Looping signal

Looping signal

Use the looping signal when students sound out words.

Say to students, ‘Sound it out’.

The process is:

• Touch the dot of the arrow and say, ‘Sound it out’.
• Give two seconds of think time.
• Say, ‘Get ready’.
• Pause one second after ‘Get ready’.
• Loop and hold under the first sound, then loop and hold under each sound.
• Move finger quickly off the arrow and return to the ball.
• After students sound out a word, it is said the fast way using the slide signal.

Practise the looping signal with a partner.

Write the words in the exercise on paper to hold up for partner to see.