phonics: speech sound pics (ssp) teacher handbook version1c
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SSP Parent/ Teacher Handbook with Resources. There is also a power point version, with animations and songs included. Create power points, download and print sheets to laminate and use again and again with wipe off white board pens. Also see 'Getting Started' video before starting on the Green Level, as the first 3 weeks are instrumental in setting solid foundations. Terminology is as important as activity content. www.readaustralia.com www.youtube.com/soundpicsTRANSCRIPT
Before we get started….
A young couple moves into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they
are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbour hanging the wash
outside. "That laundry is not very clean; she doesn't know how to wash correctly.
Perhaps she needs better laundry soap." Her husband looks on, remaining
silent. Every time her neighbour hangs her wash to dry, the young woman
makes the same comments.
A month later, the woman is surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and
says to her husband: "Look, she's finally learned how to wash correctly. I wonder
who taught her this? " The husband replies, "I got up early this morning and
cleaned our windows."
And so it is with life... What we see when watching others depends on the clarity
of the window through which we look.
Be careful when making assumptions, especially about the most effective ways
to teach ALL children to read. Perhaps the way they learn is just fine, you just
need to change the way you see them, and teach them.
SSP aims to clean your windows.
BRICKS Teaching; honouring differences, personalising learning. Phonemic Awareness, Vocab Knowledge and Phonics to Fluency and Comprehension
Program
Are you unintentionally viewing the teaching of reading and spelling
through dirty windows?
ReadAustralia.com/buyabrick.htm
Laying solid foundations, and knowing when to stop just patching.
How useful would it be if children could see all spelling variations for each speech sound, on your wall?
..and that they could ‘see’ the the speech sound pics™ in print!
• float f/l/oa/t
• happy h/a/pp/y
• phone ph/o-e/n - phone
• frog f/r/o/g
• pasta p/a/s/t/a
• lagging l/a/gg/i/ng
• Cheese ch/ee/se
• Fridge f/r/i/dge
RWI cards used throughout the SSP Approach
SSP Blue Level Sound Pic Sandwich (split digraph)
Speech Sound Clouds used to show all spelling variations for the speech sounds
Phonics is a method of teaching reading which first teaches the letter sounds so that children can blend these sounds together to achieve full pronunciation of whole words.
Phonemic Awareness
•Phonemic awareness is NOT phonics.
•Phonemic awareness is AUDITORY and does not involve words in print.
When you can read, your brain can scan ahead, and make sense of words it
recognises, even if jumbled. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that the frist and lsat ltteers are in the rghit pclae: you can raed it wouthit a porbelm bcuseae we don't raed ervey lteter but the word as a wlohe
Your brain is telling the eyes to do this. (SSP Blue Level)
When you don’t know the words, and haven’t heard them spoken, your brain
struggles as it can’t link the speech sounds to the speech sound pics.
This is why knowing the code (sound pic
recognition), and how to blend, isn’t enough.
Vocabulary knowledge is also necessary.
There is an order of teaching the speech sound pics
ie the explicit, systematic teaching of the alphabetic code (phonics)
Why this order? So that children can start using them within meaningful decoding
and encoding activities, as quickly as possible. We can spell and read numerous words, even just with
s,a,t,p,i,n ! Also so that we know that all children are covering the same
work, even if at a different pace. Always look at the skills and concepts list before moving on. This is virtually the same order as Letters and Sounds (UK).
Dandelion readers also follow this order. Learning to read and spell is easier with a wide selection of
quality resources, that compliment this order.
http://www.slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer/ helpful-words
Go to readaustralia.com/phonics-readers.htm and build an SSP Book Tier
Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story.
Keep watching readaustralia.com/phonics-readers.htm for free scaffolded readers. These are purely to enable children to practice
sound pic recognition, to blend them into words rapidly, and to put their new skills into ‘real’ reading activities. We are helping
their brain – eyes- information processing links. Download to ipads, use on laptops. Children need daily practice.
They do not need to be hard copy books. Parents can download them as well! SPELD and other free phonics books are listed on the page.
