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Korean words
If unfamiliar with the Korean language, try memorising these words. Whole-word learning is not easy!
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Letter-sound Box
Print the letter sounds on one side of thin card or paper, and the appropriate words on the other side. Cut up. Use as recommended.
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Letter-sound Box - print letters
Print the letter sounds on one side of thin card or paper, and the appropriate words on the other side. Cut up. Use as recommended.
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Consonant blends
It is helpful to blend the consonant blend and learn to say it joined together.
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Consonant blends - print letters
It is helpful to blend the consonant blend and learn to say it joined together.
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Consonant and short vowel
It is helpful to blend the consonant and short vowel and learn to say them joined together.
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Consonant and short vowel - print letters
It is helpful to blend the consonant and short vowel and learn to say them joined together.
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Consonant blend and short vowel
It is helpful to blend the consonant blend and short vowel and learn to say them joined together.
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Consonant blend and short vowel - print letters
It is helpful to blend the consonant blend and short vowel and learn to say them joined together.
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Words for blending in Steps 1 - 5
Words are in squares for the children to use for blending practice. They are in the same order that is used for teaching the letter sounds. As each new letter sound is taught more words that use the new letter sound, and the previously taught ones, become available.
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Words for blending in Steps 1 - 5- print letters
Words are in squares for the children to use for blending practice. They are in the same order that is used for teaching the letter sounds. As each new letter sound is taught more words that use the new letter sound, and the previously taught ones, become available.
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Teacher's Word Bank for Steps 1 - 5
Useful words for blending practice. More words are provided as each letter sound is taught. It helps to ensure the words are decodable.
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Dr Marlynne Grant's Research - follow-up longitudinal studies
It is well worth reading the whole report. It demonstrates what can be achieved with good synthetic-phonics teaching in the classroom and, if necessary, in intervention groups.
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Letter-Sound Knowledge - Steps 1 - 3
Print the first sheet and ask the child to say the sounds for the letters, recording any that are not known. Some letters represent more than one sound, which the child should also know. The second and third sheets provide guidance for these alternative sounds.
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Letter-Sound Knowledge - Steps 1 - 3 - print letters
Print the first sheet and ask the child to say the sounds for the letters, recording any that are not known. Some letters represent more than one sound, which the child should also know. The second and third sheets provide guidance for these alternative sounds.
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Letter-Sound Knowledge - Steps 4 - 5
Print the first sheet and ask the child to say the sounds for the letters, recording any that are not known. Some letters represent more than one sound, which the child should also know. The second and third sheets provide guidance for these alternative sounds.
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Letter-Sound Knowledge - Steps 4 - 5 - print letters
Print the first sheet and ask the child to say the sounds for the letters, recording any that are not known. Some letters represent more than one sound, which the child should also know. The second and third sheets provide guidance for these alternative sounds.
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Tricky Words - Steps 3 - 6
Print this sheet and ask the children to read the tricky words, recording any that are not known. Use dictation to find out how well they can spell them.
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Tricky Words - Steps 3 - 6 - print letters
Print this sheet and ask the children to read the tricky words, recording any that are not known. Use dictation to find out how well they can spell them.
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Suitable words for testing the skill of blending
These words are not frequently read by young children, so they are suitable for testing how well a child can blend unknown words. The words start with letter sounds the children learnt initially and progress to the more unusual letter sounds in Step 5.
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TCRW - English Alphabetic-Code Chart
Alphabetic-Code Charts are extremely useful for developing an understanding of how our complex alphabetic code works.
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Debbie Hepplewhite's English Alphabetic-Code Chart
Alphabetic-Code Charts are extremely useful for developing an understanding of how our complex, alphabetic code works. Debbie Hepplewhite has made an excellent chart. There are several other charts available on her website - a link has been provided to her website www.phonicsinternational.co