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Readiness Phase

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What about terms 2, 3 and 4?In Terms 2, 3 and 4 we recommend you go back to the beginning of your Teacher Book (page 19) and follow the instructions for Exploring the Sound, Exploring the List Words and Working with Words in each unit.

Do I need to do things each day with my students?To ensure students become totally familiar with the sounds and to introduce them to the simple code (graphemes), there are a couple of things we recommend you do every day.

• Sing the Sound Waves chants and actions (see page 12 & 13 Teacher Book 1 and use the Let’s Sing the Sounds CD).

• Play lots of games with the Sound Waves Sound Charts (see page 174 Teacher Book 1 for fun ideas).

• Use the Sound Waves Flash Cards to introduce the simple code (graphemes) for each sound. (For the k c unit, start with the k, c card.)

• Read the teaching notes for each unit in Teacher Book 1. • Segment and blend words orally then on the board as the

graphemes are introduced, for example, by week 3 bad – /b/a/d/, beg – /b/e/g/, bed – /b/e/d/.

What if my students have used Sound Waves before and don’t need the alternative program?Students who have a solid understanding of phonemes, graphemes and CVC words should complete Unit 1 Getting Started in Student Book 1 pages 6 and 7. Extra teacher information about this unit can be found on pages 15 to 18 in Teacher Book 1. After completing this unit with your students you simply follow the rest if the program laid out in your Sound Waves 1 Teacher Book.

S p 1 Play the Warm Up activity. (eg page 20 in Sound Waves 1 Teacher Book)

S p 2Complete the Identify the Sound activity (eg page 20 in Sound Waves 1 Teacher Book) There are generally two options here. You will usually select Option 1 however, if you decide your students would enjoy both activities then select them both.

S p 3

Modify the Match Up (Pictures to Words) game (eg page 22 in Sound Waves 1 Teacher Book). Use the pictures that represent CVC words. Ask students to identify the picture then, as an oral exercise, segment and blend the word for each picture. You can fi nd the Black Line Masters for these games under each unit in the TLC. (If you have access to a Foundation Year Teacher Book, play games from the Discovering Graphemes Phase for each sound.)

S p 4Ask students to complete Activity 2 in Sound Waves 1 Student Book. This activity usually asks students to colour the picture if they hear the focus sound in its name.

Term 1 Modifi ed Program

Sound Waves 1 requires students to have a basic knowledge of: • the phonemes of our language• basic graphemes used to represent the phonemes• reading and writing words with the CVC (consonant-vowel-

consonant) pattern.

If you are unsure of the abilities of your students we have provided a set of Readiness Black Line Masters to help you identify any problems. If your class requires help with these basic skills we suggest you use a modifi ed version or the Sound Waves 1 program to

introduce phonemes, graphemes and CVC words more slowly to your students.

What does this modifi ed program look like?The Sound Waves Teacher and Student Books are meant to be used to teach one sound per week for 36 weeks. The modifi ed program suggests you use 4 simple steps to introduce all the consonants and the short vowel sounds only in Term 1. (See the Suggested Yearly Program following for details.)

How should I do this?Introduce 3 new sounds per week. We suggest you introduce one sound per day and leave the last two days of the week for revision. For each sound you introduce follow these 4 easy steps.

1Sound Waves Readiness Phase

Term 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 1 Readiness BLMs Readiness BLMs Readiness BLMs Readiness BLMs Readiness BLMs

Week 2 b for b a for a k for k c Revision Revision

Week 3 e for e d for d i for i Revision Revision

Week 4 f for f o for o g for g Revision Revision

Week 5 u for u h for h j for j Revision Revision

Week 6 l for l m for m n/ng for n ng Revision Revision

Week 7 p for p r for r s for s Revision Revision

Week 8 t for t v for v w for w Revision Revision

Week 9 y for y z for z ch for ch Revision Revision

Week 10 sh for sh th for th th for th Revision Revision


Week 11 b bb b bb a a a

Week 12 k c q ck x(ks) k c q ck x(ks) k c q ck x(ks) k c q ck x(ks) k c q ck x(ks)