You can develop vocab at the same time, and of course you should check for comprehension, but be very clear about the main purpose
of these readers.
Also use non de-codable books, to play Speech Sound Detective, and expose children to all variations as often as you can. Let children make the links, regardless of their SSP Level.
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Yes Seven ! THIS is your song !!!
We are keeping things simple for ALL children.
No letter names needed. If the green or purple level child (at any age) says the
letter name simply say ‘yes, that’s the letter name, but
what is it a picture of? Which speech sound?
Start teaching letter names when children
are at the end of the Purple Level, as labels.
If children want to point to words as they read then let them! But don’t make it mandatory. When YOU read, point to the words so children know what you are doing.
If you have to PM Benchmark please do so at the end of the Prep year, and do not use PM readers as home readers, or for ‘guided reading’. They can slow down the reading brain for many, decrease confidence, and around 35% can actually fail to read if these are used. PM readers, and ‘Levels’ are based on the whole language approach, and does not link with effective reading brain development.
For example the PM Level 2 (beginning reader) book ‘Sally’s New Shoes’ would be slotted into the SSP Blue (advanced) level; not because of the number of words, but because of the words themselves. To even read the title of this book children need to recognise, and be able to blend, these sound pics.. a ll y ew n sh s oe
Home readers are used to give children the opportunity to put their new skills into practice, build confidence, and develop independence. Adults should only really be needed as a captive audience, and to share the experience.
Clips for all levels will be on readaustralia.com/speedyssp.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer/ helpful-words
Ideal for ‘speaking in speech sounds’
Children become independent as they problem solve, and learn in ways that inspire them!
The Speech Sound Clouds are free to download, and play a central part of the reading AND spelling
process from the very beginning. Children are able to discover the ‘code’ from year
level to year level.
Within the levels SKILLS are taught, discovered and explored
The best way to do this is by developing phonemic awareness in Prep, alongside
your systematic teaching of the code (phonics)
Key Research Findings About Phonemic Awareness:
Research has identified phonemic awareness as the most potent predictor of success in learning to read. It is more highly related to reading than tests of
general intelligence, reading readiness, and listening comprehension (Stanovich, 1986,1994).
The lack of phonemic awareness is the most powerful determinant of the
likelihood of failure to learn to read because of its importance in learning the English alphabetic system or how print represents spoken words. If children
cannot hear and manipulate the sounds in spoken words, they have an extremely difficult time learning how to map those sounds to letters and
letter patterns - the essence of decoding. (Adams, 1990). It is the most important core and causal factor separating normal and
disabled readers (Adams, 1990). It is central in learning to read and spell (Ehri, 1984).
Phonemic awareness can be developed in children by providing them with rich language experiences that encourage active exploration and manipulation of sounds.
These activities lead to significant gains in subsequent reading and spelling performance. Most children will learn basic phonemic awareness from these activities.
Some children need more extensive assistance. Children should be diagnosed mid-kindergarten to see if they are adequately progressing, and if not, given more
intensive phonemic awareness experiences. For all children, the more complex phonemic awareness abilities are learned in the context of learning letter/sound
correspondences.
A close relationship exists between a child's control over sounds and his reading ability. Some quick test instruments that reliably assess development of phonemic awareness in about five minutes include the Rosner, the Yopp-Singer tests, and the
Roswell-Chall.
In numerous studies, correlations between a kindergarten test of phonemic awareness and performance in reading years later are extremely high. Thus, phonemic awareness
has been identified by researchers in replicated studies in many countries as a very potent predictor of success in reading and spelling achievement. In fact, Professor
Yopp indicates that such high correlations remain even after controlling for intelligence and socio-economic status.
Taking her Purple Level reader (a
Fitzroy Reader) to the reading area, to
read to the Speech Sound Hippo
http://www.speld-sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105
Also adapt any online readers, to show children where the speech sounds link with the pictures of the speech sounds (speech sound pics)
If you have to PM Benchmark please do so at the end of the Prep year, and do not use PM readers as home readers, or for ‘guided reading’. They can slow down the reading brain for many, decrease confidence, and around 35% can actually fail to read if these are used. PM readers, and ‘Levels’ are based on the whole language approach, and does not link with effective reading brain development.
