SOUND CITY READING
  • Sequential Phonics Program
    • Welcome
    • Copyright Information
    • How To Navigate This Site
    • Information About The Sound City Reading Program
    • Information About The Author
    • How Was This Program Developed?
    • Why Are There So Many Different Books?
    • How To Get Started
    • What If I Can't Do Everything In This Program?
    • Information About Reading Street Materials
    • Reading Readiness
    • Understanding Consonants
    • Understanding Vowels
    • What Happened To The Old Web Site
    • Other Recommended Sites
  • Program Overview
    • Step Charts
    • Flow Charts
    • Teaching Levels
    • Books Used At Each Level
    • Color-Coded Vowels
    • Skill Sequence
    • General Information About Instruction
    • Integrating Phonics And Whole Language
    • Sound Story
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet Overview
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words Overview
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels Overview
    • Level 4. Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Level 5. Advanced Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Phonemic Awareness Picture Pages Overview
    • Handwriting Books Overview
    • Charts, Flashcards, And Games Overview
    • Newer Wall Charts
    • Previous Wall Charts
  • PDF Files
    • How To Work With PDF Files
    • Printers And Printing Supplies
    • PDF Files For Any Level
    • PDF Files For Handwriting
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet PDFs
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words PDFs
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels PDFs
    • Level 4 - Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • PDF Files For Flashcards
    • PDF Files For Activities And Games
    • PDF Files For Newer Wall Charts
    • PDF Files For Older Wall Charts
  • Reading Street
    • PDFs Decoding Practice Pages
    • PDFs Spelling Worksheets
    • PDFs Word And Phonogram Cards
    • PDFs Reading Street Tests
    • PDFs Reading Street Stories
  • Pictures
    • Sound Story Pictures
    • Keyword/Sound Chart Pictures
    • Level 1 And 2 Pictures
    • Level 3 Pictures
    • Level 4 Pictures
    • Consonant Blends
    • Level 5 Pictures
  • Audio
    • Sound Story Part 1 - Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Story Part 2 - Beyond The Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Pictures With Letters - Part 1
    • Sound Pictures With Letters And Letter Patterns - Part 2
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 1
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 2
    • Individual Alphabet Sounds - ABC Order
    • More Letter Sounds - sh, th, ch, ng, oi, oy, ou, ow
    • Level 1 And Level 2 Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels - Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Advanced Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 1 - Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 2 - Sound Charts
    • Two-Letter Sound Blending - Short U
    • Picture-Word Page Short U
  • Video
    • Sound Story Part 1 Videos
    • Robot Game a_e/safe Video
    • Advanced Sound Charts Videos (All SCR Patterns)
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Charts Intro

Other Sound City Reading materials used at all levels include large versions of the sound charts that are in the books to hang on the wall in a classroom, letter and phonogram flashcards, and games to help students remember the alphabet and phonogram sounds. Games vary from one level to the next and are designed to reinforce the alphabet letters and phonogram patterns taught at that level.
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Note: A phonogram is a written symbol that represents a sound.  Letters are phonograms, and letter patterns, such as sh, th, ee, igh, and oy are also phonograms.

Large Sound Charts To Place On The Wall

In this program, students review one or more of the sound charts daily.  This repetition helps students to remember the many letters and letter patterns they must learn.  The sounds charts are found at the beginning of each student's book.  Sound pictures from the sound story appear with the letters and patterns to show the correct sound.  In addition, some charts have key words and pictures.

While individual students are easily able to work with the sound charts in their books, it is very helpful to have larger versions of the charts to put on the wall when working with a whole class.  This way the teacher can use a long pointer to go from one pattern to the next.  Students watch and say the sounds in unison.  The wall charts can be used to introduce new patterns, review patterns, and point out patterns that students have forgotten so that they can remember them.
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Wall Charts
Another benefit of using wall charts is that students can use the wall charts independently as a reference while doing independent creative writing activities.  If they are not sure how to spell a particular sound in a word, they can look at the charts to see all the letter patterns that represent that sound.  For example, they can see that the oa, oe, o_e, ou, ow, old, oll, olt, and olk patterns can all represent the long o sound.  They may see and recognize the correct pattern, or at least they will see the possible options and have a better chance of choosing the correct one.

Flashcards

Sound cards are used daily to review the sound symbols that students have learned.  This time students must remember the sound or sounds for each symbol without the sound pictures.  The goal is for students to be able to say the sounds instantly when they see each card.  

The cards are numbered in the order in which they are studied.  This makes it easier for the teacher to find the correct cards to use for the daily review.  
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Games And Activities

At each level there are games which provide practice recognizing and saying the letter and phonogram sounds.  The games are designed to play in small groups under the supervision of the teacher.  Students who are not very interested in letters and sounds often love these games and become much more focused when playing.  

