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Now you can make phonics fast and fun with this FREE sample lesson. It’s packed full of teaching
ideas and contains everything you need to teach the letters ‘s’, ‘h’ and later the digraph ‘sh’.
What’s more, there are FREE resources on the CD too!

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• Phonics Teacher’s Guide: • Living ABC ource
Ss - Sammy Snake Sound p2 Software demo
Hh - Harry Hat Man Sound p2 • Story Phonics Software demo
sh - Sammy Snake & Harry Hat Man p2-3 • Alphabet Song: s
• Picture Code Card: sh p4 • Handwriting Song: s
• Beyond ABC book: sh p5 • Picture Code Card Samples: s, h, sh
• Phonics Workbook 1: Blending p6 • Blends & Digraphs Song: sh
• Phonics Workbook 2: sh p7 • Phonics Workbook 2: sh
• Phonics Reader 2a: ‘Shep’ story p8 • Word Book: sh
• Blends & Digraphs Copymaster: sh p9
• Word Bank Copymaster: sh p10

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ship Dd

shop Ee

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she Gg

should Hh

shoe
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show Kk

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Pp

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Rr

Ss

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 Samples - Ss sound, Hh sound and sh Abbreviations
Phonics Teacher’s Guide PCC: Picture Code Card
ISBN: 978-1-86209-961-6

F o c us o n
Lesson 9: Sammy Snake

Ss
Sound
Show the plain letter side of the PCC to see what Sammy Snake looks like in words.
Then the children can use the Sound Trick (start to say the Letterlander’s name) to
remind themselves of the sound he makes in words: Sammy Snake, /sss/.
Action
Teach the Action Trick (s - Make snake movements with hand and arm.). Ask the
children to do the action and make the sound in response to the plain letter side of
the PCC. Action Trick

Alphabet Song and Handwriting Song supplied on sample lesson CD. Lyrics supplied on p11.

F o c us o n
Lesson 5: Harry Hat Man
Hh
Sound
Show the plain letter side of the PCC and ask the children who is hiding behind
the letter. Show the picture side to confirm their answer. Turn back to the plain
letter to show how he looks in words. Then children can do the Sound Trick
(start to say the Letterlander’s name) to remind themselves of the sound he
makes in words: Harry Hat Man, /hhh/. . .
Action
Teach the Action Trick (h - Breathe on to hand in front of mouth, OR put on
Action Trick
imaginary hat.). Ask the children to do the action and make the sound in
response to the plain letter side of the PCC.
F o c us o n

Lesson 28: Sammy Snake and Harry Hat Man

sh as in shop
You'll need  Make a 'Tricky' Word Card: see
 Magnetic Word Builder or similar
 PCCs for 'Guess Who?' plus sh and ee
 Beyond ABC Optional
 Blends & Digraphs CD  Individual activities Sample materials for you to
 Phonics Readers 2a trial are supplied in this Sample Lesson.
 Make a snake headband and a hat  Letters for Picture Coding (TGCD)

Review previously learned letters and sounds

'Guess Who?' PCCs: ă, d, ĕ, h, ĭ, o, p, ŭ, w, ck, ng, ss
Word building
Letters: c, g, g, i, i, k, k, n, n, o, p, p, s, u
Words: sick, pick, picking, ping-pong, kicks, king, sing, songs
Use Letterland Magnetic Word Builder or similar letter sets for each child.
Call out the first word, say a sentence and say the word again. Children repeat
the word, stretch and segment it and build it with their own letters.
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FREE Letter Sounds Pronunciation Guide available from:
www.letterland.com/letter-sounds

Provide a correct model for children to check their spelling by writing on the
board or using your own set of letters. All blend the corrected word.
Children leave the letters in place, as you call out the next word. They stretch
and segment it, then decide which letters they need to replace.
kicks
Sammy Snake and Harry Hat Man Magnetic Word Builder

Role-play
(Props: Harry Hat Man's hat and a Sammy Snake headband or toy snake.)
Choose two children to be Sammy Snake and Harry Hat Man. Sammy stands a
few paces to Harry's right as they stand facing the class.
What sound does Sammy Snake usually make in words? Yes, he likes to hiss /
sss/ very loudly. How does the Hat Man feel about noise? That's right, he hates
it! So what do you think happens when Sammy comes slithering and sliding up
behind Harry Hat Man in a word? What do you think Harry does? He turns his
head and says /sh/ to hush Sammy up.
Ask all the children to do the sh action with one finger raised to the lips as they
say the sound. You could pair them all up to role-play Sammy Snake and Harry
Hat Man.
Show the picture side of the sh PCC and ask a child to re-tell what is
happening.
sh
Push the plain letter side forward several times for children to repeat, “/sh/ Picture Code Cards
/sh/ /sh/” with the action.
Phonemic awareness and language development
Explore the sh scene in the Story Phonics software and/or Far Beyond ABC
book. Listen to or watch the animated story of Sammy and Harry and ask
the children to hunt for items in the scene that include the /sh/ sound.
The Beyond ABC story and scene are provided in this
Sample Lesson (p5).
Song
sh in Beyond ABC book
Sing along with the sh song. Lyrics supplied in Sample Lesson (p11).
Song supplied on sample lesson CD.

