(Updated) How to teach ANY child to read and spell before the end of Year `1

Speech Sound Pics™
Teaching reading, writing and spelling

ReadingTeacherTraining.com / Youtube.com/SoundPics
Emma@ReadAustralia.com

Free planning guides, lessons, resources
and assessment tools

All levels covered
in Prep (and in
Year 1 if SSP not
previously used)
Please print (A3) and
laminate for every child’s
home folder, and have
one on each table for
easy access, to give
prompts for spelling
and writing activities.

Also have a table ‘trying’ book if
you don’t like children rubbing
out work. They follow the
process – say the word, count the
speech sounds, draw lines, work
out the sound pics

What will children be able to do
when they have completed the
Green, Purple, Yellow and
Blue SSP Levels ?

(all of the following)

To read and spell the basic
skills children need are to ...
• *hear speech sounds – beginning, middle, end – know
how many there are
* know that we use ‘sound pics’ to represent speech sounds
* be able to blend ‘speech sounds’ and ‘sound pics’ into words (l to right)
* to be able to place (order) ‘sound pics’ correctly to build words
* to understand that most sounds can be represented using more than .
one ‘sound pic’ (ss/ps/sc/s etc)
*to understand that some ‘sound pics’ can represent more than one
spoken sound (eg ow/ th)
* to understand that ‘sound pics’ can be made up of one or more letter
(eg eigh)
* to understand what they are reading

How?
Direct, systematic and explicit FUN teaching of
the SSP Levels by enthusiastic, trained teachers,
alongside opportunities (planned and
spontaneous) for self-discovery.

Interested in Kindy/ School PD or Private Training?
Australia wide and also International Training Options Available
Online workshops and courses also available
Email Emma@ReadAustralia.com

Overseas or with practically no
budget for resources?

Free resources to print and laminate to use over and over again, including
in remote villages, shortly available on the new RTT site.

Teachers in Papau New Guinea with their new Speech Sound Puppets, learning to
speak in speech sounds ! SSP Phonics is especially useful for ESL students (& teachers!)

SSP Phonics recommended for schools with
ESL students. Here, children decode RWI cards,
and teachers learn to read Dandelion Launchers
and RWI home readers in speech sounds, to the
S/p/ee/ch S/ou/n/d L/a/mb !

Readers for this level- SSP flap books, SPELD SA phonics books (you can download for free
or order hard copies at a reasonable rate – see ReadingTeacherTraining.com/readers.htm

speedy
. . __ . .
Skills included;
Listening for speech sounds, identifying if speech sounds are at the
beginning, middle or end of the word, linking with sound pics,
identifying sound pics, blending sound pics into words, segmenting
sound pics, forming sound pics (letters), writing words, creating
sentences, discussing meaning.

Readers for this level- SSP flap books, SPELD SA phonics books (you can download for free
or order hard copies at a reasonable rate – Dandelion Launchers –
see ReadingTeacherTraining.com/readers.htm

Skills included;
Listening for speech sounds, identifying if speech sounds are at the beginning, middle
or end of the word, linking with sound pics, identifying sound pics, blending sound pics into
words, segmenting sound pics, forming sound pics (letters), writing words,
creating sentences, discussing meaning, thinking about sentence structure before writing,
rhyming.
Introduced to concepts that speech sounds can be represented by more than one sound pic
(eg c/k/ck) that sound pics can be made up of more than one letter (eg ck, ff, ll) , that some
sound pics can represent more than one speech sound ( eg c and g) and that when 2 of the
same letter are next to each other this represents the same speech sound (ss, ll)

Continue with Dandelion readers

Skills included;
Listening for speech sounds, identifying if speech sounds are at the beginning, middle
or end of the word, linking with sound pics, identifying sound pics, blending sound pics
into words, segmenting sound pics, forming sound pics (letters), writing words,
creating sentences, discussing meaning, thinking about sentence structure before
writing, using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, rhyming, clapping rhythms,
working out which speech sound the sound pic represents, by blending the word for
meaning (oo/ th/ eigh) .
New concepts – when some sound pics sit together they create a brand new sound pic
(sh/ch/th/ng) – and can again represent more than one speech sound (th/ oo) - q is
always sitting with u in a word

By now children should have all of the foundational skills required to decode (read) and
encode (spell) and you are able to help children with fluency, vocab and comprehension.
Please have a 15 minute reading time every day, with a range of books for the children to
choose. They can read to themselves, to a friend, in groups, to an adult etc.

