What makes Sound Waves Spelling an effective program?

Sound Waves Spelling is a whole-school systematic word study program that supports teachers in their whole-class (Tier 1) spelling lessons.

Superchart your spelling lessons

Sound Waves Spelling

The Sound Waves Spelling charts are a valuable resource to use throughout the week. Discover the key features of the teaching and student charts and try our ideas for using them in your classroom.

Sound Waves Spelling and synthetic phonics: The facts

Sound Waves Spelling

Systematic synthetic phonics (also known as structured synthetic phonics) is a well-established method of teaching critical reading and spelling skills. So what exactly is systematic synthetic phonics? What evidence is there for its effectiveness? How does Sound Waves Spelling fit…

How are phoneme-grapheme relationships introduced in Sound Waves Spelling Foundation?

Sound Waves Spelling

In Sound Waves Spelling Foundation, phoneme-grapheme relationships are introduced in a very specific order. This minimises confusion for students and ensures they are up and running quickly with reading and spelling.

Sound Waves shines at Mount Pritchard Public School

Sound Waves Spelling

Over the past three years, Mount Pritchard Public School has achieved great progress in student spelling, reading and writing outcomes with the Sound Waves program.

The four key areas of teaching spelling

Sound Waves Spelling

Spelling is a complex skill that requires systematic and explicit instruction. Four key areas of teaching spelling are phonemic awareness, synthetic phonics, morphology and etymology. Let’s take a look at what each area involves, and why it is important.

Play 'Phoneme Chain'

Sound Waves Spelling

Phoneme Chain can be played at any time of the week. You don’t need any resources to play – just a willing class of participants!

A guide to the Sound Waves Spelling Diagnostic Test

Sound Waves Spelling

We’ve put together a quick guide to help you understand everything there is to know about the Spelling Diagnostic Test, including where to find it, when to administer it, how to mark it and how to incorporate any required remediation…