Lesson
Letter
Character’s words (Keyword in bold)
Topics / speaking vocabulary
14
k&q
king, queen kangaroo, key, kite quilt, question, quill
Who is…? Who has…?
15
f&r
fire, fish, flowers ring, red, rocket
Favourite foods: I like… Who am I? (rice, cake, ice-cream, milk, eggs, yoghurt, sandwiches, nuts, grapes, fruit)
16
l&v
lamp, lighthouse, leg vase, vegetables, van
Rooms: bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom; Verbs: (review)
17
j&b
jacket, jigsaw, juice ball, bed, blue
Animals: It’s a (…) (cat, dog, horse, monkey, tiger, snake, octopus, elephant, duck)
bed, red
18
w&x
water, window, web box, fox, six
Who is wearing (…)? (shirt, dress, trousers, shoes)
wet, six
19
z
zebra, zero, zoo
review animals
Review all medial vowels
20
sh
ship, shell, fish, splash
ship, shell, shop
21
ch
chin, children, chick, bench
chin, chick, children
Word-building (phonics)
sun, run, fun red, Fred
plus a continuously expanding vocabulary, as described on page 10.
The teaching order c, a, d, h, m, t, s, i, n, o, p, y&g, e&u, k&q, f&r, l&v, j&b, w&x, z, sh, ch Reasons for the teaching order: ★ Avoids confusion by keeping similarly shaped letters (like b and d) far apart. ★ Children can build more words more quickly when they learn letters in this order. (First words: dad, cat, hat, mat, cats, sad…) ★ From Lesson 12, we introduce two letters per lesson so that you can cover the whole alphabet AND a basic listening and speaking vocabulary within a relatively short period. Chapter 1: Introduction
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