddell & Jill Barton (2005)
ck London: Walker Books
Quacky Quack-Quack!
Ian Whybrow & Russell Ayto (2003)

/l/
l lion
ll ball
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
lad lap led leg let lid lip lit log lot
lady land last laugh left like little live
l lion long look lot love lunch luck
lamb lion lizard
/l/ l
all ball call fall tall small bell fell
sell tell well yell shell smell spell
bill fill hill kill will chill drill spill
ll ball
doll troll bull full pull
finally really gorilla
Sample Texts
l Too Loud Lily

Sofie Laguna & Kerry Argent (2002)
Norwood, S. A. : Omnibus Books
Let’s Go Home Little Bear
Martin Waddell & Barbara Firth (1991)
l & Silly Little Chick

ll Val Willis & Judy Brook (1988)
London: Andre Deutsch
ll Silly Billy
The Silly Book
Babette Cole (1989)
London: Cape
(cont.)

Gorilla
London : Julia MacRae
Chicken Little [keyword: falling]

Sally Hobson (1994)
London: ABC Books
All Join In
Quentin Blake (1992)
London: Red Fox

/m/
m monkey
mm hammer
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
mad man map mat men met mix
mop mug mum make mate many
mask me meet meat mice mine
/m/ m m monkey
money moon more my morning
mother mouse
am ham them slim sum
stammer common summer drummer

/m/ m mm hammer
humming
Sample Texts
m Misery Moo
Monkey See Monkey Do

Marc Gave & Jacqueline Rogers
New York: Scholastic
My Mum
Bilby Moon
Margaret Spurling & Danny Snell (2000)
Kent town, SA: Working Title Press
mm Over in the Meadow

& Olive A. Wadsworth & Anna Vojtech (2002)
m London: North-South Books
(cont.)

A Summery Saturday Morning
Margaret Mahy & Selina Young (1998)
mm There’s a House Inside My Mummy

Giles Andreae & Vanessa Cabban (2001)
Freedom Summer
Deborah Wiles & Jerome Lagarrigue (2005)
Aladdin Paperbacks

/n/
n night
nn dinner
kn knee
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
nan nap net not nun nut
/n/ n name nail neck nest new next nine
n night
nice no not now nose note number
man men hen ten brown sun
banner scanner nanny winner thinner
nn dinner
skinny tennis
kn knee knew knife knight knit knot know
Sample Texts
n Nighty Night!
Margaret Wild & Kerry Argent (2000)
Sydney: ABC Books
Never Say Boo To A Goose

Jakki Wood & Clare Beeton (2002)
Bath: Barefoot Books
My Hen is Dancing
All Join In
London: Red Fox
nn Henny Penny
Vivian French & Sophie Windham (2006)
London: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Dinnertime!
Our Granny
Margaret Wild & Julie Vivas (1993)
Sydney: Scholastic

/ ng /
ng king
song
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
bang gang hang rang sang
ng king king ring sing wing bring sting swing thing
/ng/ ŋ gong long song wrong strong belong
song
hung rung sung stung swung young jungle
Sample Texts
ng The King of the Birds
Helen Ward (1997)
Redfern, NSW: Koala Books
Chicken Little [keywords: falling, king]

Sally Hobson (1994)
London: ABC Books
The Ugly Duckling

Jan Lewis (2006)
New York: Backpack Books
I Went Walking
Sue Machin & Julie Vives (1991)
Sydney: Scholastic
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury (1993)

Where The Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak (2002) [1975]
London: Bodley Head
My Hen is Dancing

/p/
p pig
pp puppy
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/p/ p pan pat peg pen pet pig pin pip pit
pop pot pup put pie paw pay pea
pack page pain pair park pear pink pick
p pig poem pond pool post puff pull pump
push party people place plane play
please pretty
tap slap sleep ship top stop up jump
happy nappy pepper poppy hippopotamus

pp puppy
happen pepper dropped stopped puppet
Sample Texts
p The Princess and the Potty
Wendy Cheyette Lewison & Rick Brown (1994)
The Pear in the Pear Tree
Pamela Allen (1999)
Ringwood, Victoria: Viking/Penguin
Old Pig
Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks (1995)
St Leonard’s, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin
Possum Magic
Mem Fox & Julie Vivas (2004)
Gosford, NSW: Scholastic
A Pig Called Pete
Alan Bowater & Peter Pascoe (2004)
Docklands, Vic: JoJo Publishing
The Pig in the Pond

Martin Waddell & Jill Barton (1992, 2006)
(cont.)