There are also a few activities that provide practice in various skills.  Students build letters with circles, lines, and curves in the Letter Shape activity.  Students match pictures to beginning sound letters in the Beginning Sound Picture Sort activity.  Students practice putting two sounds or more sounds together smoothly in the Letter Connections activities.  Students practice reading short vowel words in the Picture-Word Lotto file folder activities.  

​Not all of the games are pictured here.  See the list of games below.  Some games can be useful at more than one level.
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 Apple Alphabet Game
Use with the 
​Learning The Alphabet and
​Exploring Sounds In Words books.
Raspberry Game
Use with the
​Exploring Sound In Words books.

There is a different set for
​each short vowel.
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Caterpillar Game
Use with the
Phonics Patterns And Stories books, Basic Phonics Patterns books, and
Know The Phonetic Code books.
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There are one or more different sets for each book.  Each set reviews the most recent patterns taught.

Games To Use At The
Learning The Alphabet
​Level

Alphabet Lotto
Apple Alphabet
Apple Concentration
Letter Shapes
Beginning Sound Picture Sort
Games To Use At The
Exploring Sounds In Words
Level

Apple Alphabet
Apple Concentration
​Raspberry Game
Beginning Sound Picture Sort
Ending Sound Picture Sort
Games To Use At The
Short Vowel
Level

Apple Alphabet
Apple Concentration
Raspberry Game
Letter Connections 1
Picture-Word Lotto
Train Game

Games To Use At The 
Phonics Patterns
​Level

Train Game
Caterpillar Game
Letter Connections 2
​Truck Chart Game
​Long Vowel City

Games To Use At The
Advanced Phonics Patterns
Level

Treasure Chest Game
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Sound City Reading

All Materials Copyright 2023 or earlier by Kathryn J. Davis, All Rights Reserved
Teachers, parents, tutors, and schools may download and print PDF files to use with the students they teach.  They are not to make a profit from distributing the materials.     
If you download one or more PDF files from this site, you may not make the files available from a different site.  However, you may share links to any of the pages on this website, including the pages that have PDF files.    
​Teaching videos are free to watch, and they may be downloaded for use with your own students, at home or in the classroom.  

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You can contact me at kathjdavis@gmail.com.
  • Sequential Phonics Program
    • Welcome
    • Copyright Information
    • How To Navigate This Site
    • Information About The Sound City Reading Program
    • Information About The Author
    • How Was This Program Developed?
    • Why Are There So Many Different Books?
    • How To Get Started
    • What If I Can't Do Everything In This Program?
    • Information About Reading Street Materials
    • Reading Readiness
    • Understanding Consonants
    • Understanding Vowels
    • What Happened To The Old Web Site
    • Other Recommended Sites
  • Program Overview
    • Step Charts
    • Flow Charts
    • Teaching Levels
    • Books Used At Each Level
    • Color-Coded Vowels
    • Skill Sequence
    • General Information About Instruction
    • Integrating Phonics And Whole Language
    • Sound Story
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet Overview
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words Overview
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels Overview
    • Level 4. Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Level 5. Advanced Phonics Patterns Overview
    • Phonemic Awareness Picture Pages Overview
    • Handwriting Books Overview
    • Charts, Flashcards, And Games Overview
    • Newer Wall Charts
    • Previous Wall Charts
  • PDF Files
    • How To Work With PDF Files
    • Printers And Printing Supplies
    • PDF Files For Any Level
    • PDF Files For Handwriting
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet PDFs
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words PDFs
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels PDFs
    • Level 4 - Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • PDF Files For Flashcards
    • PDF Files For Activities And Games
    • PDF Files For Newer Wall Charts
    • PDF Files For Older Wall Charts
  • Reading Street
    • PDFs Decoding Practice Pages
    • PDFs Spelling Worksheets
    • PDFs Word And Phonogram Cards
    • PDFs Reading Street Tests
    • PDFs Reading Street Stories
  • Pictures
    • Sound Story Pictures
    • Keyword/Sound Chart Pictures
    • Level 1 And 2 Pictures
    • Level 3 Pictures
    • Level 4 Pictures
    • Consonant Blends
    • Level 5 Pictures
  • Audio
    • Sound Story Part 1 - Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Story Part 2 - Beyond The Alphabet Sounds
    • Sound Pictures With Letters - Part 1
    • Sound Pictures With Letters And Letter Patterns - Part 2
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 1
    • Individual Sound Pictures - Part 2
    • Individual Alphabet Sounds - ABC Order
    • More Letter Sounds - sh, th, ch, ng, oi, oy, ou, ow
    • Level 1 And Level 2 Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Short Vowels - Sound Charts
    • Level 3 - Advanced Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 1 - Sound Charts
    • Level 4 - Book 2 - Sound Charts
    • Two-Letter Sound Blending - Short U
    • Picture-Word Page Short U
  • Video
    • Sound Story Part 1 Videos
    • Robot Game a_e/safe Video
    • Advanced Sound Charts Videos (All SCR Patterns)
  • Blog
    • Contact Me
    • Share Your Experience
    • Take This Expanded Survey