Proposed codes: AC9EFLA09, AC9EFLE04, AC9EFLY09, AC9EFLY10, AC9EFLY11, AC9EFLY13.
Goal: Hear /l/ at the end of selected short-vowel words, use final ll as one sound, and read the fictional name Nell.
Prepare: adult rhyme C, ll tile, three sound boxes, bell, hill, fill, doll, Nell cards, capital N and lower n.
- Retrieve · 3 min. Reblend ring, sing, song. Ask whether ng is one or two phonemes here, then briefly check one earlier card the class actually missed.
- Rhyme by ear · 4 min. Read rhyme C with print hidden. Ask which rhymes with bell, tell or ring. Accept tell by sound. The adult-only tell is not the new reading card.
- Model ll · 5 min. Hide print and segment bell /b/ /ɛ/ /l/ with three counters. Reveal b e ll and place ll in one final box. Say “Two ending letters, one /l/ sound in this word. We will check this selected set; we are not saying every /l/ ending uses two letters.”
- Guide and try · 7 min. Guide hill /h/ /ɪ/ /l/ and fill /f/ /ɪ/ /l/; invite doll /d/ /ɒ/ /l/ and Nell /n/ /ɛ/ /l/. Compare capital N with known lower n in the fictional name. Define fill after decoding.
- Encode and connect · 4 min. Dictate bell with print hidden. Learners select/write b e ll and reread; ask why four letters use three boxes. Reread the adult fiction's part where the bell was offered, with its print hidden.
- Exit check · 2 min. Show Nell among two cards. Ask for independent reading and why it starts with capital N. Record decoding and name capital separately.
Access routes: large joined ll tile, tactile or digital letters, counters, quiet/private naming, AAC/pointing or typing for segmentation and spelling, adult rhyme transcript. A child may direct an adult to place tiles.