Description

This 2021 edition of the download-and-print Spelfabet Workbook 1 teaches basic phonemic awareness (segmenting and blending) and sound-letter relationships. It works from three-sound words (CVCs) to six-sound words (CCCVCCs). Its 102 pages of worksheets also introduce doubled letters (ff, ll, ss, zz), and suffixes (plural -s and past tense -ed) which carry meaning as well as representing sounds. Up to 5 copies may be printed. If you want to make more copies, get the Teacher/Clinician version instead.

The workbook’s 102 pages of activities follow the same teaching sequence as the Units 1-10 Sounds~Write program/books, the Dandelion Launchers and Readers Units 1-10 and simplest Phonic Books Catch-up series (Moon Dogs 1 and 2, the first half of Magic Belt/That Dog), and the simplest Forward With Phonics resources. It is intended to complement their workbooks, not replace them.

This workbook was designed by a Speech Pathologist to be easy for parents, aides and other non-specialists to support. The pictures in the file are in colour, but colour printing is optional. Here’s a 9 minute video which walks you through this workbook.

Here’s the contents page list of spellings and word types introduced in this workbook:

• a as in apple, i as in insect, m as in monster, s as in snake, t as in tiger, p1-4
• n as in noodles, p as in penguin, o as in octopus, p5-8
• b as in bug, h as in house, g as in girl, p9-12
• c as in cat, p13-16
• d as in dog, f as in fan, v as in vase, e as in egg, p17-20
• k as in key, l as in ladder, r as in road, u as in up, p21-28
• j as in jellyfish, w as in worm, z as in zip, p29-32
• Contrasting e as in egg and i as in insect, p33-36
• x as in box, y as in yoga, p37-40
• ff as in off, ll as in will, ss as in mess, zz as in buzz, p41-44
• VCC words like “elf”, “act” and “ink”, p45-48
• Regular plural s in CVCC words, as in cats and dogs, p49-52
• CVCC words starting with b, c and d, p53-56
• CVCC words starting with f, g, h and j, p57-60
• CVCC words starting with k, l and m, p61-64
• CVCC words starting with n, p, r, s, t and v, p65- 68
• Past tense ed that sounds like ‘d’ as in yelled, p69-70
• Past tense ed that sounds like ‘t’ as in jumped, p71-72
• Past tense ed that sounds like ‘ed’ as in lifted, p73-74
• CCVC words starting with b, c and d, p75-78
• CCVC words starting with d, f and g, p79-82
• CCVC words starting with g, p and s, p83-86
• CCVC words starting with s, p87-90
• CCVC words starting with s and t, p91-94
• CCVCC words, p95-98
• CCCVC and CCCVCC words, p99-102