Blending
Blending with Picture Code Cards
Make the words below for children to blend. With the words dishes and ashes
ask the children to talk about base words and suffixes.
PCCs: ă, d, ĕ, h, ĭ, ŏ, p, ŭ, sh
Words: ship, shop, shed, hush, dish, dishes, ash, ashes

Reading and fluency

'Tricky' word
see
Teach the 'tricky' word see* with the PCCs for s and ee. Tell children that Mr E 'Tricky' word
has a twin brother they will learn more about later. Show them the word card
see and say, For now, just remember that whenever we see two of the same
letter in a row, the second one will be silent. So in this word we hear just Mr E
saying his name, but when we write the word we need to add his brother.
* The word see becomes decodable after Lesson 64.
Phonics Readers 2a: Shep Story provided in Sample Lesson (p8).
Read with the children. Ask them to re-read it with partners.

Phonics Readers 2a 3
Sample - sh card
Pre-cursive Picture Code Card t
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ISBN: 978-1-86209-241-9 (Pre-cursive)
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 What sound does Sammy usually make in words? Yes, he likes to hiss ‘sss…’
very loudly. How does Harry Hat Man feel about noise? That’s right, he hates
it! So what do you think happens when Sammy comes slithering and sliding
up behind Harry in a word? Do you think he will put up with all that noise?
Absolutely not! He turns back and says, “sh!” to hush Sammy up.

Sammy came slithering up behind Harry at the seashore today, hissing loudly,
so Harry had to say, “sh!” again. Sammy and Harry like to sit in the sunshine
and look at all the things by the shore. They can see shells, shrimps and
fish in the sea. Those fish should keep a sharp eye out for that shark in the
shallow water! Can you see the shepherd shearing his sheep? There are four
shy sheep who don’t want to be sheared. Can you find them for him?

Beyond ABC Book Sample - Sammy Snake and Harry Hat Man page

ISBN:
978-1-86209-789-6 (paperback)
978-1-86209-791-9 (hardback)
978-1-86209-790-2 (paperback +CD) Letterland Beyond ABC © Letterland International Ltd 2011.
LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
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 Sample from Phonics Workbook 1- Blending page
Phonics Workbooks 1-6 Phonics Workbooks 1-6 © Letterland International Ltd 2014.
ISBN: 978-1-86209-956-2 LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
(pack of 6 books)

Blending
1. Finger-trace each letter as you say its sound.

2. Touch the dot under each letter as you say its sound.

h a t
3. Blend the first two sounds together. Then say the third.

ha t
4. Now say all three sounds together.

hat
5. Circle the picture that
matches the word above.

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Sample from Phonics Workbook 2- sh page
Phonics Workbooks 1-6 Phonics Workbooks 1-6 © Letterland International Ltd 2014.
ISBN: 978-1-86209-956-2 LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
(pack of 6 books)

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 Phonics Readers Set 2 Sample - Phonics Readers 2a - Shep story

ISBN: 978-1-86209-892-3
(5 books per pack)
Phonics Readers © Letterland International Ltd 2013.
LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon

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Sample - sh page
Blends & Digraphs Copymasters Blends & Digraphs Copymasters © Letterland International Ltd 2011.
LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
ISBN: 978-1-86209-299-0

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 Sample - ch, ng, sh page
Word Bank Copymasters Word Bank Copymasters © Letterland International Ltd 2011.
LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
ISBN: 978-1-86209-249-5

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 Handwriting Songs Interactive scenes Games and activities
Living ABC (Software)
ISBN: 978-1-86209-359-1 FREE software demo available on resource CD or online at:
www.letterland.com/phonics-books/Living-ABC-CD-ROM

Story Phonics (Software) Digraph stories Vocabulary Songs

ISBN: 978-1-86209-983-8

FREE software demo

available on resource
CD or online at:
www.letterland.com/
phonics-books/
story-phonics-software
Interactive scenes Word building Quick Dash

Sample Alphabet Song, Track 20.

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Sammy Snake says ‘sss…’ in words,
hissing all the time.
Alphabet Songs (CD)
Sammy Snake says ‘sss…’ in words,
ISBN: 978-1-86209-197-9
hissing all the time.
Hissing with a ‘sss..., sss...’,
hissing with a ‘sss...’.
Sammy Snake says ‘sss…’ in words,
he’s hissing all the time.

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where he can see.
Handwriting Songs (CD) Stroke down to his tail,
ISBN: 978-1-86209-196-2 oh so care-ful-ly!

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Blends & Digraphs Songs (CD)
ISBN: 978-1-86209-195-5
Listen online at:
www.letterland.com/
parent-guide/blends-and-
digraphs-songs
Letterland Classroom Pack
ISBN: 978-1-86209-836-7
Phonics
Teacher’s Guide
Vocabulary Cards and
Picture Code Cards –
Straight
Letterland materials cover all 44 phonemes and all the major
recurring spelling patterns in the English language, so you can
teach advanced phonics too.
Published 2015 by Letterland International Ltd.
12 © Letterland International Ltd. LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon.
Sample Blends & Digraphs Song, Track 2
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‘Ssssssssssss...’
Sammy Snake loves to hiss,
so he hisses a lot,
hisses a lot, hisses a lot.
Sammy Snake loves to hiss,
so he hisses a lot.
There aren’t many hisses he misses.
But the Hat Man hates noise
and hushes him up.
The Hat Man hates noise
and hushes him up.
The Hat Man says ‘sh’
as he hushes.
‘Sh, sh, sh!’.
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• Class Train Frieze • Beyond ABC (hardback)
• Action Tricks Poster • Far Beyond ABC (hardback)
• Picture Code Cards - Straight • Blends & Digraphs Songs (CD)
• Vocabulary Cards • Story Phonics (software CD-Rom)
• Alphabet Songs (CD) • Blends & Digraphs Copymasters
• Handwriting Songs (CD) • Word Bank Copymasters
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