Sound combinations

All sound combinations are first introduced in similar list formats.

Once students have practised a sound combination, it appears in a random list along with other words.
Sound combinations from B1 reviewed in B2
Lesson 1 ir, ou,ar, sh ea (ē)
Lesson 2 al, igh, ai, or
Lesson 3 ch, ol, oa, oul

Sound combinations introduced in Decoding B2
Lesson 14    tch
Lesson 15    ir, ur, er
Lesson 20    wa
Lesson 30    ce, ci
Lesson 47    tion
Lesson 49    ea (ē)
Lesson 52    ge, gi
Lesson 54    kn

The process is:

• Students look at the words in their Student Workbook.
• The teacher circulates among students to check that they are tracking each word.
• The teacher uses an auditory signal for group response.
• The teacher introduces each sound-combination in isolation.
• Students read each word and then spell it.