Snap Went Chester
Tania Cox & David Miller (2003)
Sydney: Hodder
pp How To Be A Happy Hippo

Jonathan Shipton & Sally Percy (1999)
Mascot, N.S.W.: Koala Books
Little Apple
Brigitte Weninger & Anna Moller (2001)
Zurich: North-South Books

/r /
r rat
rr cherry
wr write
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
rag ran rap red rid rip rot rug run
/r/ r r rat rain race read real rice ride ring right
road roof room rocket round row rooster
carry marry berry ferry hurry horrible
rr cherry
arrow narrow burrow carrot
writer writing wrong wrap wreck

wr write
wrestle wrist wrinkle wriggle
Sample Texts
r Little Red Riding Hood

Tony Mitton & Liz Million (2000)
London: Walker
Baby Rock, Baby Roll
Stella Blackstone& Denise & Fernando (1997)
Bristol: Barefoot Books
The Teddy Robber
Ian Beck (2006)
Row Your Boat
Lisa Bruce & Robin Bell Corfield (2001)
Share Said The Rooster
Pamela Allen (2006)
Camberwell, Vic: Penguin
rr Horrible Harriet
Leigh Hobbs (2001)
Crow’s Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin
(cont.)

Don’t Be Horrid Henry
Francesca Simon & Kevin McAleenan (2000)
London: Orion
wr
The Wrong Overcoat
Hiawyn Oram & Mark Birchall (1999)

/s /
s sea
ss dress
c cent
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/s/ s sad sap sat set sip sit six sum sun
sand sank send see seen sick sing say
s sea
says said same saw school seven sister
sleep small stop
less mess dress hiss miss boss cross

ss dress
toss moss bless bliss across class grass
circle centre city circus face place once

c cent
ice mice space ace race dance
Sample Texts
s The Star That Fell

Karen Hayles & Cliff Wright (1995)
London: Ladybird Books
A Chick Called Saturday
Joyce Dunbar & Brita Granstrom ( 2003)
ss The Kiss That Missed

David Melling (2002)
London: Hodder
Possum Magic
Mem Fox & Julie Vivas (2004)
Gosford, NSW: Scholastic
(cont.)

c Giraffes Can’t Dance
Tiny’s Big Adventure [keyword: mice]

Martin Waddell & John Lawrence (2005)
Bounce
Dorean Cronin & Scott Menchin (2007)

/sh / unvoiced
sh ship
ti station
ci special
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
she shop show shout shut shell sheep
/sh/ ∫ sh ship shape share sharp shut shine shout shoe
cash dash fish rush brush wash push
nation station congratulations
ti station
conditioner competition Martian
social magician facial delicious
ci special
spacious musician
Sample Texts
sh
Old Shell, New Shell
Helen Ward (2001)
Share Said The Rooster
Pamela Allen (2006)
Pete The Sheep
Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (2004)
Sydney: Angus & Robertson
Russell the Sheep
Ross Scotton (2005)
Cat And Fish Go To See
Joan Grant & Neil Curtis (2005)
South Melbourne, Vic: Lothian Books
(cont.)

ti Horatio’s Bed
Camilla Ashford (1992)
ti
& Commotion In The Ocean
ci Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz (1999)
ci Delicious!
Helen Cooper (2006)

/ sh /voiced
s treasure
si television
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
s treasure measure pleasure leisure fusion

/sh/voiced ʒ
si television Asia vision confusion
Sample Texts
s Treasure Hunt
Allan Ahlberg & Gillian Tyler (2002)
The Treasure Chest

Dominique Falda (1999)

/ t /
t tap
tt little
ed jumped
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/t/ t ten tea tin tip top tug tall tell tusk
tack tick take tail talk to too two
t tap table team time tool tooth took
teacher television
about but don’t hit get last later
rattle better letter getting little bottle

tt little
bottom button
walked talked asked helped liked

ed jumped
laughed picked cooked stopped washed
Sample Texts
t Tiger and the New Baby

Vivian French & Rebecca Elgar (1999)
London: Kingfisher
Whose Tail Is That?

Christine Nicholls & Danny Snell (2002)
Kingswood, S.A.: Working Title Press
Tadpole’s Promise
tt I Want My Potty
Tony Ross (2006)
(cont.)

