Every Sound Has a Place - Foundation

Every Sound Has a Place develops Foundation learners' ability to represent the complete sound sequence in an orally known word. Children say and stretch a word, locate its beginning, middle and ending phonemes, choose a taught or plausible grapheme for every sound, reread the attempt and repair one specific omission.

The sequence uses the cumulative word bank sat, sip, map, ten, dog, cup, sun, lip, red, pot, mud and ship. The grapheme sh is explicitly modelled before use. Children progress from worked sound-position models and missing-sound decisions to independent word building, two-word labels and a fresh assessment. Plausible early spelling remains useful evidence; untaught conventional spelling is not treated as the target.

What's included

• 25-page unit plan PDF with a clean contents page, three-page teacher guide and 21 resource/answer pages
• 18-slide editable teaching presentation
• 26-slide editable quiz with 12 alternating question-and-answer pairs
• 69-page Preview PDF
• beginning-middle-ending sound-position display
• 12 worked model cards
• guided, core and transfer missing-sound worksheets with matching answer pages
• Hear-Build-Repair partner game, 12 challenge cards and sound-position mat
• red bag label rehearsal and omission-repair activities with answer pages
• independent assessment covering kit, fan, jam, bed, top, rug, red bag and sun hat
• four-criterion learning-evidence rubric with evidence and next-step fields

Learning focus

• hear and segment the complete word before writing
• identify an omitted beginning, middle or ending phoneme
• choose a taught or plausible grapheme for each heard phoneme
• reread and repair a specific omission
• apply complete sound mapping to a fresh useful label
• explain a correction with sound-position evidence

Classroom use

Use across a five-lesson teaching week for whole-class modelling, guided practice, literacy rotations, partner work, intervention, independent rehearsal and individual assessment. Support, core and extension pathways keep the same learning target while varying scaffolding and response demands.

Formats and answers

PDF and editable PowerPoint (PPTX). 69 pages/slides in total: 25-page unit plan, 18-slide presentation and 26-slide quiz. Matching answer pages are included for all scored written practice and assessment pages.

Teacher benefits

• makes beginning, middle and ending sound positions visible
• builds from explicit models to guided, independent and fresh-label transfer
• distinguishes a heard phoneme from its written grapheme choice
• accepts justified plausible grapheme choices within the taught scope
• records an exact attempt, observed read/spell sample and explanation
• supports targeted next-step teaching from a specific omission

Digital product and licence

Digital download only; no physical product. Single-classroom use by the purchaser. Additional classrooms or users require additional licences.