Phonemic Awareness within SSP

Starting to hear speech sounds, understand their order (segment), to blend them and manipulate them (move

the speech sounds around, omit or add new ones)

This stage is auditory and does not involve print (letters) The words at bottom are prompts for you.

Focus on SSP Green Level Speech Sounds

Green Level Speech Sound Pics -s a t p i n

Green Level Sound Pic Words pin tin sit pit tan tin in it ant pant pants pan nip nap Pat (capital letter as name)

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a/n/t

s/i/p

t/a/p

s/n/a/p

t/a/p

p/a/n/t/s

p/i/n

s/i/t

s/p/i/n

p/a/n/t/s

t/a/n

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

..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

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

Speak in speech sounds throughout the day. Young children love the speech sound puppets!

‘My friend is a frog’

Children must be able to hear the smaller parts in spoken words, to then work out which sound pics to use.Especially when words become more

complicated.Learning words by memory, as ‘sight words’ is pointless for a LOT of children.

It doesn’t help the brain understand WHY.