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Hands on Teaching is a reading and spelling programme designed to teach those with dyslexia or literacy difficulties.

Hands on Teaching is a reading and spelling programme designed to teach those with dyslexia or literacy difficulties.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 10 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 10 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 10 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme represents the final stage, consolidating all the skills developed throughout the previous levels. This level introduces the most advanced spelling patterns, silent letters, homophones, and subject-specific vocabulary. Through targeted worksheets and activities, students will refine their ability to spell complex words, use syllables effectively, and enhance their overall reading and spelling fluency. Level 10 ensures that students are well-equipped to manage advanced dyslexia-related challenges, preparing them for academic success. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: Final /ar/ Words – Examples: “wizard,” “popular” Topic 2: “ary” Words – Examples: “January,” “necessary” Topic 3: “ery” Words – Examples: “flowery,” “nursery” Topic 4: “ory” Words – Examples: “story,” “factory” Topic 5: Silent Letters – Examples: “write,” “half” Topic 6: Homophones – Examples: “there/their/they’re,” “stationery/stationary” Topic 7: Maths Words – Examples: “equivalent,” “parallel” Topic 8: English Words – Examples: “simile,” “metaphor” Topic 9: Science Words – Examples: “evaporation,” “condensation” Topic 10: Geography Words – Examples: “developed,” “earthquakes” Topic 11: Commonly Misspelt Words – Examples: “rhythm,” “tomorrow” Topic 12: Using Syllables – Examples: “contribute,” “consideration” Level 10 provides the final tools needed to master spelling and reading, ensuring students leave the programme with strong skills and confidence in their literacy abilities.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 9 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 9 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 9 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme builds on the advanced spelling patterns introduced in earlier levels. At this stage, students encounter even more challenging word structures and sound combinations. Through carefully designed worksheets and activities, they continue to refine their decoding skills, phonemic awareness, and confidence in reading and spelling. Level 9 addresses complex spelling rules to ensure steady progression and mastery of difficult dyslexia-related challenges. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: “gh” saying /f/ Words – Examples: “naughty,” “taught” Topic 2: “ie” saying /ē/ Words – Examples: “thief,” “believe” Topic 3: “ei” saying /ē/ Words – Examples: “ceiling,” “receive” Topic 4: “ei” saying /ā/ Words – Examples: “eight,” “reindeer” Topic 5: “ti” saying /sh/ Words – Examples: “patient,” “essential” Topic 6: “ci” saying /sh/ Words – Examples: “social,” “musician” Topic 7: “sion” Words – Examples: “television,” “revision” Topic 8: “ssion” Words – Examples: “discussion,” “profession” Topic 9: “i” saying /y/ Words – Examples: “onion,” “serious” Topic 10: “or” Words – Examples: “actor,” “visitor” Level 9 equips students with the skills to confidently manage more difficult spelling and reading challenges, preparing them for the final level of the programme.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 8 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 8 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 8 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme continues to build on the skills developed in earlier levels. This level focuses on more advanced spelling patterns, particularly dealing with words that contain medial sounds, complex letter combinations, and variations in pronunciation. Through engaging worksheets and activities, students enhance their ability to decode challenging words, further improving their fluency, accuracy, and confidence in both reading and spelling. Level 8 helps students overcome more difficult dyslexia-related hurdles, ensuring they continue progressing through the programme. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: Medial “rr” Words – Examples: “mirror,” “tomorrow” Topic 2: “tion” Words – Examples: “competition,” “fraction” Topic 3: “ture” Words – Examples: “picture,” “adventure” Topic 4: “le” Words – Examples: “uncle,” “impossible” Topic 5: “our” saying /er/ Words – Examples: “colour,” “behaviour” Topic 6: “ch” saying /k/ Words – Examples: “Christmas,” “choir” Topic 7: “que” saying /k/ Words – Examples: “antique,” “cheque” Topic 8: “ch” saying /sh/ Words – Examples: “champagne,” “chef” Topic 9: “ic” Words – Examples: “picnic,” “fantastic” Topic 10: “ph” saying /f/ Words – Examples: “elephant,” “alphabet” Level 8 introduces students to more complex spelling patterns, refining their skills and preparing them for even greater challenges as they advance in their reading and spelling journey.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 7 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 7 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 7 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention program is designed to build on the progress made in previous levels by introducing more advanced spelling patterns and suffixing rules. Through targeted worksheets and activities, students continue to enhance their phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic skills. This level focuses on complex spelling challenges, helping students further develop their fluency, accuracy, and confidence in reading and spelling. Level 7 equips students with the tools to tackle more difficult dyslexia-related challenges as they move forward in the programme. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: /er/ Words – Examples: “hammer,” “shepherd” Topic 2: /ir/ Words – Examples: “circus,” “thirteen” Topic 3: /ur/ Words – Examples: “church,” “surname” Topic 4: Discrimination of /er/, /ir/, & /ur/ – Examples: “girl,” “urge” Topic 5: Suffixing Rule 1 – The Doubling Rule – Examples: “beginning,” “hopped” Topic 6: Suffixing Rule 2 – The Lengthening “E” Rule – Examples: “exciting,” “hoped” Topic 7: Suffixing Rule 3 – Examples: “careful,” “lonely” Topic 8: Suffixing Rule 4 – Examples: “courageous,” “noticeable” Topic 9: Suffixing Rule 5 – Examples: “various,” “reliable” Topic 10: Suffixing Rule 6 – Examples: “crying,” “babyish” Topic 11: Suffixing Rule 7 – Examples: “enjoyable,” “employment” Topic 12: Essential Words 11 & 12 – Examples: “necessary,” “separate” Level 7 provides students with advanced strategies for handling suffixes and refining their spelling skills, ensuring steady progression towards mastering reading and spelling.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 6 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 6 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 6 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme builds upon the skills developed in earlier levels, introducing even more complex spelling rules and patterns. This level continues to refine students’ phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic abilities through engaging worksheets and activities. Students will further improve their fluency and confidence in reading and spelling as they work through more advanced tasks. Level 6 supports students in tackling increasingly challenging dyslexia-related hurdles, ensuring steady progression toward reading and spelling mastery. