Sound buttons (Phase 2: CVC words)
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Read each word. Draw a dot under each sound with one letter, and a line under a digraph or trigraph.
Sound buttons worksheets
Split words into their sounds: draw the sound buttons under each word, or write each sound in a box of its own. Pick the words, then print. New words every time.
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Sound buttons are how schools in England show the sounds in a word: a dot under a sound written with one letter, a line under two or three letters that make one sound, like the sh in ship. Children press each button as they say its sound, then blend them into the word.
Say each word together first, stretching it out. A child who can hear the sounds in a word can spell it, and one who can see them can read it.
Play the phonics games, where Thena says every sound, or print a sound mat to keep beside the sheet.
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Reading starts with sounds.
In Thena’s lessons every sound is said clearly, and children tap, blend and read with her, at their own level.
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