The document provides an overview of the Sounds Great phonics series, which includes five student books, workbooks, readers, and supplemental online and audio/CD-ROM materials. The series uses a systematic scope and sequence to teach phonics concepts across five levels, with each student book containing 10 lesson units and 2 review units. Lessons incorporate letters, sounds, blending, stories, chants and various activities to build reading, writing, listening and engagement. Accompanying workbooks and readers provide additional practice opportunities. The online and audio components offer supplementary instructional materials.

1. Sounds Great

2. Content
• Overview
• Key Features
• Unit Walkthrough
• Student Book
• Workbook
• Online Supplements
• Hybrid CD

3. Overview
 Sounds Great is a five-level phonics series developed for young EFL/ESL learners
 Sounds Great initiates the path to fluency through systematic lessons developing
knowledge of the alphabet, vowel combinations, and consonant blends
 Sounds Great Workbooks provide additional support and gives ample opportunities
for students who need or desire more practice writing and reading the new letters and
sounds
 Sounds Great Readers are 5 carefully-controlled leveled phonics readers that
provide fun stories and remarkable illustrations. The readers series provides students with
the ability to see the letters and words they just learned incorporated into fun and exciting
stories they are sure to enjoy over and over
 Website: www.compasspub.com/SG

4. 5 level series with comprehensive coverage of key phonics concepts
10 units per book (8 lessons and 2 review units)
8 pages per lesson unit & 4 pages per review unit
Designed for EFL/ESL students
Easy and fun stories to review new sounds, letters, and words
Fun rhyming chants following each unit to reinforce learning
2 Hybrid CDs containing supplemental activities included with each student book
Various activities to build listening, reading, and writing skills
A workbook and a leveled phonics reader are available
Free downloadable supplements including Teacher’s Guide, Flash Cards, Answer Keys, and
MP3 Tracks from www.compasspub.com/SG
Key Features

5. Supplementary MaterialStudent Book
The ABC Song and
Phonics Chant are
useful tools for
warming up or
wrapping up a lesson
Warm-Up

6. Interactive Hybrid CDStudent BookStudent BookStudent Book
Listening and
Chanting
These activities introduce the new
sound and put each sound into the
context of a word
Students move initially from basic
letters and sounds to blending double
letter sounds through the series
Images are used to form the letters
for better recognition of the letter and
associated vocabulary word
Chants are used to reinforce sounds
New Letters and Sounds

7. Supplementary MaterialStudent Book
Listen & Repeat
Listen & Match
Listen & Write
New Words
These activities introduce the
new sounds and puts each
sound into the context of a word.
 Students engage in activities
which develop their knowledge of
sounds and vocabulary.

8. WorkbookStudent Book
Listen
& Write
Listen
& Circle
Wrap-Up
Each unit includes wrap-up activities
as a quick review of the lesson, to see
how much the student can apply of
what they have learned
Read
& Match
Write in
the Word

9. Student Book
By including a story in each unit,
students have the opportunity to use
the letters and words they have
learned
The stories build reading
confidence through recycling the key
vocabulary and sounds.
Students can listen first, read along,
and read the story on their own.
Story

10. Student BookStudent BookStudent Book
Rhyming Chants are
another great way to
reinforce the sounds and
letters from the lessons
Students engage with key
sounds and vocabulary
through a rhyming chant
Key words and sounds are
highlighted to allow for
easier student recognition
Rhyming Chant

11. Supplementary MaterialStudent Book
Various Writing
Activities
Writing Homework
Students develop motor skills and
writing ability for target sounds
Students progress from simple
letters in Level 1 to inserting
vocabulary into structured sentences
by Level 5

12. www.compasspub.com/SG
Workbook
 Practice makes perfect! Sounds Great has a workbook designed
to help reinforce the content
 Each workbook has 4 pages of review activities for each unit
 Can be completed as homework or as an in-class supplement for
faster students
Workbooks
are available
for each
level!

13. www.compasspub.com/SG
 Five collections of leveled phonics readers are
available to complement the Sounds Great
Phonics course
 Four 16-page stories are available in each
Sounds Great Reader
 Key sounds are highlighted for emphasis
4 stories
per book
Sounds Great Readers reinforce learned content and build confidence in reading!
Sounds Great Phonics Readers
16
pages in
each
story

14. Audio CD & Interactive
CD-ROM
2 Hybrid CDs (audio CD/
CD-ROM) are included with
each student book
Allow students to further
their learning in a fun,
interactive way
Various activities and games
reinforce acquired knowledge
Supplementary MaterialHybrid CD

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