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The Great Australian Schwa

Sound Waves Literacy

Embrace the schwa with this clever Aussie-themed rhyme.
Superchart your spelling lessons

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The Sound Waves 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.
How are phoneme–grapheme relationships introduced in the Foundation year?

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In the Foundation year of Sound Waves Literacy, 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 Literacy shines at Mount Pritchard Public School

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Over the past three years, Mount Pritchard Public School has achieved great progress in student spelling, reading and writing outcomes with the Sound Waves Literacy program.
The four key areas of teaching spelling

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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 Literacy

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!
Pair Focus Words with dictionary skills

Sound Waves Literacy

This activity is ideal for upper years students where the Focus Words (or Extension Words) contain words that some students may not be familiar with. 
What is the ‘schwa’?

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The schwa is the most common vowel sound in Australian English and is represented by the most letter combinations (graphemes). Although the schwa is formally taught in Sound Waves Literacy in Unit 36, it’s important to talk with students about…
Helping students make correct grapheme choices: Unpacking the Kite Sound Box

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Some phonemes (sounds) are represented by just one or two different graphemes (letter/s). Other phonemes can be represented by several different graphemes and therefore require more complex decision-making to achieve correct spelling.