Readers will be following the order, eg Dandelion – and I will upload as many free readers
as possible this year, so that children can practice these skills in meaningful ways.

New concepts
A speech sound can be split, in print, by sound pics – eg ate has 2 speech sounds a-e/t
(t is last speech sound) however in print the speech sound a-e (ay) sandwiches this sound
pic. (next slide illustrates- you do not need to watch this with the children, but can if
helpful) Some sound pics can be made up of sound pics that dont seem to fit !
(eg ph, wh ) – the King wants it this way so we just remember them
Words learnt as ‘tricky words’ are now either ‘tricky yes, yes’ (decodable) or ‘tricky no, no’
(difficult to decode and easier to memorise eg one / two / was )
Some words may sound the same, but are spelt with different sound pics. (hear, here etc)

Then the children systematically go
through each speech sound to cover
any sound pics missed within levels

Free teaching resources available
for each level

Don’t forget to get some Speech Sound
Family animals for your classroom.
They love you reading to them!
If you speak in speech sounds they
can understand you, as most only speak
in speech sounds. This is why they love
it when you say the sound pics before
you blend them into the word.

Please use puppets to show how words
are created using smaller parts.

Ikea has some great puppets at the moment with
mouths you can open and close with your fingers.
You need to be able to open and close the mouth to
show the individual speech sounds. These are
especially important for children who have poor
phonemic awareness.
They are about $5

‘what’s under
the h/a/t’
activities

The hat is from Ikea as well- and the small animals. These are ideal for P-2 - to
develop phonemic awareness. For example speak in speech sounds and ask
children to guess what is under the h/a/t eg its a sh/ee/p - or /th/r/ee l/i/tt/le
p/i/g/s. Can they hear the word/s? Or tell them how many speech sounds, and
tell them what the last speech sound is, the first etc. In Year One I said there
were 4 words, and then gave them the speech sounds- they had to remember
each word after blending - l/i/o/n a/n/d a r/i/ng
The children can do it - hide something under and then give the speech sounds,
or just the first and last after saying how many etc.
When you have shown it you could ask them to speak in speech sounds, to give
you the colour etc.
Vary it- you are helping children hear the smaller parts in words (the speech
sounds) to identify where they are (which speech sound is first, last etc) and to
blend into a word. This is not phonics - which is the print- but is vital for many, so
that the phonics makes sense. Using toys like this makes it visual, and FUN !! If
you can help every child develop phonemic awareness no children will need
learning support after year 2- because this is the part that best predicts
difficulties. Even yesterday I could see which children dont have god PA at the
moment- we will change that- and they wont eve know they WOULD have had
difficulties. Im creating a resource for TAs so they can work with those children,
and intensively develop this PA (look out for new power points).
Otherwise they will never develop reading and spelling brains. Em

SSP Phonics- The Whole Package
• To offer the ‘whole package’
teaching must centre around
helping the brain process the
information rapidly and effectively, to improve
fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
START with speech (phonological awareness)
so that systematic and direct teaching of the
alphabetic code (phonics) is logical, fun and
meaningful! The quicker they decode the
quicker the comprehend…the more they read
the more they understand.

The Speech Sound Pics® (SSP) Approach shows you HOW to systematically teach
1 2 the alphabetic code (phonics) and ALSO develop phonemic awareness, so that the
phonics makes sense. It is the ability to hear the smaller parts in words that will help
the highest number of children learn to read and spell in English.

Children learn to hear speech sounds in words, and know what sound pics
represent those speech sounds in written words. (SPELLING BRAIN)

Children learn to form letters in ways that most effectively help develop a
reading and spelling brain, flowing to the next sound pic in order to more easily
create words and sentences, and more accurately convey the writer’s message.

