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Unit 8
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Summary of contents of Unit 8
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ALPHABETIC CODE FRIEZE
POSTERS A4 frieze posters for every new grapheme (letter or letter group)
introduced. Lower case grapheme is highlighted. Relative sizes and position of capital letters and
lower case letters are shown on a writing line. In units 1 - 12. |
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GROUPING THE SPELLING ALTERNATIVES POSTERS (To be
added) These A4 posters (62 throughout the 12 units) group the
spelling alternatives for the focus sounds in each unit. They can be used to complement the main
ALPHABETIC CODE OVERVIEW CHART and THE ALPHABETIC CODE FRIEZE POSTERS. From unit 7 onwards, a
spelling alternative is occasionally included on a poster in advance of its formal introduction
in a later unit. This helps with raising awareness of spelling alternatives for reading and
writing activities in the wider curriculum. (Please see the DRAW THE PICTURES resource which
provides an optional activity for the learner to embed the Alphabetic Code information in
memory.) |
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MINI-POSTERS
Simple posters to track the sounds in spoken words with the letters in written words. The words start
off being non-cumulative - but after the first few posters, all the words are cumulative. A good time
to introduce each poster is just before you introduce and use each Sounds Book Activity Sheet. This
strand continues throughout the programme in units 1 - 12. |
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SOUNDS BOOK ACTIVITY
SHEETS Debbie's programme is built around these essential activity sheets. With
each successive sheet, a new letter/s-sound correspondence is introduced; cumulative words are
provided for blending; handwriting practice links shape to sound; picture drawing provides phonemic
awareness rehearsal, pencil control, vocabulary development and a personal mnemonic system; and a
segmenting, handwriting and editing routine rehearses spelling. Thus, all the necessary knowledge
and skills teaching and learning is focused on one activity sheet! Each sheet includes detailed
guidance and, when used in school, these activity sheets can be sent home to inform parents and
guardians. This strand runs throughout units 1 - 12. |
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COLOUR-IN SOUNDS
BOOK The A5 Colour-in Sounds Book sheets include a key word (non-cumulative)
with a key colour-in picture and three cumulative words to blend (some non-cumulative words in unit
1). ‘Tracker font’ provides some handwriting practice for the focus grapheme. These can be used
when new letter/s-sound correspondences are introduced. They can be collated in a scrap book to
make a ‘Code Book’ or ‘Sounds Book’. Provided in units 1 to 12. |
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GRAPHEME TILES (BLACK/GREY) - ALSO IN
DARK TEAL Ideal sized grapheme tiles for manipulating words (making and
breaking). These can be used for various spelling activities including making up independent
spelling games with selected Picture Cards. They would be better printed on card or laminated.
Ideally laminated Grapheme Tiles could be made into magnetic tiles with sticky-backed magnetic
tape. They can then be used on the teacher’s main magnetic board or with A3 magnetic board for
pairs or individual work. The Grapheme Tiles are printable in all ‘dark teal’ (which can be black
if printed in monochrome) and they are available in sets with grey graphemes for consonant phonemes
and black graphemes for vowel phonemes. These are also suitable for sending home for additional
word making and breaking rehearsal. They would be suitable for ‘fridge magnets’. Provided as sets
per each unit 1 to 12. |
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SAY THE SOUNDS
POSTERS Three 'Say the Sounds' Posters per unit for units 1 - 5. The first three
are included in unit 1. These are very useful cumulative resources. They can be A4 or A3 posters
displayed in the classroom for learners to point and 'say the sounds' (subskill of reading) or the
teacher can say the sound and ask the learner to 'point to the grapheme' in response (subskill of
spelling). In addition, paper versions of the Say the Sounds Posters can be used as assessment
sheets for each learner. Name, date and mark in a different coloured pen for ongoing assessments.
Provide an unmarked copy for the learner to use for actual assessment. Beginners will benefit from
a copy of a Say the Sounds Poster used alongside the Alphabetic Mini Poster (below) to support
writing activities during the STAGE ONE phase of learning. These posters are also available in the
STAGE TWO phase of learning in units 6 to 12. |
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GRAPHEME FLASH CARDS WITH PICTURES (To be
added) These are OPTIONAL ‘beginners’ flash cards in units 1 to 5.
When the learner can recognise a letter shape (or letter group) WITHOUT the picture mnemonic,
replace that card with a flash card of the letter/s (graphemes) only. Start off by BUILDING UP the
pack of flash cards as you introduce each new letter/s-sound correspondence. In unit 1, for
example, at first there will only be ‘s’ in the pack, followed by introducing ‘a’, then ‘t’, then
‘i’ and so on (follow the order of the programme). The aim is for the beginner, as soon as
possible, NOT to use the picture cues. Focus on the AIM of saying the sound in response to the
letter/s without the need for the pictures. Make it clear to the beginner whether the corresponding
‘sound’ represented by the focus letter/s (graphemes) is at the beginning of the word (as in
‘s-nake’) or in the middle of the word (as in ‘n-igh-t’) or at the end of the word (as in ‘du-ck’).
The dashes on some cards represent the number of ‘sounds’ in the spoken word and NOT individual
letters - this is just to support the ‘mapping’ of initial-medial-final sounds to their position in
the spoken word. The Flash Cards with no pictures are included as part of this resource. In units 1
to 5. |
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I CAN READ This is a
piece of text for every new correspondence after the introduction of the first few letters. Delay
the use of this strand until learners can blend. There are many different ways to use the text from
teacher modelling, supported reading, independent reading followed by a focus on vocabulary and
comprehension. The texts can be read on-screen or, where available, projected onto a whiteboard or
screen for groups and whole-class work. When used as a paper-based activity, the learner can
undertake grapheme searches for previous and current learning and circle words where the meaning is
not known. This strand runs throughout units 1 - 12 with a change of fonts in units 11 and
12. |
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QUESTIONS The Questions sheets provide a
starting point for class discussion linked directly to the ‘I Can Read’ decodable texts. These
can be used in any way that the teacher feels is appropriate - or not used at all if the teacher
does not wish to pursue the texts further than the actual decoding of them. They are provided as
options for teachers if required. In units 7 to 12. |
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HEAR THE SOUNDS
Hear the same phonemes modelled in all positions in the words which feature on the phonemic awareness
Picture Posters. This facility is available for units 1 - 6. (Switch on PC speakers!) |
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