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: “ea” Words – Examples: “bread,” “spread” Topic 2: “oi” and “oy” Words – Examples: “noise,” “boy” Topic 3: “ou” and “ow” Words – Examples: “house,” “brown” Topic 4: “au” and “aw” Words – Examples: “August,” “yawn” Topic 5: “ear” Words – Examples: “earth,” “learn” Topic 6: Plural Rules 1 and 2 – Adding “s” and “es” – Examples: “dogs,” “foxes” Topic 7: Plural Rules 3 and 4 – Words ending in “y” – Examples: “babies,” “monkeys” Topic 8: Plural Rules 5 – Words ending in “o” – Examples: “potatoes,” “pianos” Topic 9: Plural Rules 6 – Words ending in “f” or “fe” – Examples: “knives,” “thieves” Topic 10: Irregular Plurals – Examples: “children,” “people” Topic 11: Discrimination of The Plural Rules – Examples: “donkeys,” “parties” Topic 12: Essential Words 10 – Examples: “February,” “business” Level 6 deepens students’ understanding of spelling patterns and pluralisation rules, enhancing their ability to read and spell with accuracy and confidence.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 5 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 5 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 5 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme is designed to further advance the skills developed in previous levels. This level introduces more complex spelling rules and patterns, focusing on refining students’ phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic abilities. Through engaging worksheets and activities, students will continue to build fluency and confidence in both reading and spelling. Level 5 supports students in addressing increasingly challenging dyslexia-related obstacles while ensuring steady progress through the programme. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: “dge” Wall Words – Examples: “bridge,” “hedge” Topic 2: “gu” Wall Words – Examples: “guess,” “guitar” Topic 3: “tch” Wall Words – Examples: “witch,” “scratch” Topic 4: Discrimination of The Wall Words – Examples: “butcher,” “judge” Topic 5: Words with Long Vowel Sounds – Examples: “gold,” “behind” Topic 6: Long Vowel A (“a-e,” “ai,” “ay”) – Examples: “railway,” “always” Topic 7: Long Vowel I (“i-e,” “igh,” “y”) – Examples: “night,” “reply” Topic 8: Long Vowel O (“o-e,” “oa,” “ow”) – Examples: “snowman,” “road” Topic 9: Long Vowel U (“u-e,” “oo,” “ew”) – Examples: “afternoon,” “chew” Topic 10: Long Vowel E (“ea,” “ee”) – Examples: “queen,” “dream” Topic 11: Essential Words 8 – Examples: “beautiful,” “because” Topic 12: Essential Words 9 – Examples: “answer,” “believe” Level 5 helps students deepen their understanding of complex spelling patterns, promoting continued improvement in reading and spelling accuracy.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 4 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 4 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 4 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme is designed to build upon the skills developed in the previous levels. This level introduces more advanced spelling rules and patterns, with a focus on refining phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic abilities through engaging worksheets and activities. Students continue to strengthen their reading and spelling fluency, gaining confidence in their abilities. Level 4 provides the necessary tools to further support students as they progress through the program, addressing more complex dyslexia-related challenges. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: a-e Words (Lengthening “E”) – Examples: “bake,” “cake” Topic 2: i-e Words (Lengthening “E”) – Examples: “smile,” “bike” Topic 3: o-e Words (Lengthening “E”) – Examples: “smoke,” “slope” Topic 4: u-e Words (Lengthening “E”) – Examples: “cube,” “flute” Topic 5: Flossy “ck” Words and Lengthening “E” – Examples: “makintosh,” “make” Topic 6: “ov” sounds /uv/ – Examples: “love,” “above” Topic 7: Soft “C” Words – Examples: “December,” “pencil” Topic 8: Soft “G” Words – Examples: “ginger,” “register” Topic 9: “af” and “ath” Words – Examples: “raft,” “bath” Topic 10: Short Forms – Examples: “doesn’t,” “they’ll” Topic 11: Essential Words 6 – Examples: “brother,” “laugh” Topic 12: Essential Words 7 – Examples: “people,” “should” Level 4 continues to build students’ confidence with more complex spelling patterns, ensuring steady progress as they work toward mastery in reading and spelling.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 3 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 3 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 3 School Package of the comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme is designed to further develop the skills established in Levels 1 and 2. This level introduces more complex spelling rules and patterns, delivered through engaging worksheets and activities. Students continue to enhance their phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic abilities, building their reading and spelling fluency and confidence. Level 3 reinforces and strengthens these abilities, providing a strong platform for continued progress as students advance through the program, addressing dyslexia-related challenges. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: W Rule 1 – Examples: “was,” “wash” Topic 2: W Rule 2 – Examples: “warn,” “dwarf” Topic 3: W Rule 3 – Examples: “worm,” “work” Topic 4: Discrimination of The W Rules – Examples: “warship,” “worship” Topic 5: Flossy “ff” Words – Examples: “cliff,” “huff” Topic 6: Flossy “ll” Words – Examples: “ball,” “bell” Topic 7: “al” Words – Examples: “talk,” “salt” Topic 8: Flossy “ss” and “zz” Words – Examples: “dress,” “buzz” Topic 9: Flossy “ck” Words – Examples: “black,” “sack” Topic 10: “as” Words – Examples: “basket,” “ask” Topic 11: “o” sounding /u/ Words – Examples: “London,” “money” Topic 12: Essential Words 4 and 5 – Examples: “sure,” “year” Level 3 ensures that students continue to gain proficiency with increasingly challenging spelling patterns, helping them make steady progress toward reading and spelling mastery.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 2 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 2 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 2 School Package of a comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme is designed for teachers to build upon the foundational skills introduced in Level 1. This level focuses on teaching more advanced spelling rules and patterns through engaging worksheets and activities. Students continue to develop essential skills like phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic abilities, further enhancing their reading and spelling capabilities. Level 2 strengthens students’ skills, providing a solid foundation as they move forward in the programme to overcome dyslexia-related challenges. The spelling rules and words covered in this booklet are as follows: Topic 1: Assimilation Sound /mp/ – Examples: “lamp,” “jump” Topic 2: Assimilation Sound /nt/ – Examples: “spent,” “blunt” Topic 3: Assimilation Sound /nk/ – Examples: “blink,” “drink” Topic 4: Assimilation Sound /nd/ – Examples: “stand,” “blond” Topic 5: Assimilation Sound /ng/ – Examples: “string,” “spring” Topic 6: Assimilation Sound /nch/ – Examples: “lunch,” “bunch” Topic 7: Vowel Digraph /ar/ – Examples: “scarf,” “sharp” Topic 8: Vowel Digraph /or/ – Examples: “horse,” “shorts” Topic 9: Vowel Digraph /er/ – Examples: “shepherd,” “herb” Topic 10: Discrimination of /ar/, /or/, /er/ – Examples: “hard,” “herd” Topic 11: Essential Words 2 – Examples: “every,” “does” Topic 12: Essential Words 3 – Examples: “half,” “other” This level ensures students continue progressing with increasingly complex spelling and reading tasks.
Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 1 Core Booklet- School Package
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Dyslexia Intervention Programme - Level 1 Core Booklet- School Package

