Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs Activity Book 4: Sound by Sound Part 2

Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs, 2nd edition is a systematic, synthetic phonics programme designed for learners with additional needs. The evidence-led programme offers a refreshingly simple and accessible approach to the teaching of phonics, breaking it down into manageable core elements and providing a wealth of accompanying activities. Each book in the series gradually builds on pupils’ understanding of sounds and letters and provides scaffolded support for children to learn about the speech sounds of the English language and their matching letters. The companion Teacher’s Manual includes thorough guidance on how to deliver the activities.

Activity Book 4: Sound by Sound Part 2, 2nd edition, is the fourth book in the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme. Fully revised, this 2nd edition introduces a new concept associated with understanding and managing the advanced alphabetic code, whilst continuing to cumulatively work through its sounds and sound-spellings (graphemes).

Covering 7 key sounds (/oa/ /z/ /ee/ /ai/ /er/ /e/ /ou/), each section contains over 35 engaging activities, centred on: consolidating understanding of previously taught concepts and introducing the concept that some sound-spellings can represent more than one sound. New activities include letter sliders, sound sorting, dictation, fluency practice, sentence work and the addition of retrieval practice guidance in relation to key activities. There are also lesson planners to support formal and semi-formal delivery, a movable alphabet, and infographics for both pupils and staff. For learners with a greater complexity of needs there is a suite of resourced strategies to enable access to the activities and programme materials.

This book is the second instalment of the advanced code section of the Phonics for Pupils with SEN programme. Offering tried-and-tested material which can be printed for each use, this is an invaluable resource to simplify phonics teaching. It supports easy delivery for teachers, teaching assistants and tutors, and provides a fun, accessible way of teaching literacy for all children.

Ann Sullivan has over 35 years’ experience in mainstream and specialist education, with a specialism in teaching literacy to learners with complex needs. Ann is the creator and author of the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme as well as Pathway to Phonics, a research-based pre-phonics programme for learners requiring a pre-formal approach to early literacy instruction (2024). The two programmes are used in schools across the UK and in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. She is also the author of Access to Phonics: Practical Access Strategies to Teach Children with Complex Needs of All Ages (2023) and A Parent’s Guide to Phonics (2024). Ann is now an educational consultant, writer and trainer who has worked with schools, educational organisations and governments across the globe.