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1.
AQUA BOX
The earliest stages - Learn the alphabet sounds, vowels and
consonants with picture cards. Help with b-d confusion. What
is a syllable? Learn with the 'Silly Bull' animation. Read
and spell three letter (c-v-c) words. Memory strategies for
tricky words..
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2. YELLOW BOX
Moving on to read and spell letter combinations - 'sh' 'ch'
and initial blends eg. 'fl' flag. Now read 2 beat words eg
cobweb (called cvc-cvc words). Read 'y' as 'i' and 'e' eg.
'my mummy'. Play 'Chase the chicken'. An interactive animated
game that will quickly help you read more key words.
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3. BLACK BOX
Box 3 introduces harder letter combinations called end blends
eg. 'bunk'. Learn to spell Flossy words - 1 beat words that
end in ff-ll-ss eg. 'stuff'. Resources to help spell 'th','sh','ch','wh','qu'
and 'ng'. Read harder 2 beat words that incorporate letter
blends eg 'children'. 'r' is controlling the vowels and making
them say a new sound (called vowel 'r') - read and spell ar,
or, er,ir,ur. Play more interactive games to help read and
spell the next stage of tricky words.
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4. GREEN BOX
Get the first stage of Nessy's Phonic Sounds. These colourful
cards really help kickstart reading. Find out about the heads,
bodies and tails of a word, making your own picture-flashcards
for the most common word endings. Read and spell Triple blends
eg 'str' 'string'. Loads on magic 'e' eg 'gate', for reading
and spelling. Find out why people from the south need help
spelling words with an 'a' before 's,f, or th'. Tricky words
4 has useful strategies for spelling and fun computer games
for reading. |
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5. PURPLE BOX
Get the second stage of Nessy's colourful Phonic Sounds cards.
Read 2 beat magic 'e' words eg. 'tadpole'. Find out about
rabbit words. Loads of reading games and resources to help
read 2 beat open syllables eg 'ho-tel'. Read words with a
vowel and 'rr' eg 'carry. Help recognise the 3 sounds made
by -ed. Lifting elephants will help you read the -le pattern
eg. 'middle'. More interactive animated games and resources
for tricky words 5.
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6. ORANGEBOX
Get the third and final stage of Nessy's Phonic Sounds picture
cards. Cuddly cat or kicking 'k' - a rule to help know when
to spell 'c' or 'k'. Learn about the first of the Protectors
to help spell 'ck or k'. Make your own colourful cards to
help learn the next stage of word endings ( tails 2). Learn
to spell both ears of a rabbit word (the doubling rule). The
second Protector will help you spell 'tch'-'ch'. More interactive
animated games, spelling mnemonics and resources for tricky
words 6. |
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7. LIME BOX
Meet the last of the three protectors to help you spell 'dge'-'ge'.
'W' is a wicked wizard of a letter - learn to read 'wa', 'wor',
'war' eg 'world' (the W rule). Read words where you have to
split the vowels apart (v/v). These letter patterns make the
same sound; to spell them we need rules, games and lots of
picture-sheets (spelling for- ai-ay, igh-y, oa-ow, oo-ew,
(including 'ui'). Mnemonic memory stratgies to help read and
spell Tricky words 7. |
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8. BLUE BOX
Find out why Tiger words only have one ear (the drop 'e' spelling
rule). Find out why ET is an 'it' and use the -ed rule to
help your spelling. oi-oy and ou-ow make the same sounds -
use these resources to help know when to spell them. Make
colourful picture cards to help you read and spell more word
endings (Tails 3). Llittle 'i' is being painfully squeezed
between the body and tail. Find out why by reading about Links.
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9. GREY BOX
'y' changes to an 'i' when it sees 'ants' (The 'y' rule for
spelling). The letter 'v' has its own spelling rule (V rule).
'o' can sometimes sound like 'u' eg other' - spelling activities
for 'o' as' u. 'v-f-th are confusing to spell because thay
all make similar sounds. Games and activities to help read
'Silent letters' eg 'knock'. Making words into plurals eg
wolf - wolves. Spell words that end in '-le' eg 'table'.
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10. SUNSHINE BOX
Words that sound the same but are spelt differently are called
homophones - help dyslexics spell these difficult words. The
/er/ sound is very popular, er,ur,ir,our,ear - all these different
letter patterns make the same sound. An 'r' and a magic 'e'
together make a vowel say a new sound (Vowel 'r' e' for reading
and spelling). Read and spell harder soft 'c' and 'g' words
eg 'emergency'. Read and spell harder Links eg 'criteria'.
Find out about the Queen of Witches (qua) and learn to spell
'wa', 'wor' and 'war' eg 'worm' (w rule spelling). Meet the
hairy monster and learn about monster words with this interactive
animated games and other resources (ough + augh read & spell). |
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11. RED BOX
'-tion', '-ssion', '-cian' all make the same 'shun' sound
that we call Sticky 'i' - learn to read and spell them and
other Sticky 'i' endings. au-aw say /or/ so we need a spelling
rule (read & spell). Make the final 3 packs of colourful 'Tails'
cards to learn to read and spell the most advanced word endings.
Many different letter patterns can make the same sound, here
we revise spelling rules for the vowel sounds ('long vowel
choices' -A, O, I, U). Learn to read and spell the hardest
silent letters eg 'subtle'.
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12. WHITE BOX
Learn to read and spell 'ch' where it makes a /k/ sound eg
'Chris' and /sh/ sound eg 'machine'. Long vowel E helps revise
when to spell all the different patterns that make an /E/
sound. In Box 10 we learnt about homophones, now read and
spell the hardest homphones with stage 2. Read the 'ph' and
'-que' patterns eg 'photograph', 'conquer'. The ie/ei rule
will help you spell these confusing patterns eg 'view' 'vein'and
learn all the exceptions. Sticky 'i' 2 builds upon stage 1
introduced in Box 11 introducing more difficult Sticky endings
for both reading and spelling. |
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13. MAROON BOX
'-ce' & '-se' make the same sound at the end of a word eg
'rice' 'rinse'. A spelling rule and activities to help -ce/-se
discrimination. The -ly word ending changes words it is added
to, learn to spell them with the -ly Rule. 'Y' can make the
same sounds as a vowel when it is in the body of a word. Learn
to read and spell these difficult words eg 'cyber'. Many different
letter patterns make the same /J/ sound eg 'cage', 'injure'(
spelling for /J/ choices) Many different letter patterns make
the same /K/ sound eg 'cake', 'Chris', 'mosquito' (spelling
for /K/ choices). 'Changed Heads' are where the head of a
word changes to become more like the body eg 'af-fair'- for
reading and spelling. Learn when to spell either '-al', '-el',
'-le' eg 'final', 'tunnel', 'table'. The word endings -ar
-or -er all make the same /er/ sound - spelling. |
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14. PINK BOX
Develop writing skills in five stages, from basic sentence
construction to
linking paragraphs and planning essays. Encourage writing
with short fun
activities and games. Learn strategies to help discriminate
between
left-right confusion, remember days & months of the year
and much more.
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