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5 BASIC SKILLS1. Learning the letter sounds

2. Letter formation

3. Blending

4. Identifying sounds in words

5. Tricky words

READING BOOKS TO CHILDREN

LETTER SOUNDS

LETTER SOUNDS

Group 1

BLENDING WORDS

GAMES

DIGRAPHS(two letters that make one sound)

DIGRAPHS (two letters making one sound)

/ai / Words

DICTATION

Dictate letter sounds CVC words Homework Writing Book

READING TRICKY WORDS

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