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Sounds Sensible® is uniquely effective as phonological awareness and beginning phonics instruction for beginning or struggling readers:
- For beginning readers – essential instruction that bulds the foundational skills of reading to prevent reading failure before it starts
- For struggling readers – an Orton-Gillingham based reading intervention for any grade level that serves as Pre-Level 1 of the S.P.I.R.E. program
Sounds Sensible provides hands-on instruction in the most reliable indicators of reading success: phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and an understanding of letter-sound relationships, as well as handwriting. Included are structured, sequential, 5-step (45-minute) lessons for the mastery of 20 consonants and a short a. Sounds Sensible can be completed in 6-8 months.
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Kit provides all materials needed for implementation:
- Teacher's Guide
- Blackline Masters*
- Game mats, pieces, and cards*
*Materials include optional elements more suitable for young learners.
Sounds Sensible Lesson Steps
| Step | Objective |
| 1. Listening | To focus student's attention on sounds in words and to develop: an abilility to listen, background knowledge and print concepts. |
| 2. Rhyming | To develop students' ability to identify and manipulate rhyme through activities such as rhyme identification, categorization, and matching. |
| 3. Segmentation | To develop awareness of the one-to-one correspondence between oral and written words. Segmentation and deletion activities progress from sentences down to phonemes. |
| 4. Phoneme-Grapheme Relationships | To learn a letter name, its sound, and correct form for printing. |
| 5. Dictation | To develop the ability to connect a phoneme to its symbol in written form. |
Pricing for Sounds Sensible
Orton-Gillingham based instruction »
This program incorporates the Orton-Gillingham approach. This instructional methodology is language-based, multisensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, and flexible. Learn more »