Let’s Go Home Little Bear
Martin Waddell & Barbara Firth (1991)
Chicken Little
Sally Hobson (1994)
London: ABC Books

/ th /unvoiced
th thumb
three
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
thank think thick thin third thong
/th/ th thumb
θ thing think thigh thought thumb
unvoiced three
nothing something bath both myth
Sample Texts
th Mr Archimedes Bath
Pamela Allen (1991)
Sydney: Harper Collins
Yes, Please! No, Thank you!

Valerie Wheeler & Glin Dibley (2005)
New York: Sterling
Platypus And The Birthday Party

Chris Riddell (2003)
London: Puffin
Goldilocks And The Three Bears

Penelope Lively & Debi Gliori (2004)
London: Hodder
The Three Little Pigs

Susanna Davidson & Gorgien Overwater (2007)
London: Usborne

London: Bodley Head

/ th / voiced
th then
feather
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
than that the their them there these

th then they this those
/th/ ð
feather together bother brother another mother
father rather breathe feather weather
Sample Texts
th That’s Love
Sam Williams & Mique Moriuchi (2006)
London: Hodder
Whose Tail Is That?

There’s a House Inside My Mummy

Giles Andreae & Vanessa Cabban (2001)
My Brother
London: Penguin
My Father The Dog

Elizabeth Bluemle & Randy Cecil (2007)
Would You Rather…

London: Red Fox

/v /
v violin
f of
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
vase van vet very video violin volcano
/v/ v v violin never even ever every have live love
over seven television
Sample Texts
v
Vicky The Very Silly Vet
Small World Creations (2002)
Bath: Bright Spark Books
Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick
Cressida Cowell (2000)
London: Hodder
The Sulky Vulture
Sally Grindley & Michael Terry (2002)
London: Bloomsbury
Over In The Meadow

Olive A. Wadsworth & Anna Vojtech (2002)
London: North-South Books
That’s Love
Sam Williams & Mique Moriuchi (2006)
London: Hodder
Truelove
Babette Cole (2001)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle (2000)

/w/
w water
wh wheel
u queen
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
w water walk want warm was wash watch way
/w/ w we week well went were will window
wish with woke word world would away
wh wheel what when where which while white
u queen quiet quickly quilt quiz queer quack
Note: ‘ q u ’ = / k w /
Sample Texts
Wombat Goes Walkabout
w Michael Marpurgo & Christian Birmingham (2000)
London: Collins
w
& Where The Wild Things Are
wh Maurice Sendak (2002) [1975]
London: Bodley Head
wh What If?
Joanna Walsh (1999)
When Grandma Came

Jill Paton Walsh & Sophy Williams (1992)
London: Viking
u It’s Quacking Time

Martin Waddell & Jill Barton (2005)
Queenie And The Bantam

Bob Graham (1997)

/ y/
y yellow
i million
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
year yes yesterday you your yard
y yellow
yacht yell young yeast yet yoghurt
/y/ j
i million billion trillion onion
Sample Texts
Young Macdonald
y David Milgrim (2006)
New York: Dutton
If You’re Happy And You Know It

James Warhola (2007)
New York: Orchard Books
Little Yellow Dog

Francesca Simon & James Lucas (2003)
London: Orion Children’s Books
Yes, Please! No, Thank you!

Valerie Wheeler & Glin Dibley (2005)
New York: Sterling
i I Wish I Could Count To A Million

Joyce Dunbar & Carol Thompson (2000)
London: Hodder

/z/
z zebra
zz jazz
s is
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
zoo zero zip zigzag zone zombie
/z/ z z zebra
zoom New Zealand doze snooze dozen
zz jazz puzzle buzz buzzer razzle dazzle
busy always boys clothes comes does

s is eyes goes hers his says stairs these
those times use was
Sample Texts
z Animal Strike At The Zoo

Karma Wilson & Margaret Spengler (2006)
New York: Harper Collins
If I Ran The Zoo

Dr Seuss (2003) [1950]
London: Collins
Going to The Zoo

Tom Paxton & Karen Lee Schmidt (1996)
New york: Morrow Junior Books
Crazy Cow
Colin & Jacqui Hawkins (2000)
London: Collins
(cont.)

zz The Puzzle Duck
Colin Thompson & Emma Quay (1999)
Sydney: Random House
s Dogs Do, Dogs Don’t!

