Please 'save' this power point to your laptop, to open and view, with animations. Can be used on whiteboards, and on laptops- children enjoy going through them independently. Follows the SSP Explicit teaching order, but has a focus on phonemic awareness and on linking speech sounds with speech sound pics. www.speedyssp.com www.facebook.com Want to know more? Why is SSP so successful? Explicit instruction of phonemic awareness led to improvements in multiple areas of reading, including phonemic awareness, oral reading, and spelling (Byrne & Fielding-Barnsley, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000). When combined with letter-sound correspondence, teaching phonemic awareness was more effective in improving reading ability (Hatcher, Hulme, & Ellis, 1994; Neuman & Dickinson, 2003; Schneider, Roth, & Ennemoser, 2000). Phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency contribute to the development of automatic word identification include (Fox, 2007; Metsala & Ehri, 1998; Strickland, 2001). Research has identified phonemic awareness as the most potent predictor of success in learning to read. It is more highly related to reading than tests of general intelligence, reading readiness, and listening comprehension (Stanovich, 1986,1994). The lack of phonemic awareness is the most powerful determinant of the likelihood of failure to learn to read because of its importance in learning the English alphabetic system or how print represents spoken words. If children cannot hear and manipulate the sounds in spoken words, they have an extremely difficult time learning how to map those sounds to letters and letter patterns - the essence of decoding. (Adams, 1990). It is the most important core and causal factor separating normal and disabled readers (Adams, 1990). It is central in learning to read and spell (Ehri, 1984).

1. Yo ! It’s Speech Sound Joe !
Watch out Joe, I’m being
chased….
Start showing where the sound pics are, developing text with the student that highlights
the speech sound to speech sound pic link

2. No letters needed !

3. _________________ ______________________ _______________________

4. a/n/t

5. s/i/p

6. t/a/p

7. s/n/a/p

8. t/a/p

9. p/a/n/t/s

10. p/i/n

11. s/i/t

12. s/p/i/n

13. p/a/n/t/s

14. t/a/n

15. Focus on SSP Green Level
Speech Sounds
Purple Level Speech Sound Pics -
M d g o c k e ck u r h b
f ff l le ll ss
Purple Level Sound Pic Words
man dad gap gent pot cat cent kitten duck end up rat hat big fit fluff
lamp giggle hill grass
..any words made up of green and purple level sound pics

16. f/r/o/g

17. c/a/t (f/a/t c/a/t)

18. s/u/n

19. s/a/n/d p/i/t

20. c/r/a/b

21. k/i/ss

22. d/u/ck

23. g/i/gg/le

24. d/o/g l/i/ck

25. pig hat

26. J/u/m/p (j/u/m/p u/p)

27. h/o/p j/u/m/p

28. d/u/ck/s

29. r/a/t

30. c/l/o/ck

31. w/i/n/k - note that in SSP nk is not counted as one speech sound – n can represent n or ng

32. J/u/m/p B/e/ss j/u/m/p !

33. The (this is a helpful word) a/n/t is s/t/u/ck

34. S/u/n o/n the h/i/ll

35. p/e/n/c/i/l

36. Focus on SSP Green Level
Speech Sounds
Yellow Level Speech Sound Pics -
J v w x y z zz qu ch sh th
ng ai ee igh oa oo eigh
Yellow Level Sound Pic Words
jam van win box yell happy fly zoo buzz quit chips ship this
thumb ring rain green high boat look moon eight height
..any words made up of green, purple and yellow level sound pics

37. s/l/ee/p

38. b/a/th w/a/sh b/oa/t

39. h/a/pp/y s/i/ll/y

40. f/i/sh

41. m/oo/n

42. b/ee b/u/zz

43. k/i/ng qu/ee/n k/i/ss/i/n/g

44. b/o/x p/u/pp/y

45. g/r/ee/n p/i/n

46. r/ai/n

47. s/l/ee/p s/l/ee/p/i/ng

48. b/oa/t i/n the b/a/th

49. v/a/n

50. win

51. f/l/y/i/ng h/igh j/u/m/p/i/ng h/igh

52. eigh/t

53. ch/ee/se

54. Speech Sound Pics
• Say the sound pics before you say the word.
If an adult is working with the student then
ask the child to point to the picture of
different speech sound representations (not in
order) ‘Which is the picture for ‘buh’ – what is
the last speech sound? etc

55. s a t
p i n
pan sit snap snip tan pat
it in nips pins nap sat

56. Teacher ideas-
What is this a picture of? Which speech sound? Can you say the speech sound? Close your eyes and see if you can remember this speech sound pic even when you close your eyes. This
is ONE of the speech sound pics for the speech sound sssss (the others are in the cloud)

57. I’m
Mad Sam
Lily wants him to smell
like roses instead 
NO! Seven
This isn’t your
song..

58. s
sit
RWI phrase- slither down the snake

59. a

60. a is a sound you’ll hear a lot
but not in tin or pin or cot
you’ll find it in the middle of a word
like pat
and also hat and mat and rat
NO! Seven
This isn’t your
song..

