Getting Started

The Sound City Reading program teaches students to read and spell phonetically. It is carefully structured so that students learn new material in a step by step manner. The materials are carefully sequenced so that students will experience success. The program has materials to teach students who have not yet learned the alphabet up through students who are ready to learn advanced phonics patterns.
You can see the five teaching levels on the chart on the right. Click on the chart to see an enlarged version.

Level 1

Teaches students the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.
Teaches beginning oral blending, a sub-skill that is needed to learn to read words phonetically.
Develops rhyming awareness.
Develops beginning handwriting skills as students learn to trace large and small letters using correct letter formation.

Sound City Reading

Teachers, parents, tutors, and schools may download and print PDF files to use with the students they teach. Under no circumstances are they to make a profit from distributing the materials.
Teaching videos are free to watch, and they may be downloaded for personal use, at home or in the classroom.
All other uses of these materials are prohibited.
You can contact me at kathjdavis@gmail.com.