Frank Moffat (2005)

/ă /
a cat
ai plait
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
Initial
am an and add as at act ant animal
apple arrow axe
Medial
bad dad mad sad bag rag wag dam
/ă/ æ a cat ham jam Sam can fan man nan ran
cap gap lap map rap sap tap zap
bat cat fat hat mat pat rat sat vat
back black track have band land than
thank match
Sample Texts
a
Aldo
John Burningham
Red Fox Picture Books
A Grand Band
John Burningham (1989)
Walker Books
Albie and the Big Race

Andy Cutbill & Mark Stacey (2004)
HarperCollins
Can You Cuddle Like A Koala?

John Butler (2003)
Drat That Fat Cat

Pat Thomson & Ailie Busby (2003)
London: Scholastic
(cont.)

Green Eggs and Ham
Dr Seuss (1996)
HarperCollins Childrens Books
Little Apple
Brigitte Weninger & Anna Moller (2001)
My Cat Jack
Patricia Casey (1994)
London; Walker
Snap Went Chester

Tania Cox & David Miller (2003)
Sydney: Hodder
Wanted! Have You Seen This Alligator?

Richard Waring & Holly Swain (2002)
London: Gullane Children’s Books
Willy’s Dad
Scott Tulloch (2007)
Auckland: Harper Collins

/ā /
a baby
a-e cake
ay say
ai snail
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
Intial
acorn angel acre April
a baby Medial
lady lazy crazy paper table favourite
Australia
ace face lace race place space trace
made grade shade spade age cage page
safe bake lake make rake snake take
wake male pale sale tale stale whale
/ā/ eI a-e cake came game name same flame
cane lane crane plane tape grape shape
case chase ate date gate hate late mate
plate state cave gave save wave brave
daze gaze haze maze blaze craze
bay clay day may pay play say spray
ay say stay tray way always away today
yesterday
aid laid maid paid fail hail mail nail
ai snail quail rail sail tail trail main pain rain
train chain wait aim paint
Sample Texts
a Here Come The Babies

Catherine & Laurence Anholt (1993)
Baby Rock, Baby Roll
Stella Blackstone & Denise Fernando (1997)
Bristol: Barefoot Books
a-e Make A Face

Allan Ahlberg & Colin McNaughton (1986)
(cont.)

a-e What Makes Me Happy?
Catherine & Laurence Anholt (1994)
The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Koala Books
ay This Little Chick [keywords: say, way, play, day]

John Lawrence (2002)
Daisy-Head Mayzie
Dr Seuss (1995)
Random House Children’s Books
ai And The Train Goes…

William Bee (2007)
Whose Tail Is That?

/ air /
air hair
are square
ere there
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/air/ ɛə air hair air fair chair stairs hairy
care dare fare glare hare rare mare

are square
share square stare
ear bear pear tear wear
ere where wherever anywhere there
eir their theirs
various
ar parents
ayor mayor
Sample Texts
air Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy
Lynne Dodley (2005) [1985]
London: Puffin
are Share Said The Rooster

Pamela Allen (2006)
The Hare and the Tortoise

Traditional tale.
var. Bad Hare Day

Miriam Moss & Lynne Chapman (2003)
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Bare Bear
Miriam Moss & Mary McQuillan (2005)
London: Hodder Children’s Books
Bear Snores On
Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (2002)
London: Pocket Books
(cont.)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr & Eric Carle (republished 1996)
Henry Holt & Company
The Pear in the Pear Tree

Pamela Allen (1999)
Ringwood, Victoria: Viking/Penguin
Too Many Pears
Jackie French & Bruce Wheatley (2003)
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury (1993)
Scary Bear
Tania Cox & Danny Snell (2003)
Kingswood, SA: Working Title Press

London: Bodley Head

/ ar /
ar car
a giraffe
al half
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
far farm jar hard bark dark part party
/ar/ ɑː ar car star start charm arm alarm art cart part
tart snarl shark smart
after ask asked mask task bath path
a giraffe fast last mast past class glass calm
calf half father basket tomato banana
Sample Texts
ar
The Barn Party
Nancy Tafuri (1995)
New York: Greenwillow Books
The Star That Fell

Karen Hayles & Cliff Wright (1995)
London: Ladybird Books
Farmer Duck
a Half A Pig
Allan Ahlberg & Jessica Ahlberg (2004)
My Father The Dog

Elizabeth Bluemle & Randy Cecil (2007)
Time To Get Out of the Bath, Shirley!