61. a
ant
RWI phrase - round the apple, up down the leaf

62. t

63. I doubt that’s its a pterodactyl,
but better not leave him on the window sill
If you move in haste he might jump out,
if he squashes Dad’s tomatoes he’s bound
to SHOUT !
NO! Seven
This isnt your song..

64. t
tap
RWI phrase- down the tower, across the tower

65. p

67. p
pan
RWI phrase- down his plait, up round his head

68. i
women

69. Is it a true or is it a myth ?
Depends on who I am sitting with...
Mum says ‘enough’ – don’t be silly son!
But Grandma Flo she wants some fun 
NO! Seven
This isnt your
song..
Yes, yes, it’s a dragon !
women

70. i
pin
RWI phrase- Down his body and dot for this head

71. n

72. Nick is a gnat who’s keeps saying NO !
Why he does, I just don’t know
Perhaps he’s feeling grumpy, as his
nose is runny
Getting the flu just isn’t funny.
NO! Seven
This isnt your song..
Poor Nick thinks he has pneumonia

73. These are in print as created for QLD teachers
however it is far better to use pre-cursive eg t
Teacher ideas – spend about 2 minute max on this slide.
Point to a speech sound pic – ‘what is this a picture of? Can you point to the picture of the speech sound ssss, etc.
Im going to point to some of the sound pics, can you work out the word? (tin, pat etc) Can someone come and show me the sound pics (in order) for the word ……(green level
sound pic words)

74. Helpful words
the and
to said
in he I
of it
a
was

76. m d g o c k
man dad gap pot cat kitten
gentle cent
ck e u r h b
duck end up rat hat big
f ff l le ll ss
fit fluff lamp giggle hill grass

77. m

78. m
man
RWI phrase - down, Maisie, over the mountain, over the mountain

79. d

80. d
dad
RWI phrase - round his bottom, up his tall neck and down to his feet

81. g
gagged ghost

82. g

83. g g
gap gentle
RWI phrase - round her face, down her hair and give her a curl

84. o

85. o
pot
RWI phrase- all around the orange

86. c

87. c

88. c c
cat cent
RWI phrase - curl around the caterpillar

89. k

90. k
kitten
RWI phrase - down the kangaroo’s body, tail and leg

91. ck

92. ck
duck

93. e

94. e
end
RWI phrase - lift off the top and scoop out the egg
?

95. u

96. u
up
RWI phrase- down and under, up to the top and draw the puddle

97. r

98. r
rat
RWI phrase- down his back, then curl over his arm

99. h

100. h
hat
RWI phrase - down the head to the hooves and over his back

101. b

102. b
big
RWI phrase - down the laces to the heel, round the toe

103. NO! Seven
This isnt your
song..

104. How to remember which way to write
b

105. Memorise which way the boots are
walking. Look at the picture, close your
eyes and see if you can visualise it.
While doing this send your pencil hand away from your body, like the arrow
b
This is to help with visual imagery and also make it multisensory

106. Practice writing the sound pic

107. Did it look like this?
b

108. f

109. f
fit
RWI phrase - down the stem, and draw the leaves

110. ff

111. ff
fluff

112. I’m not a fat frog any more ..my friend
Fifi helped me become a fit frog !
This is my fluffy friend FiFi
and Jimmy Giraffe
She laughs at her
crazy phone

113. l

114. l
lamp
RWI phrase - down the long leg

115. le

116. le
giggle

117. ll

118. ll
hill

119. ss

120. ss
grass

121. blend the sound pics into a word
s a t p i n
m d g o c k
ck e u r h b
f ff l le ll ss
Teacher points to sound pics in order, the children blend into word aloud or in heads
and then puts hand up to share the word

122. Helpful words
you they on up her
she is for at can like
his but my that with
up all we had are play

124. Yellow level sound pics reminder

125. j

126. j
jam
RWI phrase - down his body, curl and dot

127. v

128. v
van
RWI phrase -down a wing, up a wing

129. w

130. w
win
RWI phrase - down, up, down, up

131. x

132. x
box
RWI phrase -down the arm and leg and repeat the other side

133. y

134. y

135. y

136. y y y
yell happy fly
RWI phrase- down a horn and under his head

137. z
zoo
Rwi phrase- zig zag zig !

