Segmenting words into sounds
Segment spoken words into phonemes and spell CVC and simple phonetically regular words by writing a letter or letters for each sound
What a learner can do afterwards
- Write CVC words from dictation (e.g. 'cat', 'bed', 'hot')
- Segment words into individual sounds before choosing letters to write
- Spell simple words phonetically drawing on sound-letter knowledge
1 · Read
Every word you say is made of sounds. Say a word slowly, and you can hear each sound so you can write it.
Try it together
Mia wants to write hot. She says it slowly: /h/ /o/ /t/. She writes h, then o, then t.
Some sounds need two letters, like sh in ship. Say the sound, then pick the letters that match it.
Say the word slowly, then write letters to match each sound.
The three rewritten readings were written for this dataset.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
Where it sits
Then practise
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.