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Reading Books to Children

 5 Basic Skills
1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Letter formation

3. Blending

4. Identifying sounds in words

5. Soft sounds

6. Intonation
 Diphthongs
• How to remember: “phthongs” is derived
from Greek, which means “sound” Di:
means “two”
• Begins as one vowel sound and moves
toward another: coin, loud, side
• The “O” and “I” in “coin” is when were
are gliding: move from one vowel sound
to another
 Monophthong
• How to remember: Mono is derived from
Greek, which means one. “phthong”
means sound.
• Determine the single vowel
• “O” in hop
 Diagraph
• How to remember: the word “Di” is derived
from Greek, which means “two”.
• A diagraph is made of two letters that
spell vowel and consonant sounds.
• Vowel sounds: ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou,
ow, oe, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw.
• Consonant sounds: sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ph,
ng.
Letter Sounds
 Digraphs
(two letters making one sound)
Storylines and Actions

Learning the /s/ sound

Action:
Wave your hand like a
snake, making an ‘s’
shape, saying ssssss
 Letter Formation

• Finger Phonics books

• On the board
• In the air
•Posters
 Intonation
• The rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• The melody’ you hear is the intonation
when someone is speaking.
• Able to understand expression and
thoughts that come along with the
words
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
 Jolly Readers
Some words
Tricky words, used in Level 1
Level 1

Level 1
 Alternative Vowel Sounds
Introduced as: Alternatives taught later:

(rain) (play) (flame)

(feet) (leaf) (these)

(boat) (snow) (bone)
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