For example the PM Level 2 (beginning reader) book ‘Sally’s New Shoes’ would be slotted into the SSP Blue (advanced) level; not because of the number of words, but because of the words themselves. To even read the title of this book children need to recognise, and be able to blend, these sound pics.. a ll y ew n sh s oe
Home readers are used to give children the opportunity to put their new skills into practice, build confidence, and develop independence. Adults should only really be needed as a captive audience, and to share the experience.
Download word list http://www.slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer/helpful-words
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Could you help build our Speech Sound Cloud library?
Send poems to Miss Emma
Don’t forget to put
‘Created by …..’ and add your name !
Have you discovered one that’s missing? Tell us!
Can they hear the sound when you give speech sounds eg s / a / t p / i / n Can they tell you the first, middle, or last sound of words created with three speech sounds eg hat pan house tap dog fish Can they copy the speech sounds using the puppet, after you show them the speech sounds r / a / t f / o g
This is all auditory and does not involve print at all. It is this ability to hear speech sounds that is the biggest predictor of reading and spelling difficulties.
Why so quick? If they find these easy then they will not struggle with the SSP explicit teaching, as they already have reasonable PA (phonemic awareness) You are checking every Prep child, so this simple test is all you need, to identify ‘red alerts’ (children who cannot hear the smaller parts in words, or identify which is at the beginning or end). There will be around 35% who don’t find this easy, and 2 or 3 children in your class will be ‘red alerts’. If we work this out quickly, at the beginning of term 1, we can change this. Some children can do this, they just don’t understand the terminology or what you want from them. Make a note to recheck. Also note children who seem unable to focus for even this short period of time. Adapt this according to the child. If the child is distracted by the puppet, don’t use it. The puppet (with movable mouth) makes it easier for some, as they can see the mouth moving, alongside the speech sounds. Get to know your children.
Hallie Kay Yopp, Ph.D, Professor, Dept. of Elementary and Bilingual Education,CSU FullertonProfessor Yopp addresses the critical role of phonemic awareness in the
early stages of reading acquisition. She defines phonemic awareness as "the awareness that phonemes exist as abstractable and manipulable components of
spoken language. It is the ability to reflect on speech and experiment (play) with its smallest components (phonemes). Phonemic awareness is not phonics and not
auditory discrimination.“
The research outlines a progression of phonemic awareness development in pre-school, kindergarten, and early first grade that includes the ability:
to hear rhymes or alliteration
to blend sounds to make a word (e.g., /a/-/t/ = at) to count phonemes in words ( how many sounds do you hear in "is"?)
to identify the beginning, middle, and final sounds in words to substitute one phoneme for another (e.g., change the /h/ in "hot" to /p/)
to delete phonemes from words (e.g., omit the /c/ from "cat")
Differentiation The whole class starts on the Green Level - however Prep screening, and ability noted during activities, will show which are likely to be moving faster than others. Each child can be working at a different level. So you might start with a whole class activity, but then have separate activities for each level. TAs would be used to help move children from green as quickly as that child is able. They will see the skills children are struggling with, and cater for this (eg blending, phonemic awareness...) Folders are important as they enable parents to support this explicit teaching at home, and enable anyone helping in the classroom to help each child, with no prior knowledge of that child.
Watch Gumnut Corner Pre-School Room for Ideas.
Readaustralia.com
Importance of visualisation http://www.slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer/ visualisation-and-its-importance-in-the-early-years-teaching-reading-and-spelling
Familiarise yourself with Speech Sound Camera and the Speech Sound Detective
http://www.slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer/speech-sound-detective-environmental-print and also the Speech Sound Piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3pHxRfZR88
Also look for SpeedySSP Lessons for Older Struggling Students Rapid decoding – phonics to fluency.
