1. sh
Christine Robinson
Kindly contributed to the Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre Christine Robinson, Stockton Adult Education Service. November 2007
Main Curriculum Links
Ww/E1.3 Use basic sound-symbol association to help spelling, as appropriate for the needs of the learner
(a) understand that sounds are associated with letters and strings of letters
(b) understand that there are more sounds (phonemes) in English than letters of the alphabet, so some sounds are represented by combinations of letters
(c) understand that there are many common letter patterns that can be learnt to help spelling
(d) understand that, to learn to spell, it is important to develop an awareness of sound patterns
Rw/E1.2 Decode simple, regular words
(a) understand that own language experience can be used when reading, to help predict sense and meaning of words
b) understand that illustrations and other graphics can give clues as to the likely meaning of individual words
(c) understand that written words correspond to their spoken equivalents and are composed of letters in combinations, to represent spoken sounds
(d) identify sounds in familiar regular words from spoken experience and recognise correspondence between sounds (phonemes) and letters (graphemes)

2. ship

3. shapes

4. shells

5. shopping

6. sharing

7. shouting

8. shivering

9. push

10. wish

11. cash

12. rash

13. Which word does not start with sh?

14. Which word does not end with sh?