John Burningham (
Red Fox Picture Books
Would You Rather…

London: Red Fox

/ĕ /
e egg
ea head
a any
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ĕ/ ε e egg Initial

end ever every empty engine
(beware ‘elephant’ – the beginning sound for
some speakers is closer to /ă/ than /ĕ/)
Medial
bed fed red beg leg peg hen men
ten yes get let met net pet set vet
wet yet
best rest test bend left never next
seven them then together very went
when letter pencil
bread read ready lead tread dead
ea head deaf heavy instead feather weather
breath breakfast
a any many anyone anything
ie friend friendly
various ai said
eo leopard
u bury
Sample Texts
e The Little Red Hen

Michael Foreman (2000)
Ten Out Of Bed
Penny Dale (1993)
Under The Bed
Paul Bright & Ben Cort (2003)
(cont.)

My Hen is Dancing
Farmer Fred’s Cow
Sydney: ABC Books
When Grandma Came

Jill Paton Walsh & Sophy Williams (1992)
London: Viking
Edward the Emu

Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (1998)
HarperCollins Australia
Edwina the Emu

Sheena Knowles & Rod Clement (1997)
HarperCollins Australia
ea From Head to Toe

Eric Carle (1998)
London : Hamish Hamilton
a Too Many Pears

Jackie French & Bruce Wheatley (2003)

/ē/
e emu
ee tree
ea leaf
y pony
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
Initial equal even email ego emu
/ē/ I: e emu Medial secret metre Peter zero
Final he she me we be
Medial
feed need seed weed bleed greed speed
peek week cheek creek Greek feel heel
kneel peel wheel queen seen green screen
ee tree beep deep keep peep weep creep sheep
sleep steep sweep feet meet greet sheet
street sweet
Final
bee fee knee see tee free tree
Initial each Easter easy
Medial
beach peach reach teach bleach
bead lead read beak leak weak freak
sneak speak squeak deal heal meal real
ea leaf
seal veal squeal steal cream dream scream
steam stream team bean mean clean
heap leap cheap beat heat meat neat seat
bleat cheat treat wheat please
Final pea sea flea tea
any baby body busy carry dirty easy
every funny family grumpy happy hungry
y pony hurry jelly lady lucky many pony pretty
ready sorry sunny tiny tummy very windy
ey key donkey monkey money honey

various i ski taxi spaghetti piano radio
ie chief thief piece movie
Sample Texts
e Monkey And Me
Emily Gravett (2007)
London: Macmillan
(cont.)

e I Went Walking [keywords: see, me]
& Sue Machin & Julie Vives (1991)
ee Sydney: Scholastic
e Pete The Sheep

& Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (2004)
ee Sydney: Angus & Robertson
ee Zzzzz: A Book Of Sleep

Il Sung Na (2007)
London: Meadowside Books
Where Is the Green Sheep?
Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (2004)
Australia: Viking (US: Harcourt)
ee I Won’t Say Please!

& Mij Kelly & Ruth Palmer (2002)
ea Mascot, NSW: Koala Books
Russell the Sheep

Ross Scotton (2005)
Mr McGee and the Biting Flea
Pamela Allen (1998)
Ringwood, Victoria: Viking
Squeaky Clean
ea
Simon Puttock & Mary McQuillan (2003)
London: Red Fox
y I Want My Potty
Tony Ross (2006)
Our Granny
Margaret Wild & Julie Vivas (1993)
Norwood, SA: Omnibus Books
Mrs Wishy-Washy
Joy Cowley (new edition with CD 2005)
Melbourne: Mimosa McGraw-Hill

/ ear /
ear ear
ere here
eer deer
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ear/ ɪə year dear fear hear tear clear

ear ear
near rear shear spear dreary
ere here mere
eer deer peer queer beer jeer leer reindeer
Sample Texts
ear Hear That?

Tama Janowitz & Tracy Dockray (2001)
New York: SeaStar Books
Whose Ears?
Fiona Munroe & John Haslam (2003)
London: Ladybird
The Elephants Ears
Catherine Chambers & Caroline Mockford (2000)
Bear All Year
Harriet Ziefert & Arnold Lobel (2005)
New York: Sterling
Crocodile Tears
Keith Faulkner & Czes Pachela (2002)
Rabbit Ears
Amber Stewart & Laura Rankin (2006)
London : Bloomsbury
(cont.)

ere
Here A Chick Where A Chick
Suse MacDonald (2004)
Here We Go Harry
Kim Lewis (2005)

/ er /
er fern
ir bird
ur fur
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/er/ ɜ: her herd stern jerk term berth

er fern
vertical verse every Bert Ernie
dirt dirty first girl shirt skirt third

ir bird
thirty thirsty sir stir squirm circus
furry hurt turn burn purr burr blurry

ur fur
church urn nurse purse
ear earn learn heard yearn
Sample Texts
ir Dog And Bird See The Moon