Small group 15 minute daily sessions- www.readaustralia.com
[email protected] Just let go of pre-conceived ideas and ‘accepted’ strategies. Be an exceptional teachers; be a BRICKS teacher.
Remember why we are doing this……
Decoding with the Speech Sound Cow is so much more fun.
Join the Speech Sound Family
with your own Speech Sound soft toy (or ten!)
Use the free video lessons for students of any age, on youtube.com/soundpics eg Rapid decoding practice to speed up the brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M61QM3toGw0 readaustralia.com/speedyssp.htm
Parent and teacher training videos are also being created.
Eg A brain pre-wired for reading http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlOdstA-6o
Need specific training for your school or centre?
Email Emma for video workshops you can play on whiteboards to an audience.
Need a student assessment? Email Emma
She will send you an assessment task to do at home or in the classroom. Simply video responses and send for review.
Have you created resources you would like to share with others?
Email Emma ! [email protected]
Speed reading
Starting point (watch Gumnut sessions to see in action) Phonemic awareness (don’t worry about print yet) Use the following as starting points, to identify which children have good phonemic awareness (and are ready for print) and which need practice. Help children to hear the smaller parts in green level words – hear beginning, middle, end. ‘what is the last speech sound you can hear when I say ‘tin’ etc Help children identify the speech sounds in spoken words – sat = s/a/t Use puppets and duck hands to clearly identify the individual speech sounds. Im going to say some words, wiggle your fingers if you hear the ‘ssss’ speech sound (use any of the 6 first speech sounds) ‘What is under the h/a/t ? Give them the speech sounds, so they can work out the word. If not show them – and then say the speech sounds and blend into the word. Doesn’t have to be objects created using s,a,t,p,i,n Who can find me the ‘_ _ _ ‘ – say the speech sounds and see who can hear the word, and find the right object. Older students become familiar with drawing lines as they say the speech sounds (children in pre-school and Prep may not have this fine motor control. Ask them to write 1,2,3 etc under the lines. This will help with the way their brains order the speech sounds in print. Children start a speech sound table – eg things with a ‘ssss’ speech sound (castle, rice, sausages, grass etc) Put together a group of objects and the children say what they see, and see if any have the ‘sssss’ speech sound.
If children can’t identify / hear the smaller parts in words then showing them a sound pic (phoneme) will be meaningless. You could show them a picture of and get them to remember to say ‘blubalubalub’ when they see it, but it’s just an exercise in memory. It also isnt a ‘sound’ (ie ‘what sound is this?) When they become familiar with the concept and you say this they will understand what you mean, but in the beginning please be really careful with terminology. ‘s’ is one of the pictures of the speech sound sss. If you look at it and say ‘what sound does this letter make’ you are already creating confusion. Dogs make sounds – woof! Sheep make sounds – baaaa. Letters are splodges of ink on paper. They are unable to create any kind of noise. ‘s’, however, is a PICTURE of a speech sound (only one of them). So get used to talking about speech sounds, and about pictures of speech sounds. Children are visual, and literal – so get a special camera! Children also need to start blending – again, even before you really focus on print. Otherwise, even if they know to say ‘ssss’ when they see ‘s’ etc they will say sss a tuh and not know these blend together to create the word ‘sat’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85fgnsC9gM
This stage (Green Level – Purple) is the most important stage. If you do a great job at this stage, the rest will be so much easier. If they missed it, go back and start again.
Use the following slides on laptops and whiteboards.
Create your own power points, and also print and laminate to meet the needs of your students.
In the SSP Tutor Kit this is a fully animated power point, and includes the Jolly Phonics songs to
show one representation of speech sound pics. You can also view all Jolly Phonics songs on
youtube.com/soundpics, or the readaustralia.com/about_jolly_phonics.htm page. These songs, and the flap books are the only Jolly
Phonics resources used within SSP.
Jolly Phonics song - b
You are developing vocab knowledge and comprehension
throughout all levels
Ask questions, talk about the activities.