Week 13 e e e d dd d dd

Week 14 i i i i i

Week 15 o a o a o a o a o a

Week 16 f f f f f f f f f g gg g gg

Week 17 u o u o u o u o u o

Week 18 ai ay a_e ai ay a_e ai ay a_e ai ay a_e ai ay a_e

Week 19 h j h j h j l ll l ll

Week 20 ee e ea ee e ea ee e ea ee e ea ee e ea


Week 21 i_e y i_e y i_e y i_e y i_e y

Week 22 m mm m mm n nn ng n nn ng n nn ng

Week 23 oa o_e o oa o_e o oa o_e o oa o_e o oa o_e o

Week 24 p pp r rr p pp r rr s ss se x(ks) c s ss se x(ks) c s ss se x(ks) c

Week 25 ar a ar a ar a ar a ar a

Week 26 ir ur ir ur ir ur ir ur ir ur

Week 27 t tt t tt t tt t tt t tt

Week 28 or a or a or a or a or a

Week 29 oo u oo u oo u oo u oo u

Week 30 v ve w wh u v ve w wh u v ve w wh u y y


Week 31 oo oo oo oo oo

Week 32 z zz s s si z zz s s si ch sh ch sh ch sh

Week 33 ou ow ou ow ou ow ou ow ou ow

Week 34 oy oi oy oi oy oi eer ear eer ear

Week 35 th th th th th

Week 36 air air air air air

Week 37 er er er er er

Su� � d Y� � y Program

2Sound Waves Readiness Phase

BLM R1 Readiness Phase b bb d dd f f f g gg

Sound Waves 1 Black Line Masters © Barbara Murray and Terri Watson 2010 Firefl y Press

1 Say the sound for the sound box. Colour the pictures that start with that sound.

2 Say the name for each picture. Listen for the sound at the end of the word. Circle the letter for the sound.

b bb

d dd

f f f

g gg

b g f g g d d f

d g b g f g b f3 Circle the word for each picture.

bedbeg

fi nfi t

dogdig

BLM R2 Readiness Phase


a e

1 Say the sound for the sound box. Colour the pictures that have this sound in the picture name.

a

e

2 Join the words to the pictures. 3 Write some words to rhyme.

4 Join the words to the pictures. 5 Write some words to rhyme.

6 Finish each word with a or e.

bag

bat

fan

cat sad

at

at

ad

ad

bed

ten

wet 10

net men

et

et

en

en

e

a

j m

p n

l g

c p

r t

b ll



h j l ll m mm


h

j

l ll

m mm

2 Say the name for each picture. Listen for the sound at the start of the word. Circle the letter for the sound.

3 Circle the word for each picture.

h j m j h l m l

hid hill hit jet jot job

lid lit lip

met mit mat

ham dam jam

let led leg



n nn p pp r rr s ss se x(ks) c


n nn

p pp

r rr

s ss se x(ks) c

2 Write the letter in the box in the words. Join the words to the pictures.

n

r

p

s

ut

et

eck

an

in

en

at

an

ag

ad

at

ack



i o a u o


6

i

o a

u o

2 Join the words to the pictures.

3 Write some words to rhyme.

4 Finish each word with i, o, or u.

pig

lip

jog

rod

bug

mud

bin sit pot hug

inin

itit

otot

ugug

s x

n t

c t

h ll

j g

m p



t tt v ve w wh u y z zz s


t tt

v ve

w wh u

y

z zz s

ap

et

oyo

ip

eb

et

ell

en

an

oo

ag

in

10

2 Finish the word to match the picture.



k c q ck x(ks)

k c q ck x(ks)


2 Write the letter in the box in the words. Join the words to the pictures.

c kat

quack

quackquack

up

ot

ub

iss

ing

ite

oala

3 Circle the word for each picture.

q x

k c q ck x(ks)

bo

fo

mi

ueen

uilt

uack

can cat cap fi n fi t fi x



ch sh th th ng


ch

sh

th

th

ng

in

ell

ips

ip

ong

urch

fi

mo

ki

tor

too

ri

2 Finish the word to match the picture. Use ch, sh, th or ng.

Mother Father Sister Brother



ai ay a_e

ee e ea

i_e y

oa o_e o

ai ay a_e ee e ea i_e y oa o_e o


2 Finish each word by adding the fi rst letter.

ain

eet

ine

oat

ate

ee

ike

ose

ake

eat

ite

ope



ar a ir ur or a

ar a

ir ur

or a



ar

irl

all

ark

ird

ork

tar

urse

orn

3 Colour the two that rhyme in each box.



oo u oo ou ow

oo u

oo

ou ow



ook

oon

ouse

ook

oo

own

ush

oot

ouse

3 Colour the two that rhyme in each box.



oy oi eer ear air er

oy oi

eer ear

air


er


oy

eer

air

adder

oys

pear

airy

other

oin

ear

ear

umper

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