Using videos to teach reading

Free videos to teach reading – use phonics in a way that kids love and learn

how to teach phonics multisensory This page features a series of free videos to teach reading based on the suite of interactive computer programs, Gilead® Success with Phonics The sound of each new letter or combination of letters is taught in a variety of ways. Then they are practised in a comic strip that demonstrates left to right blending of the sounds to read the words. Helpful for both parents and children together, or just children, also teachers and teacher’s aides.  

 Level 1:      1-1 – a, t, c, h, s           1-2 – b, m           1-3 – f, r 
  1-4 – n, d, b/d    1-5 – o, g 

Books to print for Level 1: easy 1-01,  easy 1-03a,  easy 1-03,  easy 1-04, easy 1-02 and 05

Level 2:       2-1 – e, w             2-2 – v               2-3 – i, k, ck, ss
  2-4 – p   2-5 2-6

Books to print for Level 2: easy 1-06, easy 1-07, easy 1-08 and 1-12, easy 1-09, easy 1-10, easy 1-11, easy 1-13, easy 1-14, easy 1-15 and easy 1-16  

Level 3:       3-1 – x, u             3-2 – b/d            3-3 – l, M, G     
  3-4 – j  3-5

Books to print for Level 3:  easy 1-17,  easy 1-18,  easy 1-19,  easy 1-20,  easy 1-21,  easy 1-22,  easy 1-23,  easy 1-24,  easy 1-25,  easy 1-26 

Level 4:      4-1 – ll, z, zz       4-2 – y             4-3 – q, qu, p/q, F 
  4-4 – nk 4-5 b/d/p/q

Books to print for Level 4:  easy 1-27,  easy 1-28,  easy 1-29,  easy 1-30,  easy 1-31,  easy 1-32,  easy 1-33,  easy 1-34,  easy 1-35,  easy 1-36 

An alternative order of teaching words and sounds for the printed books in Levels 1 to 4 – three sounds first, four sounds later. Click here.

Level 5:      5-1 – a_e, e_e, ee    5-2 – i_e, I (am/can)   5-3 – o_e, u_e  
  5-4 – ai, ay    5-5 – oa   “sight-words“

Books to print for Level 5:  easy 2-01,  easy 2-02,  easy 2-03,  easy 2-04,  easy 2-05,  easy 2-06,  easy 2-07,   easy 2-08  

Level 6:     6-1 – ea (/E/, /e/), ch (/ch/), igh                              
  6-2 6-2a 6-2b – ch (/ch/), tch, y (/y/, /E/, /I/, /i/)    more tch
  6-3 – er, ir, ur, ar (/ar/)                                   6-4 – sh 

Books to print for Level 6:  easy 2-09,  easy 2-10,  easy 2-11,  easy 2-12,  easy 2-13,  easy 2-14,  easy 2-15,  easy 2-16 

Level 7:      7-1 – or (/or/), wh, oo (cook, food) 
  7-2 – ou (/ow/), ow (/ow/, /O/), th (thistle, there)     
  7-3 – oi, oy, ph                 7-4 – au, aw              7-5 – you are 
7-6 – Storm the Castle    7-7

Books to print for Level 7:  easy 2-17, easy 2-18, easy 2-19,  easy 2-20,  easy 2-21,  easy 2-22,  easy 2-23,  easy 2-24,  easy 2-25, “easy plus” books, also corrected easy plus 1/11

Level 8:    8-1 – all, ng 
  8-2 – ch (/ch/, /sh/, /k/), ce ci cy, ie (grief, tie),  ei (ceiling, eight)
8-2a – nce. words 
  8-3 – a (/ar/)            8-4 – ge gi gy             8-5 – wa war wor
8-6 – ew (blew, dew), ed                                 8-7     

Books to print for Level 8:  easy 2-26, easy 2-27, easy 2-28, easy 2-29, easy 2-30, easy 2-31,  easy 2_32,  easy 2-33,  easy 2-34 and easy 2-35 

Level 9:      9-1 ou (out, soup, double trouble)    9-2 ue (blue, due), eu
9-3 other sounds of a e i o u, schwa  
9-4 letter names, capitals, i o a followed by 2 consonants
9-5 Tricky Words 1, -le words, syllables 
9-6 Tricky Words 2, 3, 4, 5
9-7 al (walk, half), ey, tion    
9-8 rules – hopping/hoping, apostrophes, silent letters …
9-9 air, are, oe (toes), ous, ear, our, ure, y+s/ce+i/c+i, scripts, jokes
9-10 “i” before “e”, “…ce”+”i…” “…c”+”i…”, gue, que, augh, ough
9-11 Celebrations and an overview

Books to print for Level 9:  easy 2-36 and easy 2-37  Print the books back-to-back on A4 paper (auto rotate and no zoom), cut across the centre on the line, assemble, fold and staple.

A list of ways to spell sounds.

Sight words: the, you, and