<p> Worksheets for learning letters (cursive): to Trace, Copy, Write from Memory, Write with Eyes Closed</p><p>Thanks to Ian Downing, UK</p><p>"I would like to add something to your site. I have made these worksheets which are based on a suggestion from Hickey's book about introducing new phonemes. The word .doc version can be edited but you need a cursive font called "Boring Boring" installed on your machine."</p><p> font Boring Boring can be downloaded free from http://desktoppub.about.com/library/fonts/hs/uc_boringboring.htm</p><p>Each time students write the letter, they say the letter sound and name /i/ I /i/ I</p><p>1) Student traces over the letter on the top left 2) then copies it in the box on the top right fold the page in half 3) Student writes the letter in the box on the bottom left from memory 4) then with eyes closed on the bottom right. Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) 1 i igloo, in ( ĭ ) I 1 13 -ic picnic, ( ĭ k) I, ice cream (ī) music t ten, telephone (t) 3 Syllable division v/cv p pen, popcorn, (p) 6 13a i-e Sprite (ī) pizza n nine. no (n) 2 13b ike Nike, bike (īk) 17 s snake, six, sister (s) isn’t 4 13c ire fire, tired (īr) 18 dogs, nose (z) it’s Closed syllables; 14 l lemon, lion (l) talk ‘s = contraction of 2 words, possessive island Adding s to pluralize simple nouns; s to listen19 verbs for he/she/it present simple 2 a apple, add (ă) 15 -ll ball, tall (l) pal, nil, small, bell all20 ambulance, (ā) alien, ABC 3 d dog, dad (d) said 7 16a -y cry, sky (ī) 21 4 h hat, hamburger (h) this 16b -y baby, (ē) any many (th) that pretty pretty think, three, th blow happy thanks (th) family this buzz 5 e egg, elephant (ĕ) the 8 Suffix y - add only ear, eleven, she evening (ē) these 17 f four, (f) half sh she, sheep (sh) falafel, friend flower fall22 Open syllables (me, he, be) 18 -ff cliff, off, (f) if23 stiff</p><p>6 c cat (k) can’t 9 7 k king, kick (k) 10 19 -ss dress, class (s) yes24 Use of k before e, i 20 Suffixes: -es, -less, -ly: classes, boxes, homeless, happily 8 b ball, banana (b) 11 21 a-e cake (ā) skate Beitar, blue 9 r red, radio (r) are, 12 22a -ar star, car (âr) 25 her there their 10 m man, mango (m) them 13 22b -are prepare, (ār) 26 mother, Mr. Mrs. share 11 -ck duck, black, sick (k) 14 Long vowel choices 12 y- yellow (y) they 15 23 o orange, on (ŏ) come, do yes, yoyo eye some, of, (ō) open from,off2 7 12a Syllable division vc/cv: rabbit, basket 23a g game, green (g) 28 Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) 24 o-e rope, (ō) Sheet 33 z zebra (z) buzz tromb 45 one 24a -ore snore (or) 31 * -zz at the end of word - Buzz 25 -ng ring (ng) 32 Suffi buzzes x es dresses boxes after goes, sibilan does ts and after o 25b -ing sittin (-ĭng) 34 qu questi (kw) choir4 g on 6 quickl y quiet Review vc/cv Vowel ending + –ing Review adding suffix es JUST ADD Adding suffix es DOUB LE Suffix –ing to words ending ic Note: i/y interc hangea ble 35 ee sleep (ē) these tree 47 here scene Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) 26 u umbre (ŭ) your 34 36 oo book (o˘o) school lla (ū) four foot, 48 (o˘o) USA, plus look door univers buy poor ity us floor push you 36b oo zoo, (oˉo) food, spoon Suffi 37 th (review) (th) 50 x –ful with (only one l) beauti ful 27 j juice, (j) 35 38 sh (review) (sh) jam fish 28 u-e cube (ū) use 39 er perso (êr) answer (ŭ)49 sure n (êr) (oˉo) other June, sugar mothe another prune r brother mother 29 w windo (w) two 36 40a -ed rested, (ĭd) talked sw w walk 41 40b started (d) 51 52 40c played, (t) swim woma watere n d wome kicked n The suffix –ed: for past simple regula r verbs. 