This document provides an overview of the ReadingTeacherTraining.com program for teaching reading using Speech Sound Pics. It recommends using the site's free lessons to help wire children's brains for reading and help teachers understand the approach. It also recommends booking a new workshop on introducing Speech Sound Pics for Prepp and Year 1 teachers. The document then provides details on the order and approach for teaching the speech sound clouds systematically and explicitly, with opportunities for inquiry learning. It outlines the progression of skills and introduces new concepts at each level.

1. Please do use ReadingTeacherTraining.com when launched Jan 2013. The free lessons
are not just to help to wire children’s brains for reading and spelling but also to help
parents and teachers understand this approach.
Please do ask your school to book the new (4 hour) ‘Introduction to Speech Sound
Pics’ workshop for Prep and Year 1 Teachers . Email Emma@ReadAustralia.com

3. Inquiry learning takes place
alongside your direct teaching
• Alongside systematic and direct teaching children
are also given opportunities to self-discover the
code, and record findings in their
Speech Sound Pics Album
Albums contain the
Speech Sound
Clouds. Start with
the clouds for
s,a,t,p,i,n

5. Speech Sound Pics™
Order to teach the code systematically, directly
and explicitly. Please see full doc for inquiry
learning / child centred learning element
SpeechSoundPics.com Facebook.com/ ReadAustralia Youtube.com/SoundPics

6. Overview of Sound Pics™ Taught
RWI phonics flashcards
used to teach and reinforce
the sound pics
Children have their sound pics and sound pic words in SSP folders that can
go home each night, with phonics readers

7. Readers follow this order as well
eg these Dandelion readers
compliment the SSP green, purple
and some of the yellow level
‘Ants’ by SPELD SA SPELD SA phonics
readers used
first, for GREEN
level
Can be downloaded
to print, for free

8. Children also explore, enjoy and self-
discover the code within ‘real’ books
Please watch Cloud Land Storytime on Youtube.com/SoundPics

9. Readers for this level- SSP flap books, SPELD SA phonics books (you can download for free
or order hard copies at a reasonable rate – see ReadingTeacherTraining.com/readers.htm
speedy
. . __ . .
Skills included;
Listening for speech sounds, identifying if speech sounds are at the
beginning, middle or end of the word, linking with sound
pics, identifying sound pics, blending sound pics into words, segmenting
sound pics, forming sound pics (letters), writing words, creating
sentences, discussing meaning.

10. green level
•s a t
sit ant tap
p i n
pan pin nap

11. s
sit
RWI phrase- slither down the snake

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

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

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

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

16. n
nap
RWI phrase - down, Nobby, up over his net !

17. green level sound pics
s a t
sit ant tap
p i n
pan pin nap

18. Readers for this level- SSP flap books, SPELD SA phonics books (you can download for free
or order hard copies at a reasonable rate – Dandelion Launchers –
see ReadingTeacherTraining.com/readers.htm
Skills included;
Listening for speech sounds, identifying if speech sounds are at the beginning, middle
or end of the word, linking with sound pics, identifying sound pics, blending sound pics into
words, segmenting sound pics, forming sound pics (letters), writing words,
creating sentences, discussing meaning, thinking about sentence structure before writing,
rhyming.
Introduced to concepts that speech sounds can be represented by more than one sound pic
(eg c/k/ck) that sound pics can be made up of more than one letter (eg ck, ff, ll) , that some
sound pics can represent more than one speech sound ( eg c and g) and that when 2 of the
same letter are next to each other this represents the same speech sound (ss, ll)

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

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

21. o
pot
RWI phrase- all around the orange

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

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

24. ck
duck

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. ff
fluff

32. l
lamp
RWI phrase - down the long leg

33. le
giggle

34. ll
hill

35. ss
grass

36. purple level sound pics
m d g o c k
man dad gap pot cat kitten
gent 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

37. Continue with Dandelion readers
Skills included;
Listening for speech sounds, identifying if speech sounds are at the beginning, middle
or end of the word, linking with sound pics, identifying sound pics, blending sound pics
into words, segmenting sound pics, forming sound pics (letters), writing words,
creating sentences, discussing meaning, thinking about sentence structure before
writing, using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, rhyming, clapping rhythms,
working out which speech sound the sound pic represents, by blending the word for
meaning (oo/ th/ eigh) .
New concepts – when some sound pics sit together they create a brand new sound pic
(sh/ch/th/ng) – and can again represent more than one speech sound (th/ oo) - q is
always sitting with u in a word

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

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

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

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

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

43. z
zoo
Rwi phrase- zig zag zig !

44. zz
buzz

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

46. ch
chips

47. sh
ship

48. th th
this thumb

49. ng
ring

50. ai
rain

51. ee
green

52. igh
high

53. oa
boat

54. oo oo
look moon

55. eigh eigh
eight height

56. All yellow level sound pics
j v w x y z zz
jam van win box yell zoo buzz
happy
fly
qu ch sh th ng
quit chips ship this thumb ring
ai ee igh oa oo eigh
rain green high boat look moon eight
. height

57. By now children should have all of the foundational skills required to decode (read) and
encode (spell) and you are able to help children with fluency, vocab and comprehension.
Please have a 15 minute reading time every day, with a range of books for the children to
choose. They can read to themselves, to a friend, in groups, to an adult etc.
Readers will be following the order, eg Dandelion – and I will upload as many free readers
as possible this year, so that children can practice these skills in meaningful ways.
New concepts
A speech sound can be split, in print, by sound pics – eg ate has 2 speech sounds a-e/t
(t is last speech sound) however in print the speech sound a-e (ay) sandwiches this sound
pic. (next slide illustrates- you do not need to watch this with the children, but can if
helpful) Some sound pics can be made up of sound pics that dont seem to fit !
(eg ph, wh ) – the King wants it this way so we just remember them
Words learnt as ‘tricky words’ are now either ‘tricky yes, yes’ (decodable) or ‘tricky no, no’
(difficult to decode and easier to memorise eg one / two / was )

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

59. blue level sound pics
er ay oy ou au
perfect play toy out group touch August

60. blue level sound pics
ir ie ue ea ui ey
first chief tie blue beat head suit key they

61. blue level sound pics
aw wh ph ew oe ure are
claw whip dolphin few toe pure are dare

62. 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

63. blue level ‘sound pic sandwiches’
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!
a-e e-e i-e
cake athlete bike
o-e u-e
coke flute
which of these sound pic
sandwiches can you see?

64. Yipee !
Now you’re ready to investigate all of
the clouds !
Children will already have been recording their discoveries in Speech Sound Pic Albums
- now you are covering all spelling variations systematically, using the clouds.

65. All of the clouds can be found on the RTT site

66. Order to cover Speech Sound Clouds
• This is something you could work out as a
team, and will depend on each cloud. For
example the ‘a’ cloud has been covered
already (as has only one sound pic) – so go
over it in 1 day/ session.
Children will need longer to cover spelling
variations for ‘ay’ etc – as more of them, and
there may be several the children
are unfamiliar with. You’ll know
which sound pics they are already
confident using.

67. Ill add more info asap about going through the clouds
explicitly, but you will know from their albums what each
child has really looked at. If a child has only really
‘discovered’ ff and f, for example, you know which to now
look at more formally.
Really use these albums as they not only help the child, but
help you see what they have had experience with.

68. ReadingTeacherTraining.com