Children learn to recognise speech sound pics in written words and work out
which speech sound they represent so that they can more easily and quickly blend
them into the word for fluency and comprehension. (READING BRAIN)

Knowing how to spell
‘butterfly’ , or read the
word is not enough.

Children need to learn,
and work out, WHY
words are created in
this way (ie the parts/
speech sound pics.)

This will help them
develop the skills needed
to spell and read even
the most difficult of
words, including those
they have never heard of.
SSP is not used to help
children read and spell,
but to become readers
and writers.
SSP is used to shape
reading and spelling brains
for ALL children.

Always start with SPEECH
Spelling starts from speech, not print.
We created the written word to record our spoken words, not the other way around.
Words are spelt using sound pics™ – representations of the smaller parts of our words –
so children MUST be taught them all. All can be seen within the Speech Sound Clouds

This enables everyone (teachers and students) to work smarter, not harder.

SSP Phonics Spelling

- say the word

- listen for the speech sounds and
work out how many there are

- draw the lines and
numbers _ _ _
1 2 3
- work out the
sound pics
a n t

The SSP Spelling Process Shown Visually
(i-e – blue level sound pic- sound pic sandwich)

How to count sound pics for spelling
(95% of the time)

Readers to order
(many can be sourced for free, to download and print)

Dandelion
continue
to compliment
SSP At this stage however use
a combination, suitable
for that child ( this Preppie
is reading a Fitzroy book to the Speech Sound Hippo)

Also refer to the ‘decoding/
reading practice’ power point

Working together…

• Parents and Grandparents

• TAs

• Older students

• Children helping children within classrooms…

Involving parents
• What do you need all parents to be able to do
– at a basic level
• How are you going to get this across?
• How are you going
to sustain parental
involvement?
• Can you use parents
more effectively in
the classroom?

SSP offers free parent info handouts, and ideas for including them in the learning process

Games / activities to play while working on this level.

• Pocket Phonics- app for iphone/ ipad

readingteachertraining.com/phonics-games.htm

Snap, bingo, pairs – with an adult
- groups of 3 or 4.

fff

Whiteboards and magnetic letters essential Get creative!

Use free videos to share with parents eg
‘ Helping your child get ready for Prep’

Wont load in your powerpoint? Go to Videos within the Teacher Resources folder

Helping parents who are not
confident with reading and spelling
themselves

Free ONLNE lessons are being created so that
parents and carers can learn to read
and spell alongside their children.
Developing a love of books together !

Free online story time sessions for parents and
carers to watch at home.

Letter formation
(we recommend RWI cards and phrases )

froggy legs Ill show you where
to start

All RWI letter
formation phrases
are in the
Teacher Resources
Folder

Pronunciation of the
Speech Sound Pics™
There is a power point presentation in the
teacher resource folder that goes through the
Speech Sound Clouds and gives the speech
sound for each. The children hear the speech
sound as they click on the star.

The most commonly used ones are shown, but
ALL sound pics used for this speech sound are
also shown using the Speech Sound Clouds.

Rote learning of the sound pics
See ‘Sound Pic’ chants in Teacher Resource folder

In Prep go through the Green Level sound pics
every day until you are ready to move on to the
Purple Level (use SSP assessment checks at the end of each level and
record result – this takes 2 minutes per child)
You can then go through Green and Purple every
day, or twice a week.
When on the Yellow Level go through Green,
Purple, Yellow twice a week.
When on the Blue Level go though all levels –
Green, Purple, Yellow and Blue, once a week.

