Teacher’s Booklet
Learn English with Letterland Core Resources
Teacher’s Booklet
Software
2 Workbooks
Audio Pack: 4 Audio CDs
2 Student Books + Stickers
Supporting materials
Big Cards
Picture Code Cards - straight
Advanced Picture Code Cards
Living Code Cards Software
Beyond ABC & Far Beyond ABC Code: TC72
For more information, please visit: www.letterland.com
ISBN 978-1-86209-689-9
9 781862 096899 Child-friendly phonics
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Level 3 Teacher’s Booklet
Contents Letterland resources
2-3
Introduction
4-5
Level 3 syllabus
6-7
Student Book teaching Workbook teaching
8-13 14-19
Assessment
20
Letterland teaching techniques
21 22-23
Activity bank Letterland costumes Assessment sheets
By Lisa Holt
24 25-32
Fix-it Phonics - Level 3 Level 3 contains everything you need to introduce: • Letter recognition skills - sounds & shapes (Aa-Zz review) • 26 digraphs (Level 2 review) • 16 new spelling patterns • Listening and speaking skills • Essential English vocabulary • Oral blending and segmenting • High-frequency words. Student resources include: 2 Student Books 2 Sticker sets 2 Workbooks Class resources include: Teacher’s Booklet 4 CDs Student Books contain: Review Level 1 & Level 2 50 songs (42 review, 8 new songs) 6 chants 16 new stories 6 topic based activities 10 listening test exercises teaching notes on every page.
Student Books 2
Stickers
Letterland Resources
Audio CDs contain: pronunciation support 6 chants 50 songs 30 stories 10 listening test exercises Software contains: Animated content from student books review of a-z and digraphs from Level 2 record & compare feature Workbooks contain: Review Level 1 & Level 2 practice in writing digraphs, words and sentences 6 full colour stories
Software
Workbooks
Audio CDs
We would recommend these Letterland resources to accompany Level 3.
Fix-it Phonics Big Cards - Level 3 These super-sized cards are great for whole class focus and vocabulary extension. Introduce your class to each new sound by showing the enlarged scene. On the reverse side is a reminder of the story and a full list of words to find.
Picture Code Cards These cards feature a-z and over 40 other spelling patterns, with the characters on one side and plain letters on the reverse. They are an invaluable resource for the word building and live spelling activities in Level 3.
Advanced Picture Code Cards 50 double-sided cards with the characters on one side and plain letters on the reverse. Contains some of the digraphs covered in Level 3 plus many more to introduce to your class.
For students
Highly recommended - Software Letterland Living Code Cards are animated flashcards that can be used on a single computer or displayed on a class whiteboard. Each new sound is brought to life with an animated story. Listen to the correct pronunciation of the sounds and try blending and segmenting words.
There are lots of Letterland resources for use at home. See our catalogue for full details.
Letterland Resources
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Letterland Fix-it Phonics
Level 1 - focuses on Aa-Zz shapes and sounds. Level 2 - revises a-z and introduces 26 important digraphs and trigraphs (2 or 3 letters representing a new sound e.g sh in shop).
Level 3 - revises a-z, revises Level 2 digraphs, introduces more digraphs and trigraphs, building the foundations for full literacy in English.
Level 3 - Teaching order The teaching order is: a-z revision, Level 2 revision, oo, oy, oi, aw, au, ow, ou, wh, ph, air, ear, suffixes.
At the heart of Letterland teaching are the pictogram characters. A pictogram is a visual image that is designed to carry information. Letterland pictograms carry information about each letter’s shape and sound. By just starting to say the a-z characters’ names, children discover the most common sounds that letters make in words. This creates a good foundation for learning. It is important that children either complete Level 1 and Level 2, or if they are introduced to Letterland at Level 3, care must be taken to ensure the a-z sounds and shapes are fully mastered first, then the Level 2 digraphs are mastered before proceeding to Level 3.
Further Phonemes - Introducing digraphs & trigraphs Level 3 introduces 16 more phonemes (units of sound). There are Letterland stories to explain the new sounds and spelling patterns. The stories often build on what the children already know about the characters so the process of learning quite complex spelling rules will feel more like simply learning little stories and characteristics about friends in real life.
