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    The document introduces a series of 8 books called Follifoot First Words that teach early reading skills. Each book focuses on 2-3 new letters and uses high-frequency words that children already know. Book 1 introduces the letters a, c, e, h, n, o, r, s, t using words like cat, hat, on. Subsequent books introduce new letters and words in a controlled way to build literacy skills without confusing concepts. The full introduction of letters and vocabulary across the 8 books is outlined.

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    The document introduces a series of 8 books called Follifoot First Words that teach early reading skills. Each book focuses on 2-3 new letters and uses high-frequency words that children already know. Book 1 introduces the letters a, c, e, h, n, o, r, s, t using words like cat, hat, on. Subsequent books introduce new letters and words in a controlled way to build literacy skills without confusing concepts. The full introduction of letters and vocabulary across the 8 books is outlined.

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    The document introduces a series of 8 books called Follifoot First Words that teach early reading skills. Each book focuses on 2-3 new letters and uses high-frequency words that children already know. Book 1 introduces the letters a, c, e, h, n, o, r, s, t using words like cat, hat, on. Subsequent books introduce new letters and words in a controlled way to build literacy skills without confusing concepts. The full introduction of letters and vocabulary across the 8 books is outlined.

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    First Words Guide

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    The document introduces a series of 8 books called Follifoot First Words that teach early reading skills. Each book focuses on 2-3 new letters and uses high-frequency words that children already know. Book 1 introduces the letters a, c, e, h, n, o, r, s, t using words like cat, hat, on. Subsequent books introduce new letters and words in a controlled way to build literacy skills without confusing concepts. The full introduction of letters and vocabulary across the 8 books is outlined.

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    Information for Teachers

    Follifoot First Words Series

    Introduction
    When I was devising this series of eight books I assumed that schools
    would be teaching children the phoneme/grapheme correspondences of
    the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, probably
    beginning with s, a, t, p, i, n. However, to be able to use the animals cat,
    rat and hen, I needed to use the letters a, c, e, h, n, r, t. By including the
    word cats, I also managed to include the letter s. Then I needed a
    connecting word to join my nouns in phrases and I found that I could
    illustrate the most number of situations using the word on. So the choice
    of letters for the first book turned out to be a, c, e, h, n, o, r, s, t.

    In keeping with the rationale of only using words that children


    understand, I introduced a bag and a dog in book 2 as well as the
    connecting word in.

    The letters f, l, m, u, k, p were then introduced in books 3, 4, 5 at the


    rate of two letters per book in that order. I also wanted book 3 to
    introduce the word and, and book 4 to introduce the word the, so that the
    books stayed parallel with those of the A and B Series of Jelly and Bean.

    There are no verbs used in books 1-5, hence, no capital letters or full
    stops are used either. Books 6-8 all contain sentences beginning with I,
    but there are no character names, so I is the only capital letter in the
    whole series. Furthermore, it is used in its role as a first person singular
    pronoun, thus avoiding any confusion with its use in the word It at the
    beginning of a sentence, where it is pronounced differently.

    The introduction of letters and vocabulary is shown below.


    M Greenwood
    May 2010
    Introduction of letters
    Book no. Title Small letters
    1 a hat acehnorst
    2 a bag bigd
    3 bats lf
    4 mad hens mu
    5 kitten kp
    6 I am a rat
    7 I am mad
    8 I can dig

    Vocabulary used
    Book No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    a * * * * * * * *
    on * * * * * *
    cat(s) * * * *
    hat *
    hen(s) * *
    rat * * * *
    bag * *
    in * * * *
    big * *
    dog * * *
    hot * *
    bat(s) * *
    frog(s) * *
    and * * * * *
    off *
    log * *
    hut *
    the * * *
    mad * *
    eggs *
    not *
    kitten *
    cup *
    pan *
    pen *
    red *
    his *
    bed *
    I * * *
    am * * *
    rip *
    can * * *
    dig * *
    run *
    hop * *
    sit *
    mud *
    sad *
    pull *
    up *
    rag *
    tub *
    full *
    wet *

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