s a t

sit ant tap

p i n
pan pin nap

m d g o c k
man dad gap pot cat kitten
gent cent
ck e u r h b
duck end up rat hat big

f ff l le ll ss
fit fluff lamp giggle hill grass

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

Take eg one per week or fortnight.
As well as learning these through activities, also go
through these every day.
When on the next line do the same. They will be able to
practice them again within your weekly session, where
you go through all levels systematically

blue level sound pics
ar or ow oi air ur
car for cow tow soil hair purse

er ay oy ou au
perfect play toy out group touch August

ir ie ue ea ui ey
first chief tie blue beat head suit key they


aw wh ph ew oe ure are

claw whip dolphin few toe pure are dare

ar or ow oi air ur

er ay oy ou au
perfect play toy out group touch August

ir ie ue ea ui ey
first chief tie blue beat head suit key they

aw wh ph ew oe ure are
claw whip dolphin few toe pure are dare

blue level ‘sound pic sandwiches’
Say the word and listen to the last speech sound.
The Speech Sound Pic Sandwich Maker jumps
the last sound from the end, into the sandwich!

a-e e-e i-e
cake athlete bike

o-e u-e
coke flute
which of these sound pic
sandwiches can you see?

Watch Preps going through all levels
with the Fantastic Mrs F
(this happens once a week when all levels covered as takes a white!)

See folder in ‘teacher resources’ for assessment
tools at every level.

These take a couple of minutes per child, and you simply
record which they need more practice on. The tests check
for sound pic recognition, blending, segmenting,
manipulating, identifying speech sound in words, ability to
decode sentences for understanding. Parents and TAs can
help with this.

• Check 1 Speech Sound Identification – student says
what s/he sees and tells you the sound you ask
for – beginning, middle or end. Also ask them
to count how many speech sounds they can
Use pics showing words used in
hear.
that level- created using their
sound pics – eg within Green
use Pat, ant, sit, tap etc

Check 2 Sound pic identification - student asked to point
to the ‘pic of X speech sound and also asked to identify the speech sound when
teacher points to sound pic

Check 3 Student asked to point
to the sound pics that make a word (eg ant if green level) – see if they order
correctly. Teacher points to sound pics in order to create a word and students
identifies whole word.

Check 4 Student shown sound pic words for that level and asked
to identify, and put into a sentence. Shown tricky words and asked to identify.

Check 5 Student asked to write words, from within that level, after
being given the word verbally. Check letter formation within this check.

Student reads assessment sentences, no picture clues,
Check 6 based on their level
Eg (Green Level) Pat sat in a pan in the sand pit.
1 verbal question about the text, and one to encourage an opinion
eg Who sat in the sand pit? Why do you think he was doing that?
1 verbal question about the text, with written answer.
eg where was he sitting?

When students have moved past Green, and are able to also read questions
please change 1 verbal question about the text, with written answer, to 1
written question, with written answer.

Ask children to manipulate sound pics eg if I say
‘lim’ without the ‘l’ what would I say?

Read assessment texts, ask child to identify
sound pics for a specific speech sound

(see video example here)

Free online lessons available for home/ classroom
ReadingTeacherTraining.com

Example free home lesson
- handwriting within Green Level

Example Free Home Lesson (Green)

Reading Whisperer ® Classroom lessons
(see Video Folder – Classroom Lessons – or
ReadingTeacherTraining.com)
These are shorter than home lessons and last around
8 – 12 minutes. Watch in the classroom with all
children, in small groups if they need more practice,
or on a 1:1 basis.
Speech Sound Pic Detective

All cover the skills and concepts needed at each level (as
seen as you scroll through the levels) They are helpful for
terminology, in particular ie how to introduce concepts
There is a lesson for each sound pic focus in every level ie
approx. 70 lessons, with a lesson per Speech Sound Cloud
coming soon (including special ending cloud lessons)

Let’s look at the
each

explicit teaching levels..

But don’t forget to facilitate and
encourage child centred, inquiry
learning alongside your direct,
systematic teaching!

The Speech Sound Clouds™
are used for sound pic
detective work (self-discovery
of the code) throughout all
the levels.

Link them with the decodable
readers that use their sound pics,
to build confidence

THANK YOU SPELD SA for creating these
wonderful free phonics readers, to support the
Jolly Phonics program. Read Australia use these
readers within the SSP Phonics GREEN Level
(s,a,t,p,i.,n) along with the Jolly Phonics songs

Use a lot of flap books in this level

If you cant view teaching
video, please go to Videos
in Teacher Resources

Find free flap books for Green
Level in the “Readers’ folder within
Teacher Resources

NB If you are practicing all of the skills each day the children should be ready to move on
by around week 5 or 6.

