Lesley Beth's
Suggested order of teaching the sounds of the Alphabet
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Letters are organized in groupings of 1 vowel and several consonants. Allow some revision time after teaching each group of letters to teach children how to blend the sounds they have learnt – a skill they can use to read unknown words.
Group 1
aA,  mM, tT, sS
Revise sounds and teach blending of learnt sounds.
Group 2
iI, fF, dD, rR
Revise sounds and teach blending of learnt sounds.
Group3
oO, gG, lL, bB
Revise sounds and teach blending of learnt sounds.
Group 4
uU, cC, hH, nN, kK, vV
Revise sounds and teach blending of learnt sounds.
Group 5
eE, wW, jJ, pP, yY, xX, qQ, zZ
Revise sounds and teach blending of learnt sounds