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1 Let's look together
When we spell, we listen to a word and find its sounds. Say the word slowly with your adult.
Put down one counter for each sound. Choose the letters that write those sounds. Read your word back to check it.
Say: mapHear: m • a • pWrite: m a p
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I want to write map. I hear /m/, /a/, /p/. I write m, a, p. I blend my spelling to check: map.
3 Your turn
Say tap. Which sound comes first? Which letter writes it?
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Let's check together
The /t/ sound comes first. Write t.
4 Try it away from the page
Use known sounds to spell sat and mat from dictation. Read back each word. An adult checks the letters with you.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Prerequisite: known single-letter correspondences. Segment phonemes, not letter names; a sound may later need two or more letters.
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.
Segment spoken words into sounds for spelling.
Name letters and practise short dictated sentences.