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
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Video

I'll be uploading video files to show how to do the various activities when teaching a typical lesson.  At this point you can find videos for some of the sound charts, for part one of the sound story,  You can find the videos in the sub-menu under the Videos heading.  You may stream the videos or download them to use when teaching one or more students.  After I get all of them uploaded, you will be able to see the following activities.   It will take a significant amount of time to record and upload the complete set of videos.
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  1. Sound Story - This story introduces all of the sounds in the English language.  Each sound is represented by a picture showing a sound in the environment (a dog growling, a pencil tip breaking, boots crunching in the snow) or a voiced sound (exclamations).  Part 1 of the sound story teaches the consonant sounds, the five short vowel sounds, and the long i sound.  Part 2 of the sound story teaches the long vowel sounds, dotted vowel sounds (a/all, o/to, u/push), odd o sounds (oi/oil, oy/boy ou/ouch, ow/cow), and consonant digraph sounds (sh, th/th, ch, ng).
  2. Sound Charts - Students see the letter and phonogram patterns arranged in logical groups and say the sounds.  Each letter or pattern is shown with a sound picture to help students remember the correct sound.
  3. Alphabet Cards and Phonogram Cards  - Students see the alphabet letters and phonogram patterns on flashcards and say the related sounds.
  4. Handwriting - Students learn to write new letters by tracing them on a chalkboard while saying their sounds.  Next they trace and copy a large letter pattern on paper, while saying the sounds.  They practice recently taught letters on the back of the large paper.  Finally, they write the new letter on regular lined paper, along with review letters, again, saying the sound with each letter.  Pre-K and early K students have a simpler handwriting introduction.  They finger trace large patterns on paper while saying the sounds, and then use a pencil to trace smaller letters on paper.  At all levels, they teacher models correct letter formation and provides assistance as needed.
  5. Word Building (Spelling) - A. Step One - Segmenting - (Saying the separate sounds in a word.)  Students look at a picture and say each sound in the word, separating each sound from the others with a slight pause.  Example:  c....a....t.  Students move small cubes or teddy bear counters as they say each sound.  Beginners watch the teacher model each word and copy the teacher.  B.  Step Two - Plastic Letters - Students start the spelling process by using plastic letters to make two-sound chunks such as ab, ac, ad, af, and sa, ba, ca, fa.  Next they use the plastic letters to spell short vowel words:  cat, man, wag, lab.  As they develop skill with short vowel words, they begin to substitute letters to create new words:  cat, can, cab, tab, lab, lap, map, man, tan, ran.  Students initially use just one short vowel at a time.  After they have mastered more than one short vowel, then can begin to discriminate the short vowel sound as they spell words:  cat, cot, got, pot, pat, pan, pad, pod, rod, nod.  C. Step Three - Pocket Chart -  After students can spell comfortably with plastic letters, and after they have learned to write enough letters accurately, they can begin spelling words using a pocket chart.  Alphabet cards are place in a pocket chart in alphabetical order.  Students select the cards needed to spell a word and place them from left to right across an empty row to spell the word, saying each sound as the place the card.  The teacher then covers the word and students say the sounds again while writing the word on paper.  Large pocket charts are used with a whole class.  Small pocket charts may be used when working with individual students. D. Step Four - Directly To Paper - Students eventually are able to hear a word, say the separate sounds, and write the letters without using a pocket chart.  
  6. Decoding - (Reading words) - A. Step One - Sound Blending - Working from a letter chart, students slide two letter sounds together smoothly to pronounce a "chunk" : ab, ac, ad, af, ag.  These chunks do not have meaning, so we call them "silly sounds."  Then these ending chunks are moved down the chart to produce real words.  Students put the sounds together smoothly to pronounce the words:  cab, dab, gab, lab, nab, tab; bad, cad, dad, fad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad.  B. Step Two - Oral Blending - (The Robot Game) Students hear the teacher say the individual sounds in words, separated by a slight pause: c....a....t.  They must put the sounds together mentally and find the picture that shows the word: cat.  Oral blending exercises are found in the Learning The Alphabet, Exploring Sounds In Words, and Phonemic Awareness books.  They are also built in to the Short Vowels For Beginning Readers and Phonics Patterns For Beginning Readers books.  In these books, students first hear the sounds and find the pictures, then hear the sounds and find the words.  C. Step Three - Decode With Arrows And Pictures ("Sounding out" words) - Students see a word and say the letter sounds from left to right, putting the sounds together smoothly to pronounce the word.  In Short Vowels For Beginning Readers and Phonics Patterns For Beginning Readers the vowels are color-coded.  There are two columns of words.  Arrows are between the sounds in the first column, but not the second column.  Students read the words in the first column and find the matching picture.  Then they read the words in the second column without looking at the pictures.  D.  Step Four - Decode Rhyming (cat, sat, mat) and Body-Coda (sat, sad, sag) Word Lists - Students can practice reading rhyming and body-coda word lists in these books: Color-Coded Short Vowel Words, Short Vowel Words and Pictures, and Color-Coded Phonetic Lists.  This builds fluency in recognizing and decoding words so that students are able to begin reading sentences and stories smoothly and confidently. 
  7. Sight Words - (Reading words that are "rule-breakers") - After students have learned how to read a set of phonetic words (see, feel, meet, green) they are introduced to any common words in which that pattern does not represent the expected sound (been).  These words must be learned by sight since they cannot be "sounded out."
  8. Reading - Students read sentences, practice stories, or books, depending on their reading level.  Students who are not yet reading listen to stories read aloud by the teacher. Students who are reading should also hear the teacher read aloud daily from a variety of books, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.
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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