Skills children need to practice every day.
Lessons available online for whole class,
small group or 1:1 viewing with the TA

Following slides
are to use with children.

Ideally go through slides 105– 131
every morning
(takes around 5 minutes) until
you move to Purple
There is a separate power point to use
in the classroom for these
Speedy Sound Pics sessions

s
sit

RWI phrase- slither down the snake

A Jolly Phonics Song ! - s
Can be purchased at
ReadingTeacherTraining.com/orders.htm

If song does not load, all Jolly Phonics songs are in the ‘songs folder within
Read Australia ‘teacher resources’

a
ant
RWI phrase - round the apple, up down the leaf

A Jolly Jingle !
Can be purchased at
ReadingTeacherTraining.com/orders.htm

t
tap
RWI phrase- down the tower, across the tower

p
pan
RWI phrase- down his plait, up round his head

i
pin
RWI phrase- Down his body and dot for this head

n
nap
RWI phrase - down, Nobby, up over his net !

Can you read this word?

___
1 2 3

green level sound pics and sound pic words

s a t

sit ant tap

p i n
pan pin nap

These are in print as created for QLD teachers

however it is far better to use pre-cursive eg t

More ideas, to reinforce the skills needed to
help children rapidly decode and encode.

The quicker they learn to decode and encode
the more easily children will comprehend words
within meaningful text, and be able to create
them.

Our Green Leve l Tricky Words

I was the is

Teachers - these are not sight words, they are high
frequency words we WILL be able to decode later on
(with a few exceptions) but will help us create
meaningful sentences NOW 

Choose one, and write a sentence on your board, or
build a word using your magnetic letters

Sound pics Tricky words I was the is
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

Create activities where the children decode the word or
sentence and then match with the picture.
They enjoy having sheets to cut, arrange and then stick onto
paper. This also helps with fine motor skills

Keep checking the RTT site for new resources
eg Matching using First Sound
(children can cut and stick in order on a new sheet of paper or laminate these
individually and the children match on carpet, individually or in pairs )

s tin

t pan

a sit

p ant

There is a picture missing. Can you draw it?

is it an
ant ?
___ no
1 2 3
it is a pup
These are also flap books – see ‘Readers’ folder within teacher resources

Your teacher will point to a sentence –
draw the right picture!

Quickly write the word (or build using magnetic letters) Your teacher might ask you
to do this on your own or with a friend

Don’t forget
- say the word
- listen for the speech sounds
- draw the lines
- work out the sound pics
_ _ _

(teachers can say other words, created using green and purple sound pics)

New slides added to the RTT site – please visit regularly !

green level – say the sound, sound out the word, blend and say the word

•s a t

sit ant tap
p i n

pan pin nap

SSP Songs showing all spelling variations
(sound pics) for that speech sound
(not just one letter)

I’m
Mad Sam

Lily wants him to smell
like roses instead 

NO! Seven
This isn’t your
song..

NO! Seven

a is a sound you’ll hear a lot
This isn’t your
song..

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

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..

We’re happy hopping - hop, hop, hop
Give us some music and we’ll never
stop !

NO! Seven
This isnt your
song..

Is it a true or is it a myth ?
Depends on who I am sitting with...
Mum says ‘pff’ – don’t be silly son!
But Grandma Flo she wants some fun 

NO! Seven
This isnt your
song..

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.

Poor Nick thinks he has pneumonia

NO! Seven
This isnt your song..

Recap lesson
- all green level sound pics

Children confident with these are ready for the Purple Level

•
Assess every child before moving
on to the next level
See separate ‘Assessment’ power point
showing quick activities (check each child in
around 3 – 4 minutes)

These are also ideal for TAs as they can assess
new children to identify gaps, and to see
where to start each child

Please do not use PM assessments in Prep as
they do not assess reading and spelling skills
(ie the processes required of the brain)

Assessing skills/ material used for decoding practice

This is the part I believe that we arent doing well in AU as a whole-
mainly as most schools dont have readers, or reading material, that
follows the order in which the sound pics (phonemes etc) are taught.
This can be for numerous reasons- eg budget!- and this is why Im
creating these power point presentations- to show how to overcome this.
Parents need this info also.

