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Sound Waves F Scope and Sequence 1

Sound Waves Foundation

The Sound Waves Foundation program consists of two phases: Exploring Sounds and Discovering Graphemes. These phases are designed to be taught across a whole school year, with Exploring Sounds implemented in Term 1 and Discovering Graphemes in Terms 2–4.

Phase 1: Exploring SoundsThis is an oral, aural and kinaesthetic phase where students learn to hear and shape the 43 sounds (or phonemes) of Australian English. This stage develops phonological awareness and in particular phonemic awareness skills, which are essential for students to begin successfully reading and writing in the next phase of the program.In the Exploring Sounds phase, students:• learn the 43 sounds of Australian English• learn the icons that represent the sounds• learn to segment words into sounds and blend sounds

to form words• complete phonemic awareness activities for every

sound (via the Sound Waves Foundation Student Book).

Phase 2: Discovering GraphemesThis phase introduces the most common graphemes used to represent each sound in writing, while revising and extending phonemic awareness skills.In the Discovering Graphemes phase, students:• consolidate their knowledge of the 43 sounds and icons• learn the most common graphemes that represent

each sound• are introduced to List Words and Special Words (see p. 3)• segment and blend VC, CV and CVC words• complete activities for every sound-letter

correspondence (via the Sound Waves Foundation Student Book).

• practise handwriting• create and punctuate sentences• complete a variety of additional activities including

Decodable Readers, spelling and reading games, and art activities.

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3 Colour the balloons with b or B on them to show the way to the party.

2 Circle the picture if you hear b in the picture name.

4 Write b in the spaces. Draw pictures to match the words.

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1 Colour the letter for b in each List Word.

Page from Phase 2 of the Sound Waves Foundation Student Book

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2 Trace the dotted lines. Colour the balloons.

1 Colour the balloon if you hear b at the start of the picture name.

Page from Phase 1 of the Sound Waves Foundation Student Book

2 Sound Waves F Scope and Sequence

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Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 /b/ as in balloon /k/ as in kite /d/ as in duck /f/ as in fish /g/ as in girl

2 /h/ as in house /j/ as in jellyfish /l/ as in lizard /m/ as in moon /n/ as in net

3 /ng/ as in ring /p/ as in pig /r/ as in robot /s/ as in seal /t/ as in tiger

4 /v/ as in vase /w/ as in web /y/ as in yoyo /z/ as in zebra /s/ as in treasure

5 /ch/ as in chicken /sh/ as in shell /th/ as in thong /th/ as in feather /a/ as in apple

6 /e/ as in egg /i/ as in igloo /o/ as in orange /u/ as in umbrella /ai/ as in snail

7 /ee/ as in bee /i_e/ as in ice-cream /oa/ as in boat /ar/ as in star /ir/ as in bird

8 /or/ as in horse /oo/ as in book /oo/ as in boot /ou/ as in cloud /oy/ as in boy

9 /eer/ as in deer /air/ as in chair /er/ as in ladder

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Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 m for m a for a consolidate

2 t for t s for s consolidate

3 i for i d for d consolidate

4 f for f n for n consolidate

5 p for p o for o consolidate

6 r for r g for g consolidate

7 e for e h for h consolidate

8 k for k c for k c consolidate

9 u for u b for b consolidate

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1 l for l j for j consolidate

2 y for y v for v consolidate

3 w for w z for z consolidate

4 ck for k c ck ng for ng consolidate

5 ss for s ss ff for f ff consolidate

6 ll for l ll zz, s for z zz s consolidate

7 x for k c ck x(ks) s ss x(ks) q for k c q ck x(ks) u for w u consolidate

8 ch for ch sh for sh consolidate

9 th for th th for th consolidate

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emes 1 s for s ai, ay, a_e for ai ay a_e consolidate

2 ee, e, ea for ee e ea i_e, y for i_e y consolidate

3 oa, o_e, o for oa o_e o ar, a for ar a consolidate

4 ir, ur for ir ur or, a for or a consolidate

5 oo, u for oo u oo for oo consolidate

6 ou, ow for ou ow oy for oy consolidate

7 eer, ear for eer ear air for air consolidate

8 er for er consolidate consolidate

Yearly Plan

Sound Waves F Scope and Sequence 3

Grapheme/ Sound List Words Special

Words

m for m

a for a am

t for t at, mat, Tam

s for s sat, Sam

i for i it, sit

d for d sad, Dad

f for f fit, fat

n for nin, and, fan, man, Dan, Nat a

p for p pat, tap

o for o on, off, pot, top A

r for r rat, ran I

g for g got, pig, dog is

e for e red, peg, get

h for h hat, hot, hit has

k for k kid, kit the

c for k c can, cat, cot, cap

u for u run, sun, Mum

b for b bat, bed, big to

l for l lid, log, leg, let look

j for j jet, jog, jug he, she

y for y yes, yet you, no

v for v van, vet have

w for w win, wet, web was

z for z zap, zip his

ck for k c ckback, neck, kick, sock, duck

ng for nghang, king, rung, song

ss for s ssmess, miss, kiss, toss, fuss see

ff for f ff off, puff, huff, cuff go

ll for l ll bell, fill, will, doll, dull

Grapheme/ Sound List Words Special

Words

zz, s for z zz sjazz, fizz, buzz, is, has, was

x(ks) for k c ck x(ks) s ss x(ks)

mix, six, fix, fox, box

q for k c q ck x(ks) u for w u

quit, quick, quiz

ch for chchat, check, chips, chop for

sh for shshell, ship, shop, shut, fish of

th for th thick, thin, thong, with

th for th this, that, then, them there

s for s come, some

ai, ay, a_e for ai ay a_e

rain, tail, day, play, cake, game they

ee, e, ea for ee e ea

see, bee, we, she, eat, seat

i_e, y for i_e ylike, five, nine, by, my, why one

oa, o_e, o for oa o_e o

boat, road, home, nose, go, so goes, going

ar, a for ar acar, card, far, farm, ask, fast are, after

ir, ur for ir urgirl, bird , third, fur, turn, hurt her, were

or, a for or aor, for, fork, all, ball, call four, your

oo, u for oo u took, good, put could, would, should

oo for oo room, cool, too do, two, who

ou, ow for ou owour, out, house, how, now, down

oy for oy boy, boys, toy, toys said

eer, ear for eer ear ear, hear, dear, deer here

air for air air, chair where

er for ermother, father, sister, brother

As students progress through the Discovering Graphemes phase, they are introduced to List Words and Special Words. List Words are words that students will be able to read and spell, based on the sound-letter relationships they have been taught. Special Words are high-frequency words with unusual spellings (e.g. the) or words containing sound-letter correspondences not yet taught in the phase.

List Words and Special Words

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