Reusable mats for connecting a spoken word with its spelling, noticing the correspondence that needs attention and recalling the word for writing. Each mat includes all six stages: READ IT, MAP IT, NOTICE IT, MAKE IT, WRITE IT and CHECK IT.

Choose words through your SSP

Primarily for Reception children applying taught code, with adaptation for other learners and continued use in Year 1. Select words through your setting’s systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme. These 12 optional examples are a selection bank, not a Little Owls teaching order or a Reception word-list requirement.

Use adult-led modelling when a selected correspondence is being introduced through the SSP. Use the mats for independent practice only after the relevant GPCs and any exception spelling have been explicitly taught.

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