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Step 4,5,6

Click here to hear the sound of dog.

Get the pupil to sound d, o, and g.

Teach the pupil to write d, o, and g using the dot to dot guide and then using lined paper.

Show how from 4 letters c.a.t.o we can also make a, at, act, cot. If act is a new word, explain it. Look at the irregular word 'to', so that the pupil can see the t and hear it work. Say "It looks like to (the beginning of top) and we say 'too"' making the oo short.

See if you can write these words using the two guide‑lines. The letters sit on the bottom line; the small letters fit exactly and the tall letters either start above or (for a d) go up above the top line. ‘d’ is the only letter that goes UP tall; all the other tall letters come down. Try to write and read:

Teach the pupil to sound the sounds of the following new words:- cot, dot, tag, got.

Write your name. Names begin with a capital letter. (I teach capital letters as they crop up.)

ã Copyright 2000 by Elliot Right Way Books where copied or adapted from “c-a-t=CAT”. Other material ã copyright 2001 by Mona McNee