Sound Waves Spelling
Resources from Foundation to Year 6
Sound Waves offers a comprehensive, effective and engaging resource suite.
How to set up your Sound Waves classroom
1. Teaching resources
Use the online teaching resources to deliver your lessons.
2. Student activities
Choose either a physical workbook or printable pages.
3. Charts and resources
Add student and teaching charts, cards, Decodable Readers and more.
Every classroom needs the teaching resources
Sound Waves Online Teaching Resources F–6
$89 per class
Includes complimentary access to the student site.
Sound Waves Online provides every teacher access to the explicit teaching resources for all year levels from Foundation to Year 6. With a school licence there is no extra cost for any support staff attached to each class.
Includes:
- interactive slideshows
- engaging videos
- comprehensive lesson guides
- yearly plans
- assessment
- hundreds of downloadable BLMs
- projectable student book pages and answers
- online and offline spelling games
- complimentary access to the student site.
Features differ across year levels to reflect the learning needs of students.
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Individual Licences for Sound Waves Online Teaching Resources are also available for $89 per class. This allows one teacher and their class access to the resources.
Choose your preferred format for student activities
Student Books F–6
$17.95
Student book activities consolidate the explicit teaching of phonemes, graphemes and Focus Concepts. Activities include*:
- identifying focus phonemes in words
- segmenting words into phonemes
- reading and spelling words
- working with spelling and vocabulary concepts.
Each book contains an introductory unit, which establishes the basic concepts that students need to begin working with the program, and 35 Sound Units, which cover the 43 phonemes of Australian English. There are also challenges and Extension Words.
* Features differ across year levels. Features in Foundation are unique to reflect its two phases of learning. Books 3–6 include extra pages for students to practise segmenting Focus Words.
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Printable Student Book Pages F–6
$13 per student*
With the same great activities as the physical student book, this option provides ultimate flexibility with printable student activities for every year level (Foundation to Year 6).
* This product is only available as an add-on to Sound Waves Online Teaching Resources. This product is only available under a school licence.
Add charts to enhance the experience
Teaching Charts
$69.95
Available in Foundation, Standard or Extended versions
Teaching charts feature common graphemes used to represent the 43 phonemes of Australian English.
Teaching charts are ideal for whole-class instruction and activities; from introducing phonemes and graphemes, to playing games.
- Foundation teaching charts are packaged as one C1-sized chart plus two A3-sized charts and include the graphemes taught in the Foundation program.
- Standard teaching charts are packaged as two C1-sized charts and include common graphemes with word examples.
- Extended teaching charts are packaged as two C1-sized charts and feature more unusual graphemes with word examples that students will encounter in upper primary.
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Student Chart
$6.95
Available in Foundation, Standard or Extended versions
Student charts feature common graphemes used to represent the 43 phonemes of Australian English.
The student chart is a handy individual reference that students can use to help them to make correct spelling choices in their everyday writing.
- The foundation student chart is an A4 folded chart and includes the graphemes taught in the Foundation program.
- The standard student chart is an A3 folded chart and includes common graphemes with word examples.
- The extended student chart is an A3 folded chart and features more unusual graphemes with word examples that students will encounter in upper primary.
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Follow on with targeted reading practice
Foundation Decodable Readers
From $318
Available in support, core or extended sets
Each book perfectly aligns with the Sound Waves teaching sequence and features a focus phoneme–grapheme relationship, charming illustrations and a captivating story.
View the Foundation sample books for the grapheme b as in balloon.
Year 1 Decodable Readers
From $342
Available in support, core or extended sets
The Sound Waves Year 1 Decodable Readers have arrived! Each book perfectly aligns with the Sound Waves teaching sequence and features a focus phoneme–grapheme relationship, charming illustrations and a captivating story.
View the Year 1 sample books for the grapheme r as in robot.
Use extra resources throughout the week
Foundation Sound Icon Playing Cards
$19.95
The Foundation Sound Icon Playing Cards are designed to help consolidate students’ phonemic awareness skills.
The pack includes games instructions and two sets of cards featuring Sound Icons for the 43 phonemes of Australian English, along with special cards.
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Foundation Sound Icon Cards A5
$29.95
Designed to be used in Phase 1 for oral activities, the Foundation Sound Icon Cards feature Sound Icons for the 43 phonemes of Australian English.
The pack includes a card for each of the 24 consonant and 19 vowel Sound Icons. The reverse side of each card features the Sound Icon, Chant and Action, and articulation information.
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Foundation Sound Box Cards A5
$29.95
Designed to be used in Phase 2 for oral and written activities, the Foundation Sound Box Cards feature Sound Boxes for the 43 phonemes of Australian English.
The pack includes 63 cards featuring the graphemes taught in the Foundation year. The reverse side of each card features the Sound Box, Chant and Action, and articulation information.
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Standard Sound Box Playing Cards
$19.95
The Standard Sound Box Playing Cards are designed to help Year 1–6 students consolidate their understanding of phoneme–grapheme relationships.
The pack includes games instructions and two sets of cards featuring Sound Boxes for the 43 phonemes of Australian English, along with special cards.
If you do not wish to pay via credit card and would like us to raise an invoice for your school, simply email us your order.
Standard Sound Box Cards A5
$29.95
The Standard Sound Box Cards are ideal for whole-class and small-group games and activities in Years 1–6. The pack includes a card for each of the 24 consonant and 19 vowel Sound Boxes. The reverse side of each card features the Sound Box, Chant and Action, and articulation information.
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Words and Sounds Book A5
$7.95
The Words and Sounds Book is designed to help early years students learn alphabetical order and phoneme–grapheme relationships. The book is divided into two sections: Word Lists (frequently used words arranged in alphabetical order) and Phonemes & Graphemes (to record and reference phoneme–grapheme relationships). Both sections include space for students to add new words so they can create a personalised word bank and spelling reference tool.
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