Insert Jolly Phonics songs (all located in SSP Tutor Kit USB)
s s s s s s
nap
sit
pat
tin _____ _____ _______ 1 2 3
I’m Mad Sam
Lily wants him to smell like roses instead
NO! Seven This isn’t your song..
a is a sound you’ll hear a lot but not in tin or pin or cot
you’ll find it in the middle of a word like pat
and also hat and mat and rat
NO! Seven This isn’t your song..
nap
sit
pat
tin _____ _____ _______ 1 2 3
t t t t t
nap
sit
pat
tin _____ _____ _______ 1 2 3
I doubt that’s its a pterodactyl, but better not leave him on the window sill
If you move in haste he might jump out, if he squashes Dad’s tomatoes he’s bound
to SHOUT !
NO! Seven This isnt your song..
p p p p p
nap
sit
pat
tin _____ _____ _______ 1 2 3
We’re happy hopping - hop, hop, hop We’re happy hopping - hop, hop, hop We’re happy hopping - hop, hop, hop Give us some music and we’ll never
stop !
NO! Seven This isnt your song..
u busy
i i i i i
nap
sit
pat
tin _____ _____ _______ 1 2 3
Is it a true or is it a myth ? Depends on who I am sitting with...
Mum says ‘enough’ – don’t be silly son! But Grandma Flo she wants some fun
NO! Seven This isnt your song..
Yes, yes, it’s a dragon and he is flying !!
u
women busy
n n n n n
nap
sit
pat
tin _____ _____ _______ 1 2 3
nip ___ __ ____ 1 2 3
Nick is a gnat who’s keeps saying NO ! Why he does, I just don’t know
Perhaps he’s feeling grumpy, as his nose is runny
Getting the flu just isn’t funny.
NO! Seven This isnt your song..
Poor Nick thinks he has pneumonia
Download poster and print as A3 http://www.slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer/green-level-rapposter
Read the sentence and tell your teacher what you can visualise. You could also draw a picture!
Visual prompts for SSP Green level words
Say the word, draw the lines for each speech sound.
If you have time, find and order the sound pics, or draw them.
a/n/t
t/i/n
p/a/n
t/a/p
p/a/t
p/i/n
n/i/p
s/i/t
n/a/p
s/i/p
p/a/n
t/a/p
p/a/n/t/s
s/p/i/n
t/a/n
n/i/p
s/n/a/p
s/p/i/n
s/p/i/n
p/a/n/t/s
Speedy Green Decoding (Find them easy? Ask someone to time you!)
sat pit Santa it in pit nip pin sit ant tan tin pan pants Stan nap
clock . . . ___
Nat pants in the sand pit
slide from Green level decoding practice power point
Green Level sound pics and ‘d’ from purple s a t p i n
read the sentences to the King
Pat sat in the tin
the ant sits in the pan
Pat is in the sand pit
Readers help to bring it all together
Purple Level
Practice blending using words created using Green and Purple Level Sound Pics eg
spot back man dad flap clock gap gentle pot cat cent kitten duck end up rat hat big fit fluff lamp giggle sun hill grass fell bin hop trip baffle frog red Fred
m m m m m m
mat man Sam
Bam Bam Bam went the hammer ! Bam Bam Bam went the mouse ! ‘STOP! STOP! STOP!’ said the Speech Sound Lamb, and the cat ran away to her house.
Which sound pic did we miss ?
NO! Seven This isnt your song..
d d d d d d d d
Dad mad dip pad
Paddy Dog Barked in surprise, The King jumped up, and down. He really couldn’t believe his eyes! ‘Stop acting like a clown’ !
NO! Seven This isnt your song.
Its not every day, that
gold fish swim away,
from a ghost on a hot air balloon.
And if that made you giggle,
then look in the middle,
There’s a hen in a dish with a spoon !
g g g g g g g g
got dog sag pig gent
Jimmy the large gentle giant, couldn’t help but frown. He needed to adjust his belt, Before his pants fell down !
Hee hee hee !
NO! Seven This isnt your
song.
o o o o o o o o
spot dot lost
Poor Miss Polly was feeling bad,
She had a cough, was sick.