If you have year 1 or 2 children who are struggling then take them back
to Green and work up again. Dont give them PM readers as the sound
pics are all over the place and their brains wont have chance to
recognise the sound pics, blend them into the word, and retain the info in
order to comprehend the text. They will have to slow down too much to
try to work out the words - as they dont know at least 85% of the sound
pics and so start trying to guess from the illustrations. Its hard work for
the brain, and doesnt help with fluency.

If you save the ‘decoding practice’ power point to your laptop you can see the
order, how to help children develop decoding skills, and they can practice these
skills in order to help the brain become 'wired' for fluency and comprehension.
Taking time building up like this helps EVERY child, and gives all a really solid
foundation. If you follow this sequence and allow children to develop the skills
required (shown at the beginning of every level) and assess them at every level
(also shown in another presentation) then every child will be able to read PM
readers by the end of Prep. But dont start off with PMs- use these when they
have completed Blue. Then they will whiz through. If you spend 3 terms without
PMs then most should be able to read around Level 15 - 20 when tested at the
end of Prep. It isnt possible for ALL to reach level 15 + if you dont do it this way
however.

Parents please take note- starting with PMs before the blue level will slow
many children down. So if your school doesnt use SSP then YOU use it at
home- and you read the PM reader to them- and let them practice reading
using the material shown here (more will be added) Children need to know that
their 'reader' is a book they can decode. Others are books they share with you
for pleasure, to develop language, imagination etc - knowing that pretty soon
they will be able to read them as well!

Em:-)

You are ready for the
Dandelion Launchers !

m
man
RWI phrase - down, Maisie, over the mountain, over the mountain

d
dad

RWI phrase - round his bottom, up his tall neck and down to his feet

g g
gap gentle

RWI phrase - round her face, down her hair and give her a curl

o
pot
RWI phrase- all around the orange

c c
cat cent

RWI phrase - curl around the caterpillar

k
kitten

RWI phrase - down the kangaroo’s body, tail and leg

e
end
?
RWI phrase - lift off the top and scoop out the egg

u
up

RWI phrase- down and under, up to the top and draw the puddle

r
rat

RWI phrase- down his back, then curl over his arm

h
hat

RWI phrase - down the head to the hooves and over his back

b
big

RWI phrase - down the laces to the heel, round the toe

NO! Seven
This isnt your
song..

f
fit

RWI phrase - down the stem, and draw the leaves

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

Create stories, poems etc for each cloud as a whole class activity throughout the year

l
lamp

RWI phrase - down the long leg

purple level sound pics
say the sound, say the sounds in the word, blend and say the word

m d g o c k
man dad gap pot cat kitten
gent cent
ck e u r h b
duck end up rat hat big

f ff l le ll ss
fit fluff lamp giggle hill grass

blend the sound pics into a word
s a t p i n

m d g o c k

ck e u r h b

f ff l le ll ss

Teacher points to sound pics in order, the children blend into word aloud or in heads
and then puts hand up to share the word


Dont forget
- say the word
- draw the lines
_ _ _

(teachers can say other words, created using green and purple sound pics)

Our tricky words
I (is) the was he has of

my she we to do like

play with

These go into each child’s tricky word envelope, in home folder ( this list, copied, is fine)

read the sentences and find the right
picture (or draw your own)
the ant is on the tap
Pat sits on the tin
the man and the dog sat in the gap
is the cat in the tin?
is the kitten in the pan?
Pat giggles. He has a tip top hat!
can I get a stamp? Is it ten cents?
the duck is at the end of the big pond
the kitten is fluffy and sits in the grass
the fat frog sits on the hill and sips a drink of milk

