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Step 11, 12, 13

Click here to hear the sounds of zip.

Learn the letters z,i,p. For z see steps 7 and 8.

Draw the i with the downstroke first and then the dot. Draw the p as "down‑up-and‑around" with the bubble sitting on the line.

Have the pupil practice writing the letters z, i, and p, first, using the dot to dot guide above, then on lined paper.

Add the three letters to the alphabet, and let the pupil make up new words, by listening to sounds: tip dig fig pig cap pod (pea‑pod) pat pot top fit pit.

Get the pupil to sound the sounds of the words tip dig fig pig cap pod (pea‑pod) pat pot top fit pit.

Play pairs, and the dice game, letting the pupil sound out more and more letters each day.

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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