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Starting Off |
How to test your child and decide where to start teaching | ||
SOUNDS & LETTERS |
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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 |
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Noticing sounds at the beginning of words, e.g.- cat- sun- tap | ||
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Noticing sounds at the end of words, e.g.- man- map -mat | ||
WORD-BUILDING |
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3-letter words with the vowel 'a', e.g.- cat- ran- had | ||
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Noticing the sounds in initial blends, e.g.- spider-sp- fly-fl- train-tr | ||
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3-letter words with the vowels 'a' 'i' and 'o', e.g.- cat -pig- dog | ||
INITIAL CONSONANT BLENDS |
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Words with initial consonant blends, e.g. -flag -stop -drip | ||
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Useful everyday words, e.g. the- look- when Also the sounds- 'th' 'sh' 'ch' |
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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 |
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FINAL CONSONANT BLENDS |
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Words with final blends, e.g.- jump -sand -must | ||
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Introducing oo and ee, e.g. -zoo- moon, green- tree Teaching 's' and 'ing', e.g. -trees- jumping Also, the alphabet |
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Teaching 'ed', e.g.- looked- jumped -mended | ||
ANALOGY: onset & rime |
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Unit 14 |
New words from old, e.g. all - fall call small | ||
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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL |
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| 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 --- |
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