The Speech Sound Pics Approach - a focus on the Green Level (s,a,t,p,i,n) Save to your laptop to open power point on your local computer, can be used on whiteboards. Includes RWI letter formation, Jolly Phonics songs. Shows resources including decodable readers, and links to enhance C2C curriculum teaching with SSP. www.youtube.com/soundpics www.facebook.com/readaustralia www.readingteachertraining,com

1. 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.

3. Order for Explicit Teaching of the Phonemes
(Speech Sound Pics) within the SSP Approach
RWI phonics flashcards used to teach and reinforce
the sound pics – approx $12 per pack
Children have their sound pics and sound pic words in SSP folders that can go home
each night, with phonics readers. Order these cards from readaustralia.com/orders.htm

4. Organisation
• Children should know the level they are on. Anyone with a few
minutes to spare can either ask the child to bring their folder, or
you need 4 boxes in the classroom – Green, Purple, Yellow, Blue –
to work with them.
In each box have the appropriate sound pics, sound pic words
(words created using only their sound pics) helpful words,
sentences using only those helpful words and sound pics, readers
that only have those sound pics, RWI cards for letter formation
prompts and for blending practice after the Green Level.
Having these boxes make Speedy SSP Sessions far easier.
Just grab a box and find 4 or 5 children at the same level for a 10 –
15 minute Speedy SSP Session whenever possible!

5. Decodable readers
help to scaffold learning
If you order here please mark on the order form ‘referred by Read Australia’ and let me know
emma@readaustralia.com This allows me to get some free books myself, to share.
http://www.phonicsaustralia.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=categories&virtuemart_category_id=0&Itemid=104

6. SSP with C2C
• Even though C2C asks you to
teach the phonemes in a
jumbled order (and doesn’t
allow for differentiation) you
can use the free whiteboard
lessons, created to teach the
mandated phonemes using
the SSP Approach.
This also means that you can
easily see where these
phonemes are located, within
the SSP Levels, and take out
the related RWI cards and
readers.

8. Speech Sound
Listening Time !
If the children are ready,
give more complex words
___ ____ ____ _____ ______ ______ to say, count the speech sounds
and draw the lines eg
- a pair of brown shoes
_____ ____ ______ ___ ___ ___ ____ ____ _______ ____ ____ _____ ____
___ ____ ____ _____

9. Counting ‘Sound Pics™’
If one or more ‘sounds’
when sitting together do
not make a different sound
then this is not a ‘sound pic’.
‘s’ is a sound pic ‘h’ is a sound pic ‘sh’ is a sound
pic
t is a sound pic ‘r’ is a sound pic ‘’tr’ is NOT a
sound pic.
___ ____ _______ ____
1 2 3 4

10. Point to a word, and ask the children to work out the sound pic for a
speech sound in that word. When ready, the children are just asked
to find sound pics for certain speech sounds because they can work
out the words themselves. Record on white boards.
‘Juice’ – find the
‘oooo’ sound pic
(ui)
‘Super’ - find the ‘oooo’ sound pic (u) ‘Grain waves’ – can you find 2 sound
pics for the ‘ay’ speech sound

11. If a child is really struggling to hear the speech
sounds then show them pictures, or objects,
using only green level speech sounds
____ _____ _____ _____

13. And finally….close your eyes and
visualise !
Teacher finishes off by asking the
children to close their eyes and visualise
a sound pic for ….(depends on level)
She then holds up a sound pic for that
speech sound. Is this what you could see?
What else could it have looked like? (show
cloud for that speech sound)
So as children progress through they realise that the picture may be different….which
is half the fun ! So the teacher may ask them to close their eyes and visualise a sound pic
for ‘sss’ (for example) and then ask them to think of ALL of the sound pics they can ‘see’ in
their minds. Keep your eyes closed and choose one – I wonder if it is the one I am holding!
Open eyes- see the sound pic- quick look at all others.
When ready, also ask then to visual a whole word- then show it to them

15. 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 ssp words, creating
sentences, intro to helpful words, intro to visualisation and articulation.

20. a

22. t

24. p

26. i

28. n

31. s
sit
RWI phrase- slither down the snake

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

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

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

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

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

42. s a t
sit ant tap
p i n
pin tin nap

55. Speedy Green Decoding
(Find them easy? Ask someone to time you!)
sat pit
Santa it
in pit
nip pin clock
. . . ___
sit ant
tan tin
pan pants
Stan nap

59. slide from Green level decoding practice power point
Nat pants in the sand pit
Green Level sound pics
s a t p i n

60. 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 gives the words)

61. the ant is in the sand pit.
Pat was in the tin, the ant was in the pan.
is it an ant or is it a pin, in the tin ?

63. Speedy Green Decoding
(Find them easy? Ask someone to time you!)
sat pit
Santa it
in pit
nip pin clock
. . . ___
sit ant
tan tin
pan pants
Stan nap

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

65. I’m
Mad Sam
Lily wants him to smell
like roses instead 
NO! Seven
This isn’t your
song..

66. 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

67. 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..

68. 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..

69. 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 
Yes, yes, it’s a dragon
and he is flying !!
NO! Seven
This isnt your
song..

70. 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..

75. RWI characters shown in SSP reading
material as used for letter formation.

76. Children need to practice forming the 26 letters of the alphabet in Prep regardless of level
– please use the phrase and character cards daily as this helps develop symbol imagery etc
You may practice a – f on Monday, g – l on Tuesday etc.
You can call them by their name if you wish- talking about the fact that these have a name -
however stressing that this is just a label. What matters most , to shape reading and spelling
brain, is the speech sound to sound pic link.