Welcome to
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
Some words
used in Level 1
Level 1
Jolly Readers
Tricky words,
Level 1
Alternative Vowel Sounds
Introduced as: Alternatives taught later:
(rain) (play) (flame)
(feet)
(boat)
(leaf)
(snow) (bone)
(these)
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
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