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
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.
Letter Sounds
Group 1
Letter Sounds
Group 2
Group 3
Digraphs
(two letters that make one sound)
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
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)
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