From Sounds to Reading

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GUIDE 1

Reading Sentences lesson 3

TODAY’S GOAL

TODAY’S GOAL

Read real sentences using the sounds and words your child already knows.

Read real sentences using the sounds and words your child already knows.

YOU’LL NEED

is

Heart Word Cards

Heart Word Cards

Sentence strips ‘is’

A quiet space

A quiet space

You and your child!

You and your child!

I

the

Quick Review of heart words (1 minute)

TODAY’S HEART WORD

TODAY’S HEART WORD

is

This word can't be sounded out. We learn it by heart.

Say it together three times is is is

This word can’t be sounded out. We learn it by heart.

Say it together three times is is is

READ TOGETHER

READ TOGETHER

□ The dog is wet.

□ The dog is wet.

□ The mug is hot.

□ The mug is hot.

□ The bug is on the rug.

□ The bug is on the rug.

□ The sun is up.

□ The sun is up.

□ The cat is on the mat.

□ The cat is on the mat.

⭐ Encourage your child to try their sounds first

Heart words are learned by heart.
All other words can be sounded out.

🔄 READ IT AGAIN

Read the same sentences a second time.


The first reading is for sounding out.
The second reading is for smooth reading

🔄 READ IT AGAIN

Read the same sentences a second time.


The first reading is for sounding out.
The second reading is for smooth reading

CHALLENGE YOURSELF

📄 Now use the printed sentence strips to read new sentences.

READING TIP

Most words in these sentences can be sounded out.

Encourage your child to decode unfamiliar words before helping them.

PARENT TIP

Your child will sometimes read words they have never seen before. This shows that decoding skills are becoming stronger.

READY TO MOVE ON?

READY TO MOVE ON?

Can your child:

Can your child:

□ Read today’s heart word

□ Read today’s heart word

□ Read simple sentences

□ Read simple sentences

□ Sound out unfamiliar decodable words

□ Sound out unfamiliar decodable words

✓ Ready for Reading Sentences Lesson 4

✓ Ready for Reading Sentences Lesson 4

↺ Practice this lesson again tomorrow

↺ Practice this lesson again tomorrow

Can your child read familiar sentences more smoothly the second time? If yes, they are ready to keep growing.

Can your child read familiar sentences more smoothly the second time? If yes, they are ready to keep growing.

Great work!

Great work!

Each sentence your child reads builds stronger decoding skills and greater reading foundation.

Every sentence is a step toward real reading confidence.

Every sentence is a step toward real reading confidence.

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