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Your key to success Letterland pictograms work in accordance with recognised principles of memory. They act as mnemonics (memory aids). The result is accelerated letter recognition and quick progress in phonics. Explain Letterland to your children like this…
When most people look inside a book , all they see are plain, black letters. That’s because they haven’t been to Letterland and they don’t know that every letter is really a Letterland friend.
You have been given a key to unlock that special place and learn all about the Letterland characters. You will learn stories about what happens when these friends meet in words.
Letterland is a place where all the letters live together.
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Level 3 Syllabus Book Grapheme Vocabulary*
3 words per a-z letter.
Decodable reading & writing for a-z.
Level 2
4 review words per digraph.
Review of Level 2 stories. Reading and writing practice.
oo
book, foot, hood, wood, wool
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a-z
1
1
Focus language**
oy
annoy, boy, destroy, soy, toy
oi
boil, coins, noise, oil, soil
aw
jigsaw, paw, saw, straw, yawn
Comparatives (biggest, smallest, noisiest, softest, fastest).
In the restaurant. Ordering food.
1 au
astronaut, autumn, caution, launch, saucer
ow
cow, shower, towels, town, vowels
ou
clouds, fountain, house, mountain, mouse
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In the town. Directions, describing location, counting.
* Vocabulary - These are the key words for each spelling pattern. Many more words form part of 6
the teaching for each section of the Student Books and Workbooks.
Book Grapheme Vocabulary
wh
2
2
Focus language
whale, wheat, wheel, whistle, white
wh
who
ph
alphabet, dolphin, elephant, photograph, telephone
air
chair, fair, fairy, hair, stairs
ear
pears, bear, tear
ear
ears, hear
Questions What, where, when, why, which? Who?
Faces. Describing hair colours, styles.
bigger - biggest, tall - tallest, shorter - shortest mouthful, beautiful, playful, spoonful, helpful, restful lovely, quickly, slowly, quietly, loudly
Grammar focus.
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Suffixes er/est full/ful ly, less, ness
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Level 3 Review
Focus on rhymes & visual discrimination.
Decodable reading & writing tests.
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Complete Review
Focus on topics covered in the range, with integrated reading and writing exercises.
Topic review.
** Focus language - This is not a comprehensive list of all the language covered. Further nouns, verbs and adjectives are introduced throughout Level 3.
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Student Books Level 3 Student Books are designed to be used in the classroom with the Level 3 CDs. Always do the exercises in the Student Book before starting the Workbook. The first section in Level 3 revises the a-z sounds taught comprehensively in Level 1. The second section revises all the sounds taught in Level 2. Level 3 then goes on to introduce the new sounds that occur when two or more letters come together.
Starting a lesson At the start of the lesson listen to the Letterland Theme Song. This song has lots of useful verbs for the children to become familiar with over time. Make up actions to accompany the song. You could pretend to: fly, jump, ride, hop and drive to Letterland. If the children have completed previous levels they will already know this song.
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Introducing spelling patterns Each new concept is introduced pictorially and on the audio CD. Look at the picture together first and encourage the children to guess what is happening. Then listen to the audio CD. In this instance Walter Walrus is causing trouble in words.
Student Book - Sample Pages
Check List To be completed by the teacher. Place a to show achievement. The student can:
Aa-Zz (Level 1 Review) ... give the correct sound when shown the letter shape for
all the alphabet .
... think of 3 vocabulary items starting with the target sound for ... write the lower case shapes for
all the alphabet .
... write the upper case shapes for
all the alphabet .
... orally blend simple cvc words using the letters from
all the alphabet .
all the alphabet .
... confidently read and write simple cvc words and some ccvc words.
Digraphs & trigraphs (Level 2 Review) ... give the correct sound when shown any of the digraphs/trigraphs covered. ... think of 3 vocabulary items that include each of the digraphs/trigraphs. ... write at least 2 words that include each of the digraphs/trigraphs. ... orally blend and segment words containing the digraphs/trigraphs covered. ... apply phonic knowledge when shown words they have not seen before.
Oral language ... understand and participate in oral language work.
Student name
has finished Letterland Fix-it Phonics parts
1 & 2 (pages 1-45). Sign
Date
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