Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs, 2nd edition is a systematic, synthetic phonics programme designed for learners with additional needs, providing a fun and accessible resource for pupils with SEN of any age. 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 1: Building Basics, 2nd edition is the first book in the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme. Book 1 introduces the basic alphabetic code and explores the key skills associated with using it to read and spell simple words successfully. Fully revised, this 2nd edition focuses on the alphabetic principle that speech sounds (phonemes) in spoken words are represented by letters (graphemes) that are written down. The book explores sounds and letters where there is a simple 1:1 correspondence in words that follow the pattern of vowel-consonant or consonant-vowel-consonant.
Sounds are grouped into seven sets, with each set containing more than 45 engaging activities, centred on letter identification and formation, blending, segmenting, phoneme manipulation, reading and spelling single words, reading connected text, and much more. New activities include letter formation, dictation, fluency practice, sentence building and sound collector cards for retrieval practice. 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 first instalment of the basic 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 and support easy delivery for teachers, teaching assistants and tutors, and provides a fun, accessible way of teaching literacy for all children.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to Activity Book 1
1. Set 1
2. Set 2
3. Set 3
4. Set 4
5. Set 5
6. Set 6
7. Set 7
Consolidation Phase
Sound Collector Cards Book 1
Appendix
- Sets 1-7 Lesson Planner
- Semi-formal Lesson Planner
- Consolidation Phase Lesson Planner
- Appendix Alphabetic Code Chart: Starting Out
- Appendix A Place to Read A Place to Listen and Phenome Frame Cards
- Appendix Moveable Alphabet Cards
- Question Header Cards
- Appendix Question Header Cards
- Appendix What Cards
- Appendix What Doing What Like and Where Cards
- Appendix Who Cards and Punctuation
- Window Cards
About the Author :
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.
Review :
"Ann Sullivan is a highly regarded expert in supporting reading development in pupils with special educational needs. Consequently, Phonics for Pupils with SEN is a comprehensive, evidence-informed programme that supports teachers to maximise the chances that their pupils will make those all-important initial steps towards reading capability." - Christopher Such, author of The Art and Science of Teaching Primary Reading and Primary Reading Simplified
"The school has been using Phonics for Pupils with SEN for over three years. The programme has unlocked and developed our learners’ reading and spelling skills, making a real difference to their progress and confidence. The thoughtfully designed materials support our complex and diverse learners, and the programme enables each of them to progress at their own individual pace." - Ruth Woodford, Phonics Lead, Northern Counties School
