S-98 Keywords, Sounds and Spellings Book (size A4, 52 pages, for teachers and individuals)
- Very useful teaching book, which replaces the discontinued playing cards and A5 cards (120 of each).
- Ideal resource for teaching groups or classes about the sounds and spellings in words.
- Large colourful cartoon pictures for all the keywords that contain the same sound.
- Centre pages contain an A3 version of the two-sided S-46 English Spelling Chart A4 (which is normally encapsulated).
- Contains over 400 keywords for locating the sounds: over 250 for the consonant sounds and over 150 for the vowel sounds.
- Full colour, 52 pages, A4 book. 300gsm gloss laminated cover with 170gsm gloss pages.
- Learners use the large pictures on the pages and the smaller pictures on the chart to provide the answers to three main questions: Where’s the keyword? (In which row is it located?) Where’s the sound? (Whereabouts in the word is it located?) What’s the spelling? (Which letter or letters represent the sound?) This can be carried out as a group or class activity/discussion – with the focus on a particular sound - with the teacher having all the answers in the back of the book!
- Alternatively, especially with older learners, the answers can first be provided by individuals or pairs, using the downloadable ‘Keywords, Sounds and Spellings Worksheet’ (see below), with group or class discussion about the answers after the allotted time.
- There is a Where? Where? What? Grid for each sound, providing the answers for all the relevant keywords. The first sound in a word or syllable is the Beginning (B) and the last sound is the End (E). Any other sounds are in the Middle (M).
- A photocopiable ‘Keywords, Sounds and Spellings Worksheet’ (Blank and Example), for learners to use before discussing the answers, is available from the DOWNLOADS section of this website.
- Learners can practise and revise all of Skills 1-10 explained in the S-97 Training Pack.
- To revise Skills 7 and 8, learners can also state (for extra ‘points’) if the sound is present in any Consonant Blend (CB) or Rhyme (R) and if it is at the Beginning, Middle or End. These answers are also displayed in the sound grids.
- Ideally, groups or classes should use or share encapsulated A4 or A5 charts (S-46 or S-75) and/or refer to the medium or large wallchart (S-48 or S-49), while the teacher uses the chart in the book and/or a wallchart.