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Sounds and letters · Lesson 3 of 77

Push the sounds together

Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.

Let's look together

We can read a new word by looking at its letters. Say each sound. Push the sounds together to say the word.

Look from left to right. Do not guess the word from a picture. Your adult can help with a sound you have not learnt yet.

s → a → tsat

Look, point and talk with your adult.

Watch how I do it

I point to s, a, t. I say the sounds, then blend them: sat. I read again, a little more smoothly.

Your turn

With your adult, blend m-a-t. What word do you read?

Have a go before opening the answer.

Let's check together

Mat. Blend the sounds together, rather than saying the letter names.

Try it away from the page

Read sat, mat and tap if these sounds are known. Re-read them tomorrow and notice whether they feel easier.

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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage

Prerequisite: s,a,t,m,p sounds taught. Only assign words whose correspondences are known. Pictures support meaning after decoding, not guessing.

Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.

Connect taught sounds and spellings for decoding.
Blend and reread words matched to taught sound-spelling knowledge.

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1 Let's look together

2 Watch how I do it

3 Your turn