Choose one. What can you see?
Decide on a sentence and then write it

Lesson created for a Prep class
Miss Emma was working with

•
Again - assess every child before
moving on to the next level
See separate ‘Assessment’ power point
showing quick activities (check each child in
around 3 – 4 minutes)

These are also ideal for TAs as they can assess
new children to identify gaps, and to see
where to start each child
Please use reading and spelling ‘tests’ that
assess reading and spelling skills, not
outcomes (ie the processes required of the
brain)

Rhyme time !
Find a word that rhymes with ....

j
jam
RWI phrase - down his body, curl and dot

v
van

RWI phrase -down a wing, up a wing

w
win
RWI phrase - down, up, down, up

x
box

RWI phrase -down the arm and leg and repeat the other side

y y y
yell happy fly

RWI phrase- down a horn and under his head

z
zoo

Rwi phrase- zig zag zig !

qu
quit
RWI phrase- round her head, up past her earrings and down her hair

The Speech Sound King
The King has a thing called a Silver Bell
lf you ring it, it casts a cheeky spell
Sometimes it chooses to shout and sing
And sometimes it just goes ....

ding a ling a ling

Let’s sing in pink

Read the sentence

Talk about the words
and which sound pics
are used.

If your teacher covers
the words, can you
remember all the sound
pics and do it yourself?

All yellow level sound pics
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

Say the speech sound in your head, blend the
sounds in the word and put up your hand when
you know it
s a t p i n m d g o c

k ck e u r h b f ff l

le ll ss j v w x y z zz qu ch

sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo eigh

Teacher can point to sound pics in order for the word - or can ask students to take turns
eg pointing to r/ai/n in order . Children need all of these in their home folder – this sheet is fine


Don’t forget
- say the word
- draw the lines
_ _ _

(teachers can say other words, created using green , purple and yellow sound pics)

Our tricky words
I the was he has of

my she we to do be with

are you your come some like

said here there going because play


read the sentences and find the right
picture (or draw your own)
The ant is on the tap because he is hot.
Pat sits in the hot sand with a cool drink.
The man and the dog sat in the gap.
Is the cat in the green tin?
Is the fluffy kitten in the pan?
Pat giggles. He has a tip top hat and is happy!
Can I get a stamp? Is it ten cents?
The duck is at the end of the big pond, on a red
rubber ring.
The kitten is fluffy and sits in the grass.
The fat frog sits on the high hill and sips a drink of
milk.
Children work out ‘rubber’ – ‘er’ is new

Rhyme time !
Find a word that rhymes with ....

green ten say

hat sing box

pit duck lip

tap fly dog

Decide on a sentence and then write it.

New rhymes added to teaching resource folder. Please keep watching, and simply download
to your folder

•
moving on to the Blue level
See separate ‘Assessment’ power point showing
quick activities (check each child in around 3 – 4
minutes)
These are also ideal for TAs as they can assess new
children to identify gaps, and to see where to start
each child, or where more work is needed.
Please use reading and spelling ‘tests’ that assess
reading and spelling skills, not outcomes (ie the
processes required of the brain) Reading ‘levels’
(especially PMs) tell us very little about ‘gaps’ – and
what that child needs in order to become a fluent
and confident reader (and writer)

ar or ow oi air ur

The word ‘sale’ is a sound pic sandwich!

s a-e l sale
If you find any of these sound pics, when you are reading, add in more words !

Find the sound pic. It must be
Sound Pic Detective Time !
Bring in objects for this activity, and explore the
print, to find sound pics (ideally lower case)
eg
This shows 2 sound
Another pics for this speech
sound pic sound!
for the eee
speech sound ! a-e and ai
The ‘oo’ in this
one must be the same
oo as in look !You can
You can record your findings in your SSP ALBUM

Teachers – one of the best ways to teach blue level sound pics is through self-discovery using
words they know, and through appropriate readers (ie seeing the sound pic in context)

Use your album to record Speech
Sound Pics you found when being the
Detective
Draw a picture or the picture of the speech sound !
sh
(the sound pic)

ch
oi
igh
The Speech Sound Frog found a fruit
with the speech sound ‘sssss’ !

Decide on a sentence and then write it.
You might even write a story about it!

