Contents |
| Introduction | 4 |
| What is dyslexia? | 4 |
| An overview of the Dyslexia Matters series | 5 |
| Teaching in a VAK way | 6 |
| Best practice when teaching people labelled dyslexic | 7 |
| Phoneme-based literacy | 7 |
| Section 1: Phonemes | 8 |
| Unit 1: CVC words | 8 |
| Teacher knowledge | 8 |
| Part 1A: CVC words based on s a t p i n m d | 9 |
| Part 1B: More CVC words based on s a t p i n m d | 10 |
| Part 1C: Even more CVC words based on s a t p i n m d | 11 |
| Checking in: assessment | 12 |
| Part 2A: CVC words based on f o g r h l u y | 13 |
| Part 2B: More CVC words based on f o g r h l u y | 14 |
| Part 2C: Even more CVC words based on f o g r h l u y | 15 |
| Checking in: assessment | 16 |
| Part 3A: CVC words based on c k b v e w j x q z | 17 |
| Part 3B: More CVC words based on c k b v e w j x q z | 18 |
| Part 3C: Even more CVC words based on c k b v e w j x q z | 19 |
| Checking in: assessment | 20 |
| Writing practice | 21 |
| An extremely useful list of CVC words | 22 |
| Section 2: Blends | 23 |
| Unit 2: Basic blends | 23 |
| Teacher knowledge | 23 |
| Part 1A: Blends bl/ br/ cl/ cr/ dr/ fr/ fl | 24 |
| Part 1B: More bl/ br/ cl/ cr/ dr/ fr/ fl blends | 25 |
| Part 1C: Even more bl/ br/ cl/ cr/ dr/ fr/ fl blends | 26 |
| Checking in: assessment | 27 |
| Part 2A: Blends gl/ gr/ pl/ pr/ sp/ sc/ sl/ sk/ st | 28 |
| Part 2B: More gl/ gr/ pl/ pr/ sp/ sc/ sl/ sk/ st blends | 29 |
| Part 2C: Even more gl/ gr/ pl/ pr/ sp/ sc/ sl/ sk/ st blends | 32 |
| Checking in: assessment | 33 |
| Part 3A: Blends mp/ nd/ nk/ nt/ st | 34 |
| Part 3B: More mp/ nd/ nk/ nt/ st blends | 35 |
| Part 3C: Even more mp/ nd/ nk/ nt/ st blends | 37 |
| Checking in: assessment | 38 |
| Writing practice | 39 |
| An extremely useful list of words containing blends at their beginnings | 40 |
| An extremely useful list of words containing blends at their ends | 41 |
| Section 3: Digraphs | 42 |
| Unit 3: Digraphs | 42 |
| Teacher knowledge | 42 |
| Part 1A: Digraphs ch/ sh/ th/ ph | 43 |
| Part 1B: More ch/ sh/ th/ ph digraphs | 44 |
| Part 1C: Even more ch/ sh/ th/ ph digraphs | 45 |
| Checking in: assessment | 48 |
| Part 2A: Digraphs wh /kn/ wr/ gh | 49 |
| Part 2B: More wh /kn/ wr/ gh digraphs | 50 |
| Checking in: assessment | 51 |
| Part 3A: Digraphs ng/ ck | 52 |
| Part 3B: More ng/ ck digraphs | 53 |
| Checking in: assessment | 54 |
| Writing practice | 55 |
| An extremely useful list of words containing digraphs | 56 |