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We’ve got it covered

December 16, 2017December 19, 2018 John

A question I’m often asked by both parents and teachers is what you do when the child you’re working with comes up against a word that has in it a sound-spelling correspondence (SSC) you haven’t yet covered. Here’s what to do. Supposing you’ve covered the (SSCs) [a] [i] [m] [s] [t] [n] [o] [p] [b]… Continue reading We’ve got it covered

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One spelling, different sounds – a reprise

December 5, 2017December 19, 2018 John3 Comments

This post is an edited version of a post of the same title I wrote in October 2012. As it’s an aspect of phonics teaching that seems to come up time and time again on social media, I thought I’d amend it slightly and re-publish it. In written English, spellings can represent different sounds. It’s… Continue reading One spelling, different sounds – a reprise

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