Tohby Riddle (2007)
Baby Bird
Joyce Dunbar & Russell Ayto (1998)
Hello Little Bird

Petr Horacek (2005)
London: Walker
ir Harry The Dirty Dog

& Gene Zion & Margaret Bloy Graham (1991) [1956]
er London: Random Century
Dirty Bertie
David Roberts (2002)
(cont.)

ur Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Kevin Henkes (1996)
NY: Greenwillow Books
ear Whoever’s Heard Of A Hibernating Pig

Shen Roddie (2000)
London: Bloomsbury

/ ĭ /
i pig
ui build
o women
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ĭ/ I Initial
if in is it ill inside igloo
Medial
did hid lid big dig fig pig bin fin
i pig pin tin win dip hip lip pip tip zip
his bit fit hit lit pit sit fix mix six
lick pick stick dill fill hill kill pill
still will drink think dish fish wish
city dinner window
ui build building builder built guilt

y gym hymn mystery myth
various o women
u busy
Sample Texts
i Fiona the Pig’s Big Day

Leigh Hobbs (2006)
Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin/Viking
What If?
Else Holmelund Minarik & Margaret Bloy Graham (1987)
New York: Greenwillow Books
What If?
Joanna Walsh (1999)
When It Is Time
Stacy McCleary & Sally Rippin (2004)
South Melbourne: Lothian
(cont.)

Dinnertime!
A Pig Called Pete

Alan Bowater & Peter Pascoe (2004)
Docklands, Vic: JoJo Publishing
The Pig in the Pond

Martin Waddell & Jill Barton (1992, 2006)
ui The House That Jack Built

Bob the Builder

Series: Created by Keith Chapman

/ ī /
i tiger
i-e kite
y fly
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
I hi blind kind find mind wind
/ī/ aɪ i tiger behind child wild climb liar triangle
spider giant quiet diet virus
hide ride side tide wide ice dice
mice nice price rice bike hike like
strike file mile pile smile tile while
mime time fine line mine nine pine
i-e kite pipe ripe wipe fire hire tire wire
bite kite site white dive drive alive
wise wife
fire five nice ride time while white
write ice inside like bike hide drive
my by cry dry fly sky try why
y fly
July butterfly myself
high sigh bright fight fright light
igh night
might night knight right tight
ig sign sigh
ie tie lie die died pie magpie
ei height either
various
is island isle
ye eye bye goodbye
uy buy guy
Sample Texts
i Tiger
Nick Butterworth (2006)
Tiger And The New Baby
Vivian French & Rebecca Elgar (1999)
London: Kingfisher
The Spider and the Fly

Poem by Mary Howitt (original 1829)
(many versions, including online)
(cont.)

i-e Time For Bed
Mem Fox & Jane Dyer (1993)
Sydney: Scholastic
The Fisherman’s Wife

Traditional tale
(many versions)
y Why?
Lila Prap (2003)
Elwood, Vic: Wilkins Farago
My Mum
igh How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Jane Yolen & Mark Teague (2000)
NY: Scholastic Inc
Nighty Night!
Margaret Wild & Kerry Argent (2000)
Sydney: ABC Books

/ ŏ /
o frog
a watch
ou cough
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ŏ/ ɒ Initial
of off on octopus often old
Medial
dog fog jog log blog hop mop pop
shop stop top cot dot got hot lot not
o frog
pot shot box fox dock lock block
rock sock cold hold sold told boss
cross moss toss
soft long belong strong wrong
doctor coffee toffee
a watch want wash what watch swan yacht
various cough auction
Sample Texts
o Dogs Do, Dogs Don’t!

Frank Moffat (2005)
Dr Dog
Babette Cole (1996)
London: Red Fox
The Kangaroo Who Couldn’t Stop

Robert Cox & Jim Robins (2004)
South Melbourne: Lothian Books
I Want My Potty
Tony Ross (2006)
Frog And A Very Special Day
Max Velthuijs (2000)
(cont.)
Fox In Socks
Dr Seuss (1965)
NY: Random House
Wobble Pop
Walker Books
Wombat Divine
Mem Fox & Kerry Argent (1995)
Norwood, SA: Omnibus Books
var. What If?

Joanna Walsh (1999)
Wanted! Have You Seen This Alligator?