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Level 1 School Package of a comprehensive ten-level dyslexia intervention programme is designed for teachers to effectively support students. This level focuses on building foundational skills by teaching essential spelling rules and patterns. Through engaging worksheets and activities, students develop critical abilities such as phonemic awareness, visual and auditory discrimination, and kinaesthetic skills. Level 1 lays the groundwork for students’ continued success as they progress through the programme, ensuring a strong start in overcoming reading and spelling challenges. This topics covered including: Long Vowels – Examples: “by,” “he” Short Vowels – Examples: “cat,” “bed” Consonant Digraph /sh/ – Examples: “ship,” “fish” Consonant Digraph /ch/ – Examples: “chop,” “rich” Consonant Digraph /th/ – Examples: “the,” “with” Consonant Digraph /wh/ – Examples: “who,” “where” Discrimination of /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /wh/ – Examples: “shop,” “chop” Two-Letter “S” Blends – Examples: “spin,” “spot” Two-Letter “L” Blends – Examples: “plug,” “slug” Two-Letter “R” Blends – Examples: “brush,” “crab” Three-Letter Blends – Examples: “splash,” “squid” Essential Words – Examples: “was,” "down
Hands on Teaching Multisensory /wh/ Worksheets
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Hands on Teaching Multisensory /wh/ Worksheets