But don’t despair, just call Duck Doc he’ll be there in a tick !
NO! Seven
This isnt your song
ck c k
c c c c c c c c c
cat cast cent can
k k k k k k k k k
back sack
For Christmas, Black Cat asks for a kite But the queue in the store is so long ! So Kangaroo juggles with his soccer ball, And Donkey bursts into a song !
( We don’t usually use ‘q’ without his friend u )
NO! Seven This isnt your song
e e e e e e e e e
set met tent pet
The leopard said ‘get off my bed!
I need to find my book.
You’ll make it bend, my silly friend.
Now quick! I need to look.’
He didn’t know, that down below,
the book was being read.
He thought his book was probably
just trapped under his bed.
u u u u u u u u
cup duck run
Mum was just about to touch
the tap, but Pup jumped out.
‘Come here you little tinker,
Or I am going to shout !’
It’s Monday morning, time for school,
Give Pup a stroke and rub.
When with your partner, on the bus, He’s going in the tub !
There is one sound pic missing ..(it’s in blood – ew !)
NO! Seven
This isnt
your song
or
Pup is in major trouble!
our o
u
He’s so muddy he looks a different colour!
r r r r r r r r
run drip pram
The rhino rode a raft,
And the cow carried a cart.
But if you can really write your name,
Then YOU’RE the one who’s smart !
NO! Seven.
This isnt your song
h h h h h h h h
hit black cat hat hand
Happy Harry Ant hurries up the hill, with a whole hot dog !
How fast can you say this?
NO! Seven. This isnt your song
b b b b b b b b b
NO! Seven This isnt your song..
f f f f f f f f
fat frog fit frog bucket fog
I’m not a fat frog any more ..my friend Fifi helped me become a fit frog !
This is my fluffy friend FiFi and Jimmy Giraffe
She laughs at her crazy phone
NO! Seven, this isn’t your song.
l l l l l l l
lemon pill land lost fill
The apple balances on the pile, The pupil can’t quite look.
So will Lil keep good hold of them or will she drop a book?
She’s an American Idol Finalist, traveling on tour !
NO! Seven This isnt your song either
I’m Mad Sam
Lily wants him to smell like roses instead
NO! Seven This isn’t your song..
Focus on SSP Green Level Speech Sounds
Purple Level Speech Sound Pics - m d g o c k e ck u r h b f ff l le ll ss Purple Level Sound Pic Words man dad gap gent pot cat cent kitten duck end up rat hat big fit fluff lamp giggle hill grass sun sand ..any words made up of green and purple level sound pics
f/r/o/g
c/a/t (f/a/t c/a/t)
s/u/n
s/a/n/d p/i/t
c/r/a/b
k/i/ss
d/u/ck
g/i/gg/le
d/o/g l/i/ck
pig hat
J/u/m/p (j/u/m/p u/p)
h/o/p j/u/m/p
d/u/ck/s
r/a/t
c/l/o/ck
w/i/n/k - note that in SSP nk is not counted as one speech sound – n can represent n or ng
J/u/m/p B/e/ss j/u/m/p !
The (this is a helpful word) a/n/t is s/t/u/ck
S/u/n o/n the h/i/ll
p/e/n/c/i/l
These sentences need capital letters and full stops- can you write the sentences correctly?
They are not simply decoding – ask them questions about the
sentences, to check comprehension.
There are no illustrations so you can really check that they
have understood what they have read.
Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story.
Dandelion Launchers Overlaps with SSP Yellow Level
Free reading text available to follow this exact order, from the RTT site
If they cannot hear speech sounds fairly confidently by now, they are not ready to move to Yellow or Blue speech sounds and speech sound pics. Phonemic awareness (Speech Sound Harry activities) are the MOST important for reading and spelling success. Lessons to watch with children will be on the new student site - www.myspeedyssp.com
Yellow Level Speech Sound Pics -
Yellow Level Sound Pic Words ..any words made up of green, purple and yellow level sound pics.
j j j j j
Jimmy the large gentle giant, couldn’t help but frown. He needed to adjust his belt, Before his pants fell down !
