SOUND CITY READING
  • Sequential Phonics Program
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    • 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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PDF Files For Activities And Games


Click on any of the GREEN buttons below to download the desired files.  
​These materials are copyrighted, but I give permission for teachers, tutors, and parents to download, save, and print any file to use with their own students or children.  All other uses are prohibited.

Pages For Dry Erase Boards

Pages For Dry Erase Boards
This file has lined paper for writing very large, medium, and small letters.  You can have students write directly on the paper or place the pages under a clear report cover taped to a sheet of card stock.  Students can write on the clear covers with a dry-erase marker, erase, and continue to practice as needed.

Picture Cards For Oral Blending Exercises

Beginning Oral Blending
Eleven sets of oral blending cards,
​# 1-11.  There are eight picture cards in each set.  Includes compound words, two-syllable words, and two-sound words.
Intermediate Oral Blending
Eleven sets of oral blending cards, 
# 12-22.  There are eight picture cards in each set.  Includes three-sound words.

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Advanced Oral Blending
Eleven sets of oral blending cards,
# 23-33.  There are eight picture cards in each set.  Includes four-sound and five-sound words.

Game Instructions
Scroll Down To See Individual Games

Game Instructions For Most Games
I have instructions for most of the learning games that I put together during the years 2014-2015.  Click the Game Instructions button above to download the file.

I have not updated the games in this file so that they match the newest books that I've uploaded to this site, however the instructions will provide you with a general idea about how to play each game.  The specific patterns taught in the games at each level will sometimes need to be changed because the order in which the patterns are taught has changed in some of the books.

Plastic Alphabet Letters - Where To Order

Here is a link to order sets of small plastic letters.  The link on the left is to the home page for the web site.  The link on the right take you directly to the page to order the alphabet letters.  Students can use these when they are learning the alphabet to help them learn to identify each letter.  At higher levels students can use the letters to spell words.  The letters at the linked web site, Abecedarian, are very reasonably priced.  By listening to the sounds in words and arranging the letters that represent those sounds, students begin to understand how to spell words phonetically.  This helps students understand the sound-symbol relationship in words, which in turn opens the door to help students read (decode) words phonetically.
www.alphabetletter.com
Store Page For Alphabet Letters

Games And Activities

Letter Matching

Alphabet Lotto
This is the simplest game for students who are beginning to learn the letters of the alphabet.  It is a matching game, so students who cannot yet remember the names and sounds for the letters can still be successful.

Plastic Letter Match # 1 And Plastic Letter Match # 2
 Students match capital or lower case plastic letters with letter outlines on two types of game boards.  The first type of game board has just the letter outlines.  The second type has letter outlines plus sound pictures.  You will need to order the plastic letters from www.alphabetletter.com.  

Letter Recognition And Sound Association

Apple Alphabet -Sequential Sets
Apple Alphabet - All Letters
Students take turns selecting apple cards which have been placed face down on a table.  Each apple shows a letter of the alphabet.  If a student can say the correct sound for the letter, he or she can place it above his apple basket.  The student with the most apples at the end of the activity wins.

The sequential sets can be used with students who are still learning the letters of the alphabet.   A new set of apples is used for each new group of letters introduced.  
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The other set has all the letters from A to Z, for students who have studied the entire alphabet.

Apple Concentration
These apples are the same size and shape as the apple alphabet pieces in the Apple Alphabet games described above.  However, in this game, the apples are arranged face down on the table in several rows.  Students turn over two apples at a time to see if they match.  If they do match, and the student can say the correct sound for the letters, the pieces can be removed and kept.  The student who collects the most apples wins the game. 

Beginning And Ending Sound Awareness

Large Beginning Sound Picture Cards
Beginning Sounds Folder Game - t i h l - Order
Beginning Sounds Folder Game - a b c - Order

Letter Connections ("Silly Sounds") - Learning To Pronounce Two-Letter Combinations

If you pronounce two-letter combinations like ab, ac, ad, and af, you are not saying real words.  That is why, in this program, they are called "silly sounds," because they don't really mean anything.  At level two in this program, Exploring Sounds In Words, students practice saying these two-letter combinations on a regular basis.  It prepares them to begin reading three-letter short vowel words. 

Raspberry Game
Students "pick" raspberry cards and pronounce the two-letter vowel-consonant combinations shown on the cards, putting the sounds together smoothly.  There is a different set of raspberries for each short vowel.  Example: ub, uc, ud, uf, ug, etc.  

Blueberry Game 1 - Short U Game Pieces
Blueberry Game 2 - Short A Game Pieces
Blueberry Game 3 - Short O Game Pieces
Blueberry Game 4 - Short I Game Pieces
Blueberry Game 5 - Short E Game Pieces
Blueberry Game 6 - Game Pieces With A E I O U
Blueberry Game - Bushes And Instructions
Students "pick" blueberry cards and pronounce the two-letter consonant-vowel combinations shown on the cards, using the short vowel sound, putting the sounds together smoothly.  There is a different set of blueberries for each short vowel.  Example: bu, cu, du, fu, gu, etc.  There is also a sixth set which contains all of the short vowels.  Example: bu, ca, de, fi, go.

Print the blueberry game pieces on light blue card stock.  Each student will need 12 pieces to place on their blueberry bush.  You will need to decide how many students will be using the game at the same time.  If you have a large enough table, between two and eight students should work well.  Print multiple copies of the blueberry pages as needed.  

