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)
  • Blog
    • Contact Me
    • Share Your Experience
    • Take This Expanded Survey
       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 the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.
  • Teaches beginning oral blending, a sub-skill that is needed  to read words phonetically.
  • Teaching beginning segmenting, a sub-skill that is needed to spell words phonetically.
  • Develops rhyming awareness.
  • Develops pencil skills as students trace or draw typical handwriting strokes that are a part of pictures. 
  • Develops beginning handwriting skills as students trace large and small letters using correct letter formation.
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Level One -
​Learning The Alphabet

Students learn to recognize the letters of the alphabet and give their sounds.  They practice tracing large and small letter patterns to learn the correct letter formation for each letter.  They do exercises with the teacher to develop oral blending and segmenting skills.  They become familiar with the concepts of beginning and ending sounds in words. ​ 
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Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words

Students review the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.  They continue to practice letter formation by tracing large and small letters on lines paper.  Students at level two are expected to be able to write the letters independently, given the letter sounds.  Working with the teacher, students identify pictures and write the letter that shows the beginning or ending sound.  Students begin to spell simple short vowel words with plastic letters by saying the sounds in each word and placing the letters from left to right accordingly. 
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Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words

Students review the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.  They continue to practice letter formation by tracing large and small letters on lines paper.  Students at level two are expected to be able to write the letters independently, given the letter sounds.  Working with the teacher, students identify pictures and write the letter that shows the beginning or ending sound.  Students begin to spell simple short vowel words with plastic letters by saying the sounds in each word and placing the letters from left to right accordingly. 
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Level 4 Books

 These books teach phonics patterns using word lists in which all of the words contain the same new pattern.  Students spell and read the words to become familiar with the new pattern, and then apply their knowledge by reading practice stories that contain the new patterns.  After students have learned enough patterns, they will also be able to read several "beginning to read" children's books, which are listed in the sequence charts.  There are three different sets of books that can be used at level four.  Each set teaches the same phonics patterns in the same sequence and uses the same set of practice stories.  

This set of eight books has extra-large print.  The vowels and vowel patterns are printed in specific colors to indicate the vowel sound and to make the vowels stand out in words.  Students do two oral blending exercises with the teacher to prepare them to read each set of ten new words.  Then students read the words and find the matching picture.     
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This set of eight books is printed in all black print.  For most of the phonics patterns, there are more than ten words in each new word list.  Each word is shown with a small picture to show its meaning.  In addition to the word lists and practice stories, these books also include a set of illustrated sentences for extra practice with each new pattern.  
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In this set of books, the eight phonics patterns books at level four are divided into three separate volumes.  The word lists contain both one and two-syllable words.  The words are not illustrated.  The same set of illustrated practice stories are included. 
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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