Hee hee hee !
NO! Seven This isnt your
song.
f
of
f
of
f
Yes Seven ! THIS is your song !!!
“oo oo”
ngue
tongue
Mable
Focus on SSP Green Level Speech Sounds
Yellow Level Speech Sound Pics -
Yellow Level Sound Pic Words ..any words made up of green, purple and yellow level sound pics.
s/l/ee/p
b/a/th w/a/sh b/oa/t
h/a/pp/y s/i/ll/y
f/i/sh
m/oo/n
b/ee b/u/zz
k/i/ng qu/ee/n k/i/ss/i/n/g
b/o/x p/u/pp/y
g/r/ee/n p/i/n
r/ai/n
s/l/ee/p s/l/ee/p/i/ng
b/oa/t i/n the b/a/th
v/a/n
win
f/l/y/i/ng h/igh j/u/m/p/i/ng h/igh
eigh/t
ch/ee/se
j v w x y z zz jam van win box yell zoo buzz happy fly qu ch sh th ng quit chips ship this thumb ring ai ee igh oa oo eigh rain green high boat look moon eight . height
They are not simply decoding – ask them questions about the
sentences, to check comprehension.
There are no illustrations so you can really check that they
have understood what they have read.
Overlap with SSP Blue Level
Free reading text available that follows SSP order
Dandelion
Blue Level Speech Sound Pics -
Blue Level Sound Pic Words ..any words made up of green, purple, yellow and blue level sound pics.
Can you decode these words? Let children explore the
RWI cards – all SSP blue level sound pics included
Teacher ideas- use the RWI cards for decoding practice, to reinforce the speech sound pic recognition and also blending skills eg for ‘ure’
Don’t have a pack yet? Go to www.readaustralia.com/orders.htm - approx $12
blue level sound pics
ar or ow oi air ur car for cow tow soil hair purse
If you find any of these sound pics, when you are reading, add in more words !
The word ‘sale’ is a sound pic sandwich!
s a-e l sale
you for me
ure
sure
blue level sound pics er ay oy ou au
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I play with my puppy, he loves it so much He’s wriggly, he licks me, he’s silky to touch. He’s perfect when out with just me, or a group… He tugs on my toys, and runs round in a loop In November when cold, or August when hot He just wants to play, he just doesn’t stop!
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first chief tie blue beat head suit key they The first time they told me to get the blue tie I thought it was to go round my head, not sure why! The key is to loop it, no easy feat, but finishes the ‘suit look’, ready to meet VIP people, perhaps the top chief ! Mum said we’re not going, WHAT A RELIEF !
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I love the cute dolphin, who kisses my nose She splashes my fingers, and blows on my toes I ask ‘are you sure?’ I ask, ‘do you dare?’ To whip up the water, and make the crab stare! He’ll peep out from under the stone, it’s his door, and wave a few times with his big orange claw !
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Visual prompts here shortly
Readers for older students, who need age appropriate material by which to revise
sound pics and blending skills.
If they struggle to decode they cannot become ‘readers’
Talisman Series
http://www.oxfordschoolimprovement.co.uk/resources/view/ebook-library
Please buy a brick or consider sponsoring the BRICKS Initiative, so that we can produce
parent and teacher guides, build apps, develop animated e-aders that enable children to practice their
blending using SSP characters/ animations, put the Speech Sound Clouds and Poems to music,
offer virtual classrooms for distance and home learners, virtual training for teachers, conduct reading and
spelling brain research, roll out pre-school programs with trained SSP tutors to help them become truly
‘Prep ready’, offer personalised intervention program for students, including interactive video lessons
and more. All of this must be made available for FREE so that parents
and teachers are not dependent on government funds.
BRICKS has been created by Miss Emma so that every child can be taught by parents and teachers who have really clean windows, and are prepared to keep looking for the very best evidence based products, to keep them clean. Please support Bricks, even a dollar helps!
