White board power point with resources for a range of lessons (teaching specific phonemes ce, ge, ure, are, ir/er/ur, split digraphs) Have fun! Em www.facebook.com/readaustralia

1. Speech Sound Pics™
Teaching reading, writing and spelling
ReadingTeacherTraining.com / Youtube.com/SoundPics
Slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer Email Emma@ReadAustralia.com

2. 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 $10 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

3. This presentation is for a teacher who is covering ‘ge’ ‘ce’ ‘ure’ ear’
‘reinforcing ‘ir, er’ etc - save this to your laptop as a power point to edit for
your own use.
If you would like some resources just let me know –
Emma@ReadAustralia.com
Let’s start with a focus on ‘ge’
*Listen to these words and tell me which speech sound you can hear in all of
the words?
gentle, jam, large, giant, edge
*Slide - Now look at these words and work out the sound pics used for this
speech sound (g j ge g dge)
*Slide- Here are ALL of the sound pics for this speech sound (show cloud) – ge
is highlighted (and star plays speech sound). Look out for this sound pic, and
see if you can spot the other sound pics for that speech sound in words you
see on your morning tea snack packet.
*Slide- which is the odd one out? ( g represents ‘g’ as in gap – not the focus
speech sound)
*Slide – read as class – visualise - draw
*Start a class ‘j’ speech sound cloud

4. gentle
___ ____ ____ ___ _________
jam
_____ ___ ______
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
large
___ ________ __________
giant
_____ ___ ___ ____ ____
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
edge
____ _____________
1 2

5. ge

6. g g
gap gentle
ge
large

7. The gentle giant got large
gingerbread and jam sandwiches
in July, and ate them on the
bridge !
After reading the test together, and pointing to the ‘j’ speech sound pics, ask
the children to close their eyes and visualise the scene.
The children now draw a picture showing how they visualised this piece of text.

8. ‘ce’ focus
Listen to these words and tell me which speech sound you can hear in all of
the words?
science house dance grass castle sit
Slide - Now look at these words and work out the sound pics used for this
speech sound
Slide- Here are ALL of the sound pics for this speech sound (show cloud) – ce
is highlighted (and star plays speech sound). Look out for this sound pic, and
see if you can spot the other sound pics for that speech sound in words you
see on your morning tea snack packet (or do a follow up activity with children
exploring using a range of objects you’ve brought in, with labels etc)
Look at the cloud- which two didn’t we see in the words science, house,
dance, grass, castle, sit ? (sc/ce/se/ce again/ss/st/s)
c – as in cent ps - as in psychology
Slide - Read these as a class
Start a class ‘sss’ speech sound cloud

9. science house
_______ __ ___ ____ _______ ___ ________ _______
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
dance
____ ___ ___ ________
1 2 3 4
grass castle sit
____ __ ____ _________
___ ____ ______ _____ ___ __ ___
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
1 2 3 4

10. ce

11. Sam and the silly
mouse began to
dance on the grass
Read the text together as a class, and higlight the ‘ssss’ sound pics. Read it again to the
children with their eyes closed – they visualise the scene. Now go and draw it , or write
about what you visualised.

12. Show children all of the blue sound pics in the following slides, focusing on any you
are looking at (eg ‘are’ ‘ure’ - or have explored before) See how they fit into ‘real’ text.
I have put a Jolly Phonics song for ‘er’ and will find some more.
When you cover sound pics for one speech sound, start the class on a cloud to explore
all of them (not just the ones shown in National Curriculum) Small groups could work on
creating something creative, to show the sound pic in words – but the text has to make
sense. Can be a poem, short story…anything. See the example using ‘ear’ etc
All clouds follow.
Have fun ! Em

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

14. Decoding with Blue Level Sound Pics
er ay oy ou au
perfect play toy out group touch August
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!

15. Jolly Phonics Song - er

16. 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.

17. Decoding with Blue Level Sound Pics
ir ie ue ea ui ey
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 !

18. Decoding with Blue Level Sound Pics
aw wh ph ew oe ure are
claw whip dolphin few toe pure are dare
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 !

19. Teacher ideas- use the RWI cards for decoding practice, to reinforce the speech sound pic recognition and also blending skills
Can you decode these words?

20. Investigating Blue Level ‘sound pic
sandwiches’ and listen to the last speech sound.
Say the word
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?

21. Read the words and
find the right card
huge brute
make a cake
nice smile
phone home

22. 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
Children say the speech sound linked with that sound pic, then sound out the word, blend, say the word. Do this once a week if at this level

67. Special ending clouds

70. i