30 v video, (v) have 42 41 ay play, (ā) says van give day 53 live move Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) Use 42 -ce ice, (s) 54 of fill, nice till, well, all, prefix es and suffix es until, welco me “c” says (s) befor e e, i, y 31 -x box, (ks) 43 43 c city, (s) 55 fox cereal 32 -nk tank, (nk) 44 44 -ge cage, (j) get pink, page, angel monke age (ĭj)56 y damage Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) Addin “g” g says prefix (j) es befor witho e e, i, ut y: chang gypsy es in spellin g: re, mis, dis, un, be, ex, pre, sub, trans, reboo t, mista ke, disabl ed, unusu al 45 gi giraff (j) 57 e ginger 46 -dge bridg (j) 58 61 ea bread, (ĕ) heart e read</p><p>47 or morni (ôr) 59 62 ea break (ā) ng, store 48 ea eat, (ē) beauty 60 63 ur turn (êr) beautiful steal, ear Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) 48+ 2-3 at people 64 au becau (aw) laugh a time; double se laughter card trouble for each: Regul ar final syllabl es ble, dle, cle, kle, gle, ple, tle, stle, zle, fle able, little, purple , uncle 65 aw saw, (aw) draw 49 ar (review) (âr) quarter 61 66 Addin park, warm g shark, suffixe dark s CHAN GE 67 Addin g -es to words ending y: if no vowel befor e y, chang e y to i, add es: babies , says Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) 50 ai rain, (ā) 62 tail paint, wait Revie 68 tion fracti (sh’n) w on suffix es: addin g, doubli ng 51 Addin 69 ie field, (ē) g thief (ī) ?(family cards) suffix tie es to multis yllable words 52 oa boat, (ō) 63* 70 Adding coat suffix es to words ending –ie: lie, lies, lied, lying 53 ou house, (ow) (o˘o) 64* 71 Wild mouse could old would words: (ō) Long know should vowel (ow) in middle cow of word, followe d by two consona nts:</p><p>-ild, -old, -olt, -ind, ost: child, old, cold, most, find, colt Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) The 72 ei ceiling (ē) foreig use of n 72a ou and beige (ā) ow Two sound s (o) and (ow) Addin g suffix es DROP e Plural s words ending f/-ves 54 ch cherr (ch) chalk 65 73 ph photo, (f) y stomach phone 55 -tch watch (ch) much, 66 74 oi coin (oy) kitche such rich n which 75 oy toy (oy) royal</p><p>56 ue blue, (ū) menu 67 76 ear earth (êr) heart glue (oˉo) hear (ē) bear, (ā) great Addin 77 o glove (ŭ) g vowel suffixe s to ue 57 igh light, (ī) 68 78 wh white, (hw) right why 58 ir girl, (êr) 79 oe toe (ō) canoe bird shoe 59 a fathe (ŏ) wax Plural r wag of want, quack words wash, ending watch oe and o 80 a above (ŭ) Less On Clue Words (back Sou Irregular Sheet Lesso On Clue Words Sound Irregular on n White of white cards) nd Words White (back of white Words # Card (Yellow # Card (Yellow16 card) cards) cards) 60 ew new (ū) 69 80a Unacc (oˉo) ented few, (ew) open drew syllabl es with a and i: aroun d, about 81 Prefix es with unacc ented a 82 ch chemist, school (k) 70 82a champagne (sh ) 83 Silent letters kn, gn, pn, wr, mb, gu, gh, mn, rh, sc, ps: know, write, guess, climb, thought 84 sion pension (sh’n) 71</p><p> television (zh’n) 85 eigh eight (ā) height 86 a wall (aw) Suffixes al, el 87 our colour (êr) four our, flour (our) pour hour your 88 ey donkey, (ē) monkey 89 ey they (ā) 90 cian magician (sh’n) Martian Asian 91 or doctor (êr) 92 ar collar (êr) 93 ou couple (ŭ) thought</p><p>93a youth (oˉo) through 94 ui fruit (oˉo)</p><p> build (ĭ) 95 Syllable division v/v: being, duet ous dangerous (o˘os) 96 us status (ŭ) 97 or word, color (êr) Use of ti, si, ci 98 ure picture (er) Review of suffixes Prefixes unchanged, changed 99 al balance (ăl) wall (aw) half (a) special (o˘ol) Notes Lesson order comes from http://dye.macam.ac.il/Hickey Web-Site/hickey documents for download.htm a site full of resources for Israeli learners of English. Some nice touches like lovely old- testament names and F for falafel etc. Google translator copes well with hebraic script if needed.</p><p>Sheet numbers are in red</p><p>Sme worksheets need manual touching up. The font will not cope with oo for instance They are sheets. 