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Multisensory /wh/ Worksheets These worksheets concentrate on teaching the difficult /wh/ words. Vowels and consonant sounds are reviewed first and then visual imagery is used to help teach these words.
Hands on Teaching Multisensory /SH/ Worksheets
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Hands on Teaching Multisensory /SH/ Worksheets

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Multisensory /SH/ Worksheets A collection of multisensory worksheets teaching the sound /sh/ as in fish. The worksheets encourage splitting words into sound units to help with reading and spelling. Included is a spelling test and dictation to ensure ability to apply the sound /sh/ in context.
Visual Discrimination Of Vowels Tracking And Reading
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Visual Discrimination Of Vowels Tracking And Reading

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Visual Discrimination Of Vowels Tracking And Reading A set of tracking and reading activities to be completed over a period of 7 days. Each of the five vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ and /u/ are tracked for individually. Then a collection of 3 letter words containing all 5 vowels need to be read. To read these words successfully the student needs to be able to discriminate between the 5 short vowels.
Hands on Teaching Short Vowel Door Activity
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Hands on Teaching Short Vowel Door Activity

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Topic 2 Short Vowel Door Activity An activity to demonstrate and explain the concept of closed syllables. A closed syllable has at least one letter after the vowel /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ or /u/. The vowel is short and says its sounds as in /a/ for apple, /e/ for egg, /i/ for igloo, /o/ for octopus and /u/ for umbrella.
Hands on Teaching Reading Activity of Short Vowels
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Hands on Teaching Reading Activity of Short Vowels

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Topic 2 Reading Activity of Short Vowels A set of 5 reading bookmarks for the vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/ and /u/. A good reading activity to practise CVC words and develop automatic recall of the words to assist with reading.
Hands on Teaching Discrimination of Long and Short Vowels Activity
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Hands on Teaching Discrimination of Long and Short Vowels Activity

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Topic 2 Discrimination of Long and Short Vowels Activity This activity is designed to help those students who find it difficult to discriminate between long and short vowels. Long vowels say their names and short vowels say their sounds. The student posts words into Mr Long and Mrs short depending on whether the word contains a short or long vowel. Full instructions are given.
Hands on Teaching Long Vowels Worksheets
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Hands on Teaching Long Vowels Worksheets

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Long Vowels Worksheets These worksheets teaches the long vowel sounds as in “a” for acorn, “e” as in emu, “i” as in iron, “o” as in oval and “u”: as in unicorn. Visual imagery is used to teach the rule that if a word ends in “i” you must change it to a “y”. There is plenty of variety and the worksheets are fun and creative.
Hands on Teaching Visual Discrimination b and d
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Hands on Teaching Visual Discrimination b and d

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Visual Discrimination b and d Visual imagery is used to help with discrimination of the letters b and d. Then over a period of seven days there are tracking exercises to help reinforce recognition of b and d.
Hands on Teaching Straight Family Letters
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Hands on Teaching Straight Family Letters

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Straight Family Letters A collection of multisensory worksheets to help with the correct formation of the letters “i, j, K, l, t, u, v and y”. Visual imagery, verbalisation and doing skills are used to help with letter formation.