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The material covered in SoundWorks is set out below

 

Starting Off
How to test your child and decide where to start teaching
   
SOUNDS & LETTERS
 

Unit 1

Teaching 10 useful letters - s t m p c d n r h a
The rest of the letters are introduced gradually later in the course

Unit 2

Noticing sounds at the beginning of words, e.g.- cat- sun- tap

Unit 3

Noticing sounds at the end of words, e.g.- man- map -mat
   
WORD-BUILDING
 

Unit 4

3-letter words with the vowel 'a', e.g.- cat- ran- had

Unit 5

Noticing the sounds in initial blends, e.g.- spider-sp- fly-fl- train-tr

Unit 6

3-letter words with the vowels 'a' 'i' and 'o', e.g.- cat -pig- dog
   
INITIAL CONSONANT BLENDS
 

Unit 7

Words with initial consonant blends, e.g. -flag -stop -drip

Unit 8

Useful everyday words, e.g. the- look- when
Also the sounds- 'th' 'sh' 'ch'

Unit 9

3-letter words with the vowels 'e' and 'u', e.g. hen- nut
Unit 10
Free writing - beginning to write stories
Capital letters & full-stops
   

FINAL CONSONANT BLENDS
Digraphs & Suffixes

 

Unit 11

Words with final blends, e.g.- jump -sand -must

Unit 12

Introducing oo and ee, e.g. -zoo- moon, green- tree
Teaching 's' and 'ing', e.g. -trees- jumping
Also, the alphabet

Unit 13

Teaching 'ed', e.g.- looked- jumped -mended
   
ANALOGY: onset & rime
 
Unit 14
New words from old, e.g. all - fall call small
    day - say may play
    look - book took shook
   
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
 
More initial consonant blends
3-letter blends, e.g. street- scrap- splash
More final consonant blends
More useful everyday words, e.g. holiday -because- people
More analogy work, e.g. make - take cake snake,--sing - ring bring string ---