138. zz
buzz

139. qu

140. qu
quit
RWI phrase- round her head, up past her earrings and down her hair

141. ch

142. ch
chips

143. sh
ship

144. th

145. th

146. th th
this thumb

147. ng

148. ng
ring

149. The Speech Sound King
Let’s sing in pink
ding a ling a ling
The King has a thing called a Silver Bell
lf you ring it, it casts a cheeky spell
Sometimes it chooses to shout and sing
And sometimes it just goes ....

150. ai

151. ai
rain

152. ee

153. ee
green

154. igh

155. igh
high

156. oa

157. oa
boat

158. oo
oo

159. oo oo
look moon

160. eigh

161. eigh

162. eigh eigh
eight height

163. Say the speech sound in your head, blend the
sounds in the word and put up your hand when
you know it
s a t p i n m d g o c
k ck e u r h b f ff l
le ll ss j v w x y z zz qu ch
sh th ng ai ee igh oa oo eigh
Teacher can point to sound pics in order for the word - or can ask students to take turns
eg pointing to r/ai/n in order . Children need all of these in their home folder – this sheet is fine

164. Rhyme time !
Find a word that rhymes with ....
green ten say
hat sing box
pit duck lip
tap fly dog

165. there out this have went
be like some so not
then were go little as
no Mum one them do
Helpful words

167. Let’s look at one of
the sound pics

168. oo or oo

169. oo
look

170. oo

171. Which oo ?____ _ ___ ____
1 2 3 1

172. Our jobs

173. Choose words to go on each side
look
moon

174. For a focus on other sound pics please visit
www.slideshare.net/readingwhisperer until all are on the new www/speedyss.com
- and in this power point !

175. blue level sound pics
ar or ow oi air ur
car for cow tow soil hair purse
er ay oy ou au
perfect play toy out group touch August
ir ie ue ea ui ey
first chief tie blue beat head suit key they
aw wh ph ew oe ure are
claw whip dolphin few toe pure are dare

177. blue level sound pics
ar or ow oi air ur
car for cow tow soil hair purse
If you find any of these sound pics, when you are reading, add in more words !
The word ‘sale’ is a sound pic sandwich!
s a-e l sale

178. Decoding with Blue Level Sound Pics
er ay oy ou au
perfect play toy out group touch August
I play with my puppy, he loves it so much
He’s wriggly, he licks me, he’s silky to touch.
He’s perfect when out with just me, or a
group…
He tugs on my toys, and runs round in a loop
In November when cold, or August when hot
He just wants to play, he just doesn’t stop!

179. Decoding with Blue Level Sound Pics
ir ie ue ea ui ey
first chief tie blue beat head suit key they
The first time they told me to get the blue tie
I thought it was to go round my head, not sure
why!
The key is to loop it, no easy feat,
but finishes the ‘suit look’, ready to meet
VIP people, perhaps the top chief !
Mum said we’re not going, WHAT A RELIEF !

180. Decoding with Blue Level Sound Pics
aw wh ph ew oe ure are
claw whip dolphin few toe pure are dare
I love the cute dolphin, who kisses my nose
She splashes my fingers, and blows on my toes
I ask ‘are you sure?’ I ask, ‘do you dare?’
To whip up the water, and make the crab stare!
He’ll peep out from under the stone, it’s his door,
and wave a few times with his big orange claw !

181. Investigating Blue Level ‘sound pic
sandwiches’
a-e e-e i-e
cake athlete bike
o-e u-e
coke flute which of these sound pic
sandwiches can you see?
Say the word and listen to the last speech sound.
The Speech Sound Pic Sandwich Maker jumps
the last sound from the end, into the sandwich!

182. Helpful words
me down Dad big when it’s
see looked very look don’t
come will into back from
children him Mr get just now
came oh about got their
people your put could house
old too by day made time
I’m if help Mrs called here
off asked saw make an

185. More here soon..
Help !
He’s still chasing me !!!

186. Emma@ReadAustralia.com