A Sequential Phonics Program - Teaching Materials - PDF Files - Pictures - Audio - Video - Reading Street - Blog
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IMPORTANT NOTICE - The format for this website will become unavailable by the end of June, 2025.
I am currently working to copy the contents to my computer. I will begin adding the Sound City Reading materials onto a new site as soon as possible. This will take a considerable amount of time. Please download all of the PDF files and anything else you think you might need before this web site goes down.
I'm also revising the Level 2 and Level 3 books to make them more streamlined. I will add those PDF files to the new site when I finalize those versions.
I am currently working to copy the contents to my computer. I will begin adding the Sound City Reading materials onto a new site as soon as possible. This will take a considerable amount of time. Please download all of the PDF files and anything else you think you might need before this web site goes down.
I'm also revising the Level 2 and Level 3 books to make them more streamlined. I will add those PDF files to the new site when I finalize those versions.
Welcome To Sound City Reading!
You can download free PDF files for all of the Sound City Reading materials from this website without charge. You will then be able to print them to use with your students. Physical copies of the books are not available. You will need to print them or have them printed at a print shop.
My goal is for as many people as possible to use this reading program to teach students how to read. All of the materials you need are available on this site as free PDF files. My materials are copyrighted, but I give permission to all teachers, parents, tutors, and school systems to download and print any of the PDF files for use with the students they teach. However, they are not to make a profit from distributing the materials. If you don't have a printer, using a print shop is allowed. If preferred, you may work with the PDF files directly from a computer screen, without printing them. This makes it possible for tutors to teach the program online. Audio and video files are free to watch and to listen to, and they may be downloaded if desired for use with your students. In special cases I may grant written permission to individuals to use the materials in other ways. You can contact me at [email protected]. More copyright information is available here.
I developed these materials over the course of many years while teaching in the classroom and tutoring. They worked very well with my students. Instructions for the teacher are included at the end of the student books. If you follow these instructions, you will get the best possible results.
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If you have any questions or comments you can reach me at [email protected].
If you have any questions or comments you can reach me at [email protected].
A Sequential Phonics Program
Sound City Reading is a sequential phonics program.
- This means that students learn the letters of the alphabet and the various phonics patterns one at a time in a specific order. The order is very carefully thought out so that students will learn successfully.
- It also means that a number of reading skills are taught in a specific order so that students will be able to apply them with confidence when learning to spell and read new words.
- It also means that students when students read sentences, easy practice stories, and a selection of children's commercially available trade books, they will be able to read all of the words phonetically except for a limited group of sight words which are taught ahead of time as needed. In other words, all of the reading materials will be decodable. Students will not see words with phonetic patterns that have not yet been taught.
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