Sound Waves Decodable Readers Foundation Core Set (40 books)

The Sound Waves Decodable Readers Foundation Core Set follows the Sound Waves systematic synthetic phonics sequence so that students can consolidate the explicit teaching of phoneme–grapheme relationships with targeted reading practice.

Books in the core set include:

• CVC words
• newly learnt Special Words from the Sound Waves Spelling teaching sequence
• a steadily increasing word count of 25–130 words.

In addition, every core Decodable Reader includes a Warm Up section with words containing the focus phoneme–grapheme relationship, Book Chat questions to encourage students to reflect on what they are reading, and tips for helping students during reading.

Sound Waves Decodable Readers follow a systematic teaching sequence to help students develop their decoding and word recognition skills. After all, when students are explicitly taught how to read, then their confidence, motivation and overall enjoyment of reading follows.

Features

• High-quality and varied texts by literacy specialists in a range of different text types including traditional narratives, rhyming stories, clue books and more.
• Clever illustrations crafted to enhance the story and prompt discussion without enabling students to predict the text.
• A clean layout to help reduce the cognitive load for students.
• Students will enjoy reading books that feature an eclectic range of themes – from animals and the environment, to emotions and fantasy! Best of all, the books feature both (1) current Australian settings and themes that are intended to be relatable for students, and (2) a diverse range of ages, ethnicities and family structures.

The readers are available in three levels of difficulty so you can provide a positive and successful reading experience for your whole class.

• The Foundation Support Set (47 titles) is suited to students who need to build confidence with their reading and would benefit from starting with simpler, shorter texts.
• The Foundation Core Set (40 titles) is ideal for the majority of students who can comfortably apply their new phoneme–grapheme knowledge to reading.
• The Foundation Extended Set (40 titles) is suited to more advanced students who need more complex texts to maintain their motivation and engagement.

* Some books include more than one grapheme for the focus phoneme.

Foundation Core Set Contents