Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 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.
2 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.
3 Your turn
With your adult, blend m-a-t. What word do you read?
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Let's check together
Mat. Blend the sounds together, rather than saying the letter names.
4 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.