Key Sound Folders

Key Sound Folders
Language - Reading
Level	Primary
Prerequisites	Digraph Boxes Digraph Word Lists
Materials	folder with the key sound on the front a card for each common spelling of that phoneme a little booklet of words for each spelling

Also called the Reading Folders or the Phonogram Folders.
In this activity the child reads words in little booklets. Each booklet in a group has a different way to spell to spell a phoneme.

Presentation

1. Take one of the Key Sound Folders to a mat or table. Place it in the upper right corner.

   

2. Open it and remove the little booklets. Lay them out on the mat.

   

3. Next step

   

Further Reading

• A Path for the Exploration of Any Language Leading to Writing and Reading by Muriel I. Dwyer, pages 29-33, 36-40
• Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives by David Gettman, pages 153-155
• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 112, 130-131
• The Phonics and Stuff word list builder