Use the very best pedagogy
The phonemic approach is recognised as one of the most effective ways to teach spelling and reading skills. When you use Sound Waves, you’re employing the most powerful teaching pedagogies for the development of literacy.
Spelling program for the whole school
The Sound Waves whole-school program means students have continuity and consistency as they develop spelling skills throughout their primary school years.
No more rote learning
With Sound Waves your students will gain a deeper understanding of how words are structured, because we’ve replaced rote learning with strategies for reading, writing and spelling.
Structured teaching program
Sound Waves is not a text book, it’s a teaching program. The program is carefully designed to equip you with all the support and tools you need to turn your students into better spellers. We provide the resources, so you can focus on teaching.
New to the phonemic approach?
You don’t need to be a phonemic specialist to teach Sound Waves – the Sound Waves Teacher Book has everything you need to teach the Sound Waves program, including lesson plans, teaching ideas, game instructions and the answers to all activities.
More than just spelling
As well as turning your kids into super spellers, Sound Waves also covers the key language concepts that they’ll need to become highly literate. These concepts are ingeniously woven into the Student Book activities for each sound unit.
Great Games
The teacher book provides you with the instructions for dozens of Great Games activities – perfect for consolidating sounds and language concepts. Kids love them.
Free online resources
Sound Waves Online is free for classes that booklist Sound Waves Student Books. With hundreds of BLMs, List Words, projectable pages, interactive learning objects and much more, you won’t need to trawl the web for a pastiche of mis-matched teaching resources. They’re all in one place.
Beautiful BLMs
Sound Waves Online contains hundreds of downloadable BLMs. We’ve made it easy to find a BLM for anything – segmenting words, brainstorming, games, art activities, wall charts, word lists, differentiation… You name it, we’ve got it.
Project and teach
Make sure you and your class are on the same page – use a digital projector or electronic whiteboard to project Sound Waves Online in your classroom. Guide your students through the Student Book activities and projectable word lists, and engage them with segmenting activities and interactive games.
All learning types covered
Whether your students are visual, aural or kinesthetic learners, Sound Waves has a wide range of activities and resources that allow you to explore sounds in a variety of ways. Bring the class to life with charts, cards, songs, games and more.
Differentiation
We recognise that it’s vital to support students who need extra help, as well as extending your better spellers. Sound Waves activities and List Words are all graded in order of difficulty, so you can assist struggling students. We also have Extension List Words and Super Challenge Black Line Masters for advanced students and fast finishers.
Made for multi-age classrooms
Each sound unit is on the same page in Student Books 1 to 6, making multi-age classroom management easy.
We're here to help
We have a wealth of free Professional Development and support options to help you make the most of your Sound Waves program. View our PD + Support options or speak to an Education Consultant now.