Figure it out !
• Your teacher will tell you the first word

Work out the rest !!!

would
. ____ .
1 2 3

could

should

Quickly write a word or sentence to describe what you can see (or build using
magnetic letters) Your teacher might ask you to do this on your own or with a friend

Don’t forget
- say the word
- draw the lines
_ _ _

(teachers can say other words, created using green , purple, yellow and blue sound pics)

Our tricky words – cross the ‘tricky yes, yes’ words out when you
know the sound pics, and can work them out!

I the was he has of like
my play with we to do be
are you your come does some like
said here there going because she
other come some would have give go
my by one two only any before want put
what which where when who want would
If children use certain words a lot and these are difficult o remember, then add them

Use the RWI cards (yellow) to do this
with other sound pics

read the sentences and draw an
illustration, if you enjoy drawing 
The ant is on the tap because he is hot and sticky.
Pat sits in the hot sand with two long, cool drinks of coke.
The man and the dog sat in the gap for a long time. The
man is reading a book and the dog is watching a fly.
Is the cat in the green or blue tin? Will you take a look?
Is the fluffy kitten in the pan?
Pat giggles. He has a tip top hat and is happy !
Can I get a stamp? Is it ten cents?
The duck is at the end of the big pond, on a red rubber ring.
He is looking up at the moon and the stars
The kitten is fluffy and sits in the grass because she does
not like the cows.
The fat frog sits on the high hill and sips a drink of milk
because he wants to get fit. He wants to be an athlete

Suggestion - children work out tch must be another sound pic for ch and look for ‘ch’ speech sound cloud

moving on to the Clouds
When we move to the clouds the focus becomes
more on the spelling of words - ensuring that no
child has missed any spelling variations. During the
direct teaching of the levels they will have been
taught the common sound pics, but now need to
cover all. Many children will have already
discovered them, but we need to ensure that
EVERY child has that knowledge.

Yippeeeee !
Now you’re ready to explore ALL of
the speech sound pics, through
the clouds !

Oh my word- have you heard?
Miss Emma hurt her nose

poor girl

Choose a cloud and see if you can create a song, poem, art work or something else to creatively
show ALL of the sound pics for that speech sound.

Look at the cloud and say the speech sound

sip, cent, science, house, psychology,
castle, grass (Tsunami ?)

getting, debt, tin, paste, pterodactyl

not gnat know grinning pneumonia

gentle, jet, judge, large, adjust

kite, cat, duck, antique, Iraq, Christmas
soccer

bed, read, friend, leopard, said

tub, touch, about, Monday, blood
partner

er

phone, gruff, giraffe, fat, laugh

lip, apple, full, travel, pupil, idol, final

people, me, meet, seat, eve, chief,
funny, key, receive, variation

pie, like, mild, night, dry, height

zip, buzz, is, choose, snooze,
xylophone

table, rain, great, game, say, they, vein,
straight, eight

boot, blue, grew, super, suit, flute,
soup, shoe, do, through

glass, calm, jar, clerk, heart

most, note, toe, grow, boat, soul, sew,
though

aeroplane, where, their, bear, dare,
chair

fraud, fawn, ball, walk, your, for, more,
floor, board, warm, daughter, fought

Assessing, monitoring, evaluating
•
The key is to pick up on those
children with poor phonological
awareness early, and carefully
monitor them.
Children MUST be given decodable readers
as their first ‘readers’ as well as ‘sharing
books.
To promote inclusion teach as if every
child has poor PA, and prevent
difficulties in the first place. Tests included.

Use SSP with older
children
not yet reading and
spelling with
confidence.

It can actually modify
brain networks and
‘unjumble’
processing difficulties
eg as experienced by
children with Dyslexia

Sight Word Plea 
• When given sight words to
learn this can encourage the learning of
‘whole words’ by memory.

If you wish to use sight words please use
‘high frequency’ words eg I, was, the,
because. Where possible show children
where the sound pics™ are, if decodable
(most are decodable)
they

Give children
access to all
speech sound
clouds in their
own folders

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