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Be sure to begin using the Blending Bricks 1 mat with the children as soon as you have
taught the first six sounds, followed later by Blending Bricks 2, Blending Bricks 3 and
Blending Bricks 4 mats, all are A3 in size. The Blending Bricks mats contain 168 decodable
words, 24 words for each of the 7 groups of letters.

Initial sounds
Ask the children to place a red brick on the first sound of n-a-p. Correct using the IWB
software. Place a yellow brick on the first sound of p-e-t. Correct using the IWB software.
Continue for other initial sounds of words.

Final sounds

Ask the children to place a green brick on the last sound of c-a-t. Correct using the IWB
software. Place a blue brick on the last sound of t-a-p. Correct using the IWB software.
Continue for other final sounds of words.

Making words activity
We now practice coding three letter words, CVCs.

For this activity, we will use just three bricks: Green, red and orange. You might have a chart
on the wall showing just 3 bricks in the sequence of green first, red second and orange

third. Very quickly, the children remember the colour sequence.

When the teacher says a word, the children will place the green brick on the first sound, the
red brick on the second sound and the orange brick on the third sound e.g. sat is coded
using green on s, red on a and orange on t. Teacher writes sat on the whiteboard.
Ask the children to mark the 3 sounds in nap i.e. green on n, red on a and orange on p.
Correct by writing the word up on the whiteboard in sequence and saying: “n a p - had you
placed a green brick on n, the red brick on a and the orange brick on p.

Code lots of other words using a brick colour sequence, along with the first 6 sounds.

These are just some of the many ways that you can use your Six Bricks and letter-sound
mat to practice and embed letter-sound/code knowledge.

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