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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Teaching Materials


What Teaching Materials Are Available From Sound City Reading?
 The Sound City Reading program includes student books and workbooks on five different levels.  Instructions for the teacher are included at the end of each book.  The program also includes flashcards, sound charts, learning activities, and games.  They will provide most of what you need to use this program.  Printed copies of the materials are not available.  All materials are available as free PDF files that can be downloaded from this website by teachers, parents, tutors, schools, school systems, and tutoring programs.  Click on the PDF Files menu heading to find the materials you are looking for.  The books are copyrighted but permission is granted to print any of the PDF files to use with the students you teach, including online teaching.  Materials are not to be printed for commercial sales.   
​You can look at the Step Charts and Flow Chart to see which books are used at each level.  The books are listed in the Summary Of All Of The Phonics Books with a brief description of each book.  The books are described in more detail in the individual sections for each of the teaching levels under Program Overview.  

Materials For Level 1

Materials For Level 1
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Learning The Alphabet, Book 1
Learning The Alphabet, Book 2
Alphabet Flashcards
​Large Level 1 Wall Charts (For a classroom)
Children's picture books to read aloud, you can purchase them or borrow them from the library, scroll down for more information
Materials For Level 1
Alphabet Lotto Game
Plastic Letter Match Activities
Small plastic capital and lower case letters, scroll down for more information
Apple Alphabet Game - Sequential Sets
Apple Concentration Game
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What Other Materials Will I Need?
You'll need the following additional items.
Children's picture books (trade books)
You will need to purchase children's picture books from bookstores or online sellers or you will need to check them out of the library.  You can see the list of books that you will need
here.  You will need as many of the books as possible.  You don't have to get them all at once.  Get the ones you need to get started, and then go from there.  At the higher reading levels, you can skip some of the books if necessary.  You should be able to find most of the books from used book sellers, if you wish.   Fortunately, you can use the same group of books for both purposes.  I have created a list of popular and classic children's picture books for students to read.  You will begin by reading and rereading aloud the easiest books to the whole class.  You will continue by reading the remaining books in order over a period of time.  Generally speaking, this order goes from the easiest to read to the most difficult.           ​
The books will serve two purposes.  Fortunately, one set of books will serve both purposes.
  • You will use the books to read aloud to the students for about thirty minutes daily.  This develops oral language, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.  This is an essential part of the daily instruction.
  • You will use the same book for students to read.  The sequence of books is arranged carefully to match the sequence in which the phonetic patterns are taught, so that students will be able to read every book phonetically.  Students become very excited when they begin reading "real" books.  They will be able to read most of the most on their own, and will be able to read the rest of the words with a few hints from the teacher about the structure of the word.  There are two factors that lead to this success.  First, students have specifically practiced reading words phonetically.  Second, they have already heard the teacher read the story aloud.  This leads to a high degree of success for the students.
​The first books students read are "beginning reader" books that use the most common words in our language, put together to form high interest stories. Many of the books are rhythmic and rhyming, with a repetitive sentence structure, big print, and engaging illustrations, perfect for beginning readers.  As students progress, the books gradually become more advanced.   
The books you will need for the students to read are listed with the instructions in the level four and five student books and also in the Sequence Charts book.  Or click here to open a PDF file showing a list of the books.  If you are working with a single student, you may be able to check one book at a time out of the library.  If you're working with a class, it would be wonderful if you could order enough books so that there would be enough for each student to have his or her own book to read during the small group rotations.  If that is not possible, you could have each pair of students in the small group share a book, so that you would only need three or four books.  Otherwise, students could pass around a single book during small group instruction, and then reread the book independently or with a partner.    ​
Try to get all of the recommended books for level four and the earliest books for level five, if possible.  It is not necessary to get every book at level five if that is beyond your means.  Choose as many as you can.   ​
Small plastic letters for spelling words
This 
website has letters at a very good price.  You'll be able to purchase all you need for a classroom.  You don't need the letters with magnets; the plain ones are fine and they are less expensive.  For levels one and two, I recommend purchasing one set of capital letters and one set of lower case letters for each student in the largest small group you will teach .  For levels three, four, and five, you will only need lower case letters.  Purchase two sets of red lowercase letters and two sets of purple lowercase vowels for each student in the largest small group that you teach.   Each set of letters should be placed together in a small plastic box with a lid, like the small sandwich sized boxes found at the grocery store.  If you can find boxes that are rectangular rather than square that will make it easier for students to find the letters they need.
Pencils
The links below are for pencils that are triangular shaped instead of round.  I highly recommend them.  Using these pencils makes it much easier to hold the pencil and keep it steady while writing.  These pencils don't have erasers, and that is a good thing.  During the daily dictation period, if students make a mistake, have them put brackets around the error, and then rewrite the letter, letter pattern, or word.  Model how to do this at the beginning of the year.  This saves an enormous amount of time and prevents torn paper from erasures.  

Try-Rex Pencil B21, Extra Thick, Red, use this pencil for younger students.
Try-Rex Pencil, Regular Thickness, B23, use this pencil for older students. 
If you prefer to use regular pencils, I recommend the Ticonderoga brand, which is readily available.
Lined Handwriting Paper
For early elementary students, you will need paper with a top line, middle dashed line, and bottom line.  The youngest students will need the lines to be widely space.  In first and second grade the lines should be closer together.  For these students the papers will be shorter than they are wide.  Older students will write on regular lined notebook paper.  However, when entering the program for the first time, they may need handwriting instruction to get started, using lined paper with a dashed line in the middle. ​
Chalkboard
Students of any age who are not able to write all the letters of the alphabet accurately and efficiently will receive handwriting instruction.  Each letter of the alphabet will be introduced separately.  Students start by tracing very large lower case and capital letters on a chalkboard.  Then they trace large lower case and capital letters in a handwriting book.  Next they trace and copy smaller letters on lined handwriting pages.  Finally they write the letters from dictation on lined paper.  In a classroom, a large portion of the chalkboard will need to be available so that six to eight students at a time can line up and trace the letters.  Several groups of students will go to the board so that every student will have a turn.  If you are tutoring a small group or home schooling, you can use a 24 inch by 36 inch chalkboard on an easel or attached to the wall.      

Click Program Overview to see more information about each level in the Sound City Reading program.
Click PDF Files to see links to PDF files for all of the books and teaching materials available on this site.  

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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.  

In special cases I may grant written permission to individuals to use the materials in other ways.  
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