Richard Waring & Holly Swain (2002)
London: Gullane Children’s Books
Mrs Wishy-Washy
Joy Cowley (new edition with CD 2005)
Melbourne: Mimosa McGraw-Hill

/ō/
o so
o-e bone
oa boat
ow snow
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ō/ o o so no ago also both most open over
broke coke choke joke poke woke
home bone cone stone phone hope
o-e bone
rope hose nose rose close those
note vote wrote drove stove doze globe
oats coat goat moat float road load
oa boat foam loan moan soap soak loaf
coach
bow know low blow mow row tow
blow crow flow grow show slow
ow snow snow know tow
rainbow window yellow swallow
shallow
Sample Texts
o Over in the Meadow

Olive A. Wadsworth & Anna Vojtech (2002)
The Pocket Dogs

Margaret Wild & Stephen Michael King (2000)
Lindfield, NSW: Scholastic
o-e Wishbone
Janeen Brian & Kilmeny Niland (2002)
Sydney: ABC Books
Fantastic Daisy Artichoke

(cont.)

oa Who Sank The Boat
Pamela Allen (1988)
Giddy Goat
Jamie Rix & Lynne Chapman (2003)
ow Snow Comes To The Farm

Nathaniel Tripp & Kate Kiesler (2001)
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press
My Shadow
Robert Louis Stevenson & Monique Felix (2002)
Mankato, MN, USA: Creative Editions

/ oi /
oi coin
oy boy
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/oi/ ɔɪ join oil boil soil foil point
oi coin
choice noise moist toilet
oy boy toy joy annoying soy decoy
Sample Texts
oi All Join In
London: Red Fox
Noisy Nora
Rosemary Wells (1973, 1997)
Puffn Books
oy Good Boy, Fergus!

David Shannon (2006)
Cowboy Ted And The Messy Toy Room

Joanne Partis (2006)
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Cloud Boy
Rhode Montijo (2006)
The Little Scarecrow Boy

Margaret Wise Brown (1998)
New York: Joanna Cottler Brown

)
)
)
/ oo /
oo book
ou could
u push
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
look cook chook hook sook shook took
/oo/ ʊ oo book
good hood stood wood foot wool
ou could should would
u push put pull full bull pudding
Sample Texts
oo
Look What I’ve Got
London: Magnet Books
Look Behind You Oliver!
Tony Maddox (2006)
In A Dark, Dark Wood
David A. Carter (1992)
Bear And Chook
Lisa Shanahan (2001)
Rydalmere, NSW: Hodder Headline
ou
Would You Rather…
London: Red Fox
I Wish I Could Count To A Million
Joyce Dunbar & Carol Thompson (2000)
London: Hodder
(cont.)

The Little Engine That Could
Watty Piper & George & Doris Hauman (1990) [1930]
New York: Platt & Munk
u One, Two, Three, Pull!

Sophie Schmid & Sabine Praml (2006)

/ū/
u-e rude
oo moon
ew chew
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ū/ uː u-e rude June use fuse cute lute tune fumes
Medial
food mood roof proof cool fool pool tool
school boom doom room zoom broom
moon noon soon spoon boot root shoot
oo moon
scoot balloon
Final
boo moo too zoo kangaroo igloo
shampoo bamboo
dew few knew new blew chew crew
ew chew
drew flew screw stew threw
ue blue clue flue glue true
u truth gnu jury ruby humour rumour
oe shoe canoe
various o do to two who into movie tomb
womb whom
ou you group soup through wound
ui fruit suit juice bruise
Sample Texts
oo Boo!
Rod Asquith & Andi Good (2003)
Bilby Moon
Margaret Spurling & Danny Snell (2000)
Kent town, SA: Working Title Press

(cont.)
Too Loud Lily
Sofie Laguna & Kerry Argent (2002)
Norwood, S. A. : Omnibus Books
Room on the Broom

Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (2001)
Koala Books
ew Wombat Stew
Marcia K. Vaughan & Pamela Lofts (1985)
Sydney: Scholastic
var. Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose

Julia Donalson & Nick Sharratt (2006)
London: Macmillan Children’s Books
(great for lots of rhyming words)
Koala Lou
Mem Fox & Pamela Lofts (1998)
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Ruby Flew Too

Jonathan Emmett & Rebecca Harry
Scholastic Press
Who’s In The Loo?

