Teacher’s toolbox – for teaching phonics, spelling, sight words, writing and reading comprehension
STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING READING
A guide to teaching a beginner reader
PHONICS & SPELLING
Bible Phonics
Bible Phonics is a narrative approach to initial sounds. For each initial sound there is a story for the teacher to read, a rhyme for the children to learn, and a picture.
Bible Phonics picture chart large – for wall display
Bible Phonics picture chart regular – A4 size
Bible Phonics picture chart mini
Bible Phonics stories and rhymes
Bible Phonics audio mp3
Progressive Phonics
Progressive Phonics stage 1 – Initial sounds
Additional resources for Stage 1:
Initial sounds picture cards bw – small pictures for cutting out
Initial sounds picture cards colour
Initial sounds movement cards
Initial sounds picture chart
Short vowel picture chart
Bottle top letters
Make your own picture pocket chart – for initial sounds
Phonics games – instructions
Cube for “throw the box” game
Progressive Phonics stage 2 – Three-letter words
Additional resources for Stage 2:
Word wheels for 3-letter words
Circle of sounds for 3-letter words
Reading books to consolidate 3-letter phonetic words:
Progressive Phonics stage 3 – Consonant blends
Progressive Phonics stage 4 – More Consonant blends
Progressive Phonics stage 5– Word families 5
Additional resources for Stages 5-9:
Activities for Stages 5 -9
Progressive Phonics picture chart – Stages 5-9
Sentences for reading and dictation
Long vowel picture chart
Progressive Phonics stage 6 – Word families 6
Phonics stage 7 – Word families 7
Progressive Phonics stage 8 – Word families 8
Progressive Phonics stage 9 – Word families 9
Progressive Phonics complete word list stages 5-9 (small font)
Riddle Game (based on Progressive Phonics picture chart)
FREE WORKSHEETS FOR BEGINNERS IN PHONICS: https://www.cleverlearner.com/
SIGHT WORDS
(High frequency words)
The Dolch 220 sight word list is a list of commonly used English words originally compiled by Edward William Dolch, PhD, published in his book “Problems in Reading”, 1948. Many of the 220 words cannot be ‘sounded out’ so are best learned by sight. Nouns are not included, so teachers are advised to make their own list of nouns that are of most relevance to your particular group of children.
Dolch 220 word list
Dolch words grouped
Dolch words in sentences
Sentence starter cards – cut up and mix and match endings
Sight Word games – instructions
WRITING
Hand Writing
Pre-writing
Writing patterns
Stages of writing development in the early years
Handwriting program Year 1
Handwriting program Year 2
Handwriting program Year 3
Additional exercises for Year 3
Handwriting program Year 4
Handwriting program Year 5 & 6
Expressive Writing
How to write a good story
Ten rules for writing
Paragraphs
Punctuation
Poetry
Text Types for Expressive writing:
Text types (narrative, procedure, report, recount, argument, explanation)
Writing ideas – Topics for Expressive Writing
Writing styles in the Bible
READING COMPREHENSION
Using thinking hats in developing understanding of texts
Thinking hats
Book reports
The Quick Test – to assess a student’s reading level
LITERACY SUPPORT PROGRAM
FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE IN READING
Go to the Literacy Support page