Teaching spelling generalisations: Gentle Cindy – soft g and soft c

Overview

Literacy specialist Elaine Stanley presents this explanation of how to teach students the spelling generalisation known as Gentle Cindy, which explains when the letters g and c make their soft sounds, /j/ and /s/.

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Resources mentioned in the video

Phonics lesson slides: Spelling generalisation for soft g and soft c [3:11]

Phonics lesson student worksheet: Spelling generalisation for soft g and soft c [3:30]

Who is this video for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders

What will you learn?

How to teach the spelling generalisation known as Gentle Cindy as part of your systematic synthetic phonics instruction.

How to teach students when the letters c and g make the soft sounds /j/ and /s/.

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