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systematic synthetic phonics & word study

Student Book
Barbara Murray and Terri Watson
 Contents

Welcome to Sound Waves Literacy ........................................................................................................................................... 4

How to Use This Book ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Unit Phoneme Focus Concepts

1 Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................ 6

2 Suffixes ed, ing | Compound Words | Irregular Past Tense ........................................... 8

3 Suffixes ed, ing | Synonyms ........................................................................................................ 10

4 Graphemes ck, k, c | Prefix ex ................................................................................................... 12

5 Compound Words | Suffixes s, es ............................................................................................ 14

6 Suffixes ed, ing | Prefixes mis, dis, un | Irregular Past Tense ......................................... 16

7 Suffixes er, est | Prefixes in, im ................................................................................................... 18

8 Suffixes s, es | Suffix s | Prefix fore ................................................................................................. 20

9 Grapheme a | Suffixes ed, ing, s, es | Synonyms & Antonyms ..................................... 22

10 Suffixes ed, ing | Homophones ................................................................................................. 24

11 Suffix es | Suffix y ............................................................................................................................ 26

Contractions | Homophones............................................................................................................ 28
12
Grapheme g ...................................................................................................................................... 29

13 Suffixes y, er, est | Homophones .............................................................................................. 30

14 Suffix ful | Contractions ............................................................................................................... 32

15 Suffix ly | Homophones ................................................................................................................ 34

16 Suffix er | Suffix ment .................................................................................................................... 36

17 Suffixes ed, ing, s, es | Prefixes bi, tri | Homophones............................................................ 38

Suffix ness | Contractions ........................................................................................................... 40

18
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19 Homophones | Suffixes s, es ............................................................................................................. 42

Suffix ship........................................................................................................................................ 44
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Prefixes pre, re ............................................................................................................................... 45

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 Unit Phoneme Focus Concepts

21 Suffix en .............................................................................................................................................. 46

22 Suffix ous | Prefix sub .................................................................................................................... 48

23 Suffixes y, er, est .............................................................................................................................. 50

24 Prefix inter | Contractions ........................................................................................................... 52

25 Homophones | Irregular Past Tense ....................................................................................... 54

Contractions..................................................................................................................................... 56
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Suffix wards ...................................................................................................................................... 57

27 Suffix hood | Irregular Past Tense ............................................................................................ 58

28 Suffix ish ............................................................................................................................................. 60

29 Prefix super | Irregular Past Tense ........................................................................................... 62

z zz s se Homophones | Suffixes s, es...................................................................................................... 64

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31 Prefix out | Homophones ............................................................................................................ 66

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Suffix ion ............................................................................................................................................ 69

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Homophones ................................................................................................................................... 73

35 Homophones ................................................................................................................................... 74

36 Suffixes er, or, ist ............................................................................................................................. 76

How to Segment Words .......................................................................................................................................................................... 78

Focus Words for Segmenting .............................................................................................................................................................. 78
Extension Words .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Helpful Hints ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 98

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 Welcome to Sound Waves Literacy
Our structured literacy approach is the key to reading, writing and spelling success.
Sound Waves Literacy is an evidence-informed program. Instruction builds from Foundation to Year 6 and
covers four key areas of teaching: phonemic awareness, synthetic phonics, morphology and etymology.

Year 4 Overview
Follow these two steps to teach, practise and consolidate reading
and spelling skills.

Step 1: Teach with Sound Waves Literacy Online

Year 4 lessons start with explicit teaching using the lesson guides
and interactive slideshows at Sound Waves Literacy Online.
The teaching resources at Sound Waves Literacy Online help
you to deliver systematic and engaging lessons that directly
correspond to the activities in this book.

Step 2: Consolidate with the Student Book

Student Books in Years 1–6 all contain 36 units of work. Each unit
is designed to take one week to complete.
In Unit 1 Getting Started, students demonstrate their
understanding of the basic concepts needed to begin working
with the program.
In Units 2–36, students complete Focus Word activities
(reading and spelling words containing the focus phoneme),
and Focus Concept activities (consolidating spelling and
vocabulary concepts).
Additional resources, including Teaching Charts, Student Charts and
Playing Cards, are also available to support teaching and learning.

Sound Boxes
In Sound Waves each phoneme is represented by a Sound Box.
Each Sound Box contains a Sound Icon and the most common
grapheme/s used to represent that phoneme.
When you see a Sound Box, say the phoneme it represents, not the Sound Icon graphemes
name of the Sound Icon or the letter name. For example, say the
/f/ as in fish
phoneme /f/, not fish or the letter name f.

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 How to Use This Book
The activities in this book should only be completed after the associated lessons have been
taught using the teaching resources at Sound Waves Literacy Online.

Sound Box U NI T
a apple
3
represents the focus
Focus Words Lesson 1
phoneme land catch wombat angle Saturday
camp scrap happy travel animal

Focus Words
sank
crack
planned
planning
happen
cattle
athlete
blanket
platypus
January Introduce the focus
phoneme, grapheme/s
contain the focus
1 Turn to page 79 to segment the Focus Words.

and Focus