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Reading · Ages 5–7 · 12 minutes

Phonics Check: Change One Sound

A controlled word-change routine checks whether children can attend to exactly one sound and see its effect in print.

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Phonics Check: Change One Sound

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Today I am practising: changing one phoneme while preserving the other sounds

1

Build cat. Change /c/ to /h/. Read the new word.

2

Start with map. Change /m/ to /t/.

3

Start with pin. Change /i/ to /e/.

4

Start with log. Change /g/ to /t/.

5

Circle the letter that changed in one pair.

6

Make a one-sound change for an adult to solve.

Grown-up guide

Use letter tiles or write each word in a three-box frame.
Have the child point to the position that will change before choosing a letter.
Read both old and new words aloud to confirm that only one sound moved.