Jeanne Willis & Adrian Reynolds (2006)
Monkey Do!
Allan Ahlberg & Andre Amstutz (1998)
Shoe Baby
Joyce Dunbar & Polly Dunbar (2005)

/ or /
or fork
ore more
a ball
aw paw
au August
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/or/ ɔː or for pork horse born sort torn
or fork
form fork lord north storm ordinary
core sore shore snore store tore wore
ore more
before story bored ignore explore
ball call fall hall mall stall small
a ball
walk talk stalk chalk
saw draw raw jaw law claw dawn
aw paw
yawn fawn hawk
au August autumn sauce launch laundry caught
ar war warm warn swarm reward
quarter wardrobe
oor door poor floor moor
various our four pour your
oar roar soar board cardboard
ough bought nought sought
Sample Texts
or Ordinary Albert
Nancy Antle & Pamela Allen (1997)
Sydney: Angus & Robertson
Daddy’s Having A Horse
Lisa Shanahan & Emma Quay (2005)
Sydney: Hodder
ore Bear Snores On

Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman (2002)
London: Simon & Schuster
(cont.)

ore
& Roar Of A Snore
oar Masha Diana Arnold & Pierre Pratt (2006)
New York: Penguin
a I Went Walking
Sue Machin & Julie Vives (1991)
Sydney: Scholastic
Tall
Jez Alborough (2006)
aw Badly Drawn Dog

Emma Dodson (2005)
Sydney: Hodder

/ ow /
ow brown
ou house
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
/ow/ how now cow down crown crowd
ow brown
shower flower power bow town clown
about found ground sound out our

ou house
hour mouse round drought snout
Sample Texts
ow Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Bill Martin & Eric Carle (1995)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See?

Bill Martin (1992)
New York: Henry Holt
Boris: The Beetle Who Wouldn’t Stay Down

Hiawyn Oram & Tony Ross (2000)
I Want To Be a Cowgirl
Farmer Fred’s Cow

Sydney: ABC Books
ou Mr Gumpy’s Outing
Cape
(cont.)

Shhh! Little Mouse
Pamela Allen (2007)
Camberwell, Vic: Viking
The House That Jack Built

Trubloff: The Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika

Cape

/ ŭ /
u cup
o glove
ou trouble
IPA Common
Sound Sample words
symbol Spellings
Initial
/ŭ/ ʌ up us under until ugly umbrella
Medial
bug dug hug jug mug rug tug bum
gum hum mum sum yum bun fun
gun nun run sun pup bus but gut
u cup hut nut rut dull gull hull buck duck
luck muck suck tuck much such
hump jump lump pump
bust dust just must rust trust
funny bunny puppy
bunch crunch lunch munch punch
muddle sudden summer number
Initial other
Medial son won come some done none
o glove
dove love above shove
mother honey dozen nothing wonderful
oo blood
various ou rough tough trouble double couple
cousin country young
Sample Texts
u The Ugly Duckling
Jan Lewis (2006)
New York: Backpack Books
My Mum
Under The Bed
Paul Bright & Ben Cort (2003)
Jump!
Jan Ormerod & Michelle Magarian (1992)
(cont.)

Bums
David Bedford & Leonie Worthington (2004)
Surry Hills, NSW: Little Hare Books
o The Way I Love You

David Bedford & Ann James (2004)
Surry Hills, NSW: Little Hare Books
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Discovered flat, hairy creature Jackie French & Bruce Whatley

After sharing Dilly Duckling with young children,

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if you know other picture-story books that should be

4. The chart for each sound shows:

Some references you might find helpful

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Gyopar, Vivienne. Soundasaurus: Learning to find and spell words by sound,

Hope, Diana. The Complete Phonic Handbook: the grapho-phonic and

Hornsby, David. Sounds Great: Learning Graphophonic Connections in a

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Common Sample Words Common Other Sample Words

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IPA Letters Sound-letter relationships highlighted

/ch/ t∫ ch! chicken

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/air/ ɛə air ! hair

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/ear/ ɪə ear !ear

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/ū/ uː u-e !rude

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/ure/ ewer ure pure

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rabbit robber rubber rubbing cabbage

Bertie And The Bear

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

My Big Brother Boris

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catch snatch fetch itch witch ditch

Down The Back Of The Chair

The Chimpanzees Of Happytown

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dd ladder sudden middle cuddle paddle giddy

called opened started turned wanted

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The Teddy Robber

Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat and the Fiddle

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ph phone telephone elephant dolphin phantom

gh laugh laughing laughter rough tough cough

f Farmer Fred’s Cow

ff The Three Little Pigs

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

ph If Elephants Wore Trousers…

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When An Elephant Comes To School

gh What Made Tiddalik Laugh