18 ire 27 are 31 ore 36 oo 59 or 63 oa 64 ou i i i iiiiiii ____ i i i _ iiiiiii ______1 s s sssss ____ s s _ sssss ______2 ttttttt t t ____ t _ ttttttt t t ____ _ t</p><p>______</p><p> a aaaaa a ____ _ a aaaaa a ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>4 pppp p p p ____ _ pppp p p p ______</p><p>5 nnnn n n n ____ _ nnnn n n n ______</p><p>6 dddd d ____ d _ dddd ____ d _ d ______</p><p>7</p><p> e eeeee e ____ _</p><p> e eeeee e ______</p><p>8</p><p> c ccccc c ____ _</p><p> c ccccc c ______</p><p>9</p><p> k kkkk k k ____ _ k k kkkk k ______10</p><p> b bbbb b b ____ b _ b bbbb b ______</p><p>11</p><p> r r rrrrrrr r r ____ _</p><p> rrrrrrr ______</p><p>12 mmm m mm____ _ mmm m mm______</p><p>13 ck ck ck ck ____ _ ck ck ck ck ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>14 yyyy y y y ____ _ yyyy y y y ______</p><p>15 ic ic ic ic ____ ic ic _ ic ic ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>16 ike ike ike ____ _ ike ike ike ______</p><p>17 ir ir ir ir ir ir ____</p><p>_ire ir ir ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>18 l l l l l l l ____ l _ l l l l l ____ l l _ l ______</p><p>19 ll ll ll ll ____ ll _ ll ll ll ____ ll _ ll ______</p><p>20 yyyy y y y ____ _ yyyy y y y ______</p><p>21 f f f f f ____ f f _ f f f ______</p><p>22 ff ff ff ____ ff _ ff ff ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>23 ss ss ss ____ ss _ ss ss ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>24 ar ar ar ar ar ar ____ _ ar ar ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>25 a a a a a a ____</p><p>_are a a ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>26 o o o ____</p><p> o _oo o o ____ o _ o ______</p><p>27 gggg g g g ____ _ gggg g g g ______</p><p>28 ooo oooo ooo ____ _</p><p> oooo ______</p><p>29 ggg ____ ggg ______</p><p>______</p><p>30 or or or ____ or _ or or or ____ or ______</p><p>31 ng ng ng ng ng ng ____ _ ng ng ______</p><p>32 ing ____ ing _ ing ____ ing ______</p><p>33 uuu ____ uuu ______</p><p>______</p><p>34 jjjjj jjjjjjjj ____ jjjjj _ jjjjjjjj jj ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>35 ww www w ww ____ _ ww www w ______</p><p>36</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>37</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>38</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>39</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>40 sw sw sw sw sw ____ sw _ sw sw ______</p><p>41 vvv v v v vvv ____ _ v v v ______</p><p>42 xxx ____ x ______</p><p>______</p><p>43 nk nk nk nk nk nk nk nk ____ _ nk nk ______</p><p>44 zzz zzzz ____ zzz _ zzzz ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>45 qu qu qu qu qu qu qu qu ____ _ qu qu ______</p><p>46 ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ____ _ ee ee ee ______</p><p>47 oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ____ _ oo oo oo ______</p><p>48 sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh ____ _ sh sh ______</p><p>49 th th th th th th ____ _ th th ______</p><p>50 er er er er er er ____ er er _ er er ______</p><p>51 ed ed ed ed ed ed ed ed ____ _ ed ed ______</p><p>52 ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ____ _ ay ay ______</p><p>53 ce ce ce ce ____ ce ce ______</p><p>______</p><p>54 c c ccccc ____ c c _ ccccc ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>55 ge ge ge ge ge ge ge ge ____ _ ge ge ______</p><p>56 gi gi gi gi gi gi ____ gi gi _ gi gi ______</p><p>57 dge dge dge dge dge _____ dge dge dge dge dge ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>58 or or or or or or ____ or or _ or or ______</p><p>59 ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ea ____ _ ea ea ______</p><p>60 ar ar ar ar ar ar ____ ar ar _ ar ar ______</p><p>61 ai ai ai ai ai ai ____ ai ai _ ai ai ______</p><p>62 oa oa oa oa oa oa oa oa ____ _ oa oa ______</p><p>63 ou ou ou ou ou ou ou ou ____ _ ou ou ______</p><p>64 ch ch ch ch ch ch ch ____ _ ch ch ch ______</p><p>65 tch tch tch tch tch _____ tch tch tch _____</p><p>______</p><p>66 ue ue ue ue ue ____ ue ue _ ue ue ue ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>67 igh igh igh igh igh _____ igh igh igh _____</p><p>______</p><p>68 ew ew ew ew ew ____ ew _ ew ew ew ew ______</p><p>69 ea ea ea ea ea ____ ea ea _ ea ea ea ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>70 ur ur ur ____ ur ur _ ur ur ur ur ur ____ _</p><p>______</p><p>71</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>72</p>