Each student in the small group will need one copy of the blueberry bush.  There are three possible versions to print: black outline with no color, full color, and partial color with a white background.  The last version works well when printed on light blue card stock.  



Letter Connection Activity For ESIW - Large
Use this letter connection chart with students  who are working at Level 2, Exploring Sounds In Words.  Working with short vowel sounds, students learn to put two sounds together, vowel-consonant combinations and consonant-vowel combinations.  

Advanced Letter Connections - Blending Sounds And Reading Words

Letter Connection Activity - Large
The large letter connection activity is big enough to use with the whole class.  It can be displayed on an easel or chalkboard.  Students pronounce short vowel letter combinations and read short vowel words.  They pronounce consonant-long vowel open syllables, for example ba, ca, da, fa, etc.  Students pronounce VCE vowel-consonant-e chunks, for example abe, ade, afe, ake, and then read VCE words.  Includes consonant digraphs and consonant blends.

Letter Connection Activity - Small
This small letter connection activity can be used flat on the surface of a table or on a small tabletop easel.  It can be used with individual students or small groups.  Students read short vowel words and words with vowel-consonant-e patterns.  They pronounce consonant-vowel combinations with vowel-vowel patterns such as ai, ee, and oa.  Includes consonant digraphs and consonant blends.  

Level 4 - Phonics Patterns

The Train Game
In this game, students practice saying the sounds for the letter patterns taught in Part Two of  A Sound Story About Audrey And Brad.  In this program, these patterns are called the "Beyond The Alphabet Sounds."  The patterns include the consonant digraphs sh, th, ch, and ng, along with the long vowel sounds and other vowel sounds.  Some cards show letter patterns and other cards show sound pictures.   

Caterpillar Games
Students get extra practice identifying new phonics patterns as they play this game.  Students choose a caterpillar head and then pick body sections to place in a row after the head.  The body sections show the phonics patterns that have been recently taught.  Students may only keep a piece if they can say the correct sound for that pattern.  There are fifteen different sets which will be used as students work through Phonetic Words And Stories, Books 1-8.  The sets can also be used with Basic Phonics Patterns, Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-6, and 7-8 and with the Know The Phonetic Code books, since each set of books introduces the same phonics patterns in the same sequence.

Long Vowel City
In this game, students sort small cards with long vowel patterns on them onto three different city  buildings.  Students must look at the pattern carefully, say the sound (or sounds), and decide if the pattern is a Vowel-Vowel pattern (VV), a Vowel-Consonant-E pattern (V_E), or a Vowel-Consonant-Consonant pattern (VCC).

Short And Long Vowel Picture/Word Lotto
This activity includes ten different file folder games.  Students read words from small cards and place the cards on the matching pictures on the file folder.  There are two sets of games. 
  • The first set includes five file folder games, one for each short vowel.  Students read short vowel words and place them on the matching pictures. 
  • The  second set of five folders includes both short and long vowel words and pictures.  Each of these folders has pictures that show short vowel words on the left side and long vowel words spelled with a Vowel-Consonant-E pattern on the right side.

Sight Word Game

Sight Word Game
This file includes instructions and sight word cards to play a sight word game.  Print the cards on white card stock, laminate if desired, and cut into individual cards.  Students take turns selecting and reading sight word cards.  Students collect as many cards as possible by reading them correctly.  The cards earned are arranged on the table in front of each student.  After each turn, the student rolls a die and take one of the following actions, depending on the number rolled.  Any cards taken at this point are placed in a stack and set aside for that student.  Once cards are in a stack they cannot be taken.  When all the cards have been read, the student with the most cards in his or her stack wins the game.  
  1. Take your own cards.
  2. Do nothing.
  3. Take the cards from the person on the right.
  4. Take the cards from all players, including your own.
  5. Do nothing.
  6. Take your own cards. 

Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns

Students play the treasure chest game at level five to review the advanced phonics patterns and advanced ending syllables that they have learned.  Students take turns selecting gold coins that show the patterns.  If a student can say the correct sound or sounds for the pattern, he or she can place it on their treasure chest.  The student with the most gold coins in his or her treasure chest at the end of the game is the winner.   
There are six sets included in this game.  Each set practices a different group of patterns.  Start with set one after students have learned the first group of patterns.  Continue with the remaining sets as soon as students have learned the patterns needed to play them, going in order from set one through set six.       
The PDF files below are used to make the treasure chest game.  You'll need to print the files as described below.  Laminate the materials if possible for longer wear.  
  1. Print the Instructions And Labels file on golden yellow cardstock.  Cut the label cards apart and attach each one to an envelope or place it into a clear re-closable bag.  This file also includes the "letter swamp" in both the color version and the black and white version.  Print it on white or light blue cardstock. 
  2. Print the Treasure Chest Game Pieces on golden yellow cardstock. They will look like gold coins.  Laminate, then cut the game pieces apart.   
  3. Choose either the color version or the black and white version of the treasure chest picture.  Print the color version on white cardstock.  If you can't print the color version, print the black and white version on brown cardstock.  Both versions should be  printed on legal sized cardstock.  
Click on the green bars below to open the PDF files.   

Treasure Chest Game
​Instructions And Labels
Treasure Chest Game
​Game Pieces
Treasure Chest Color Legal Sized
Treasure Chest BW
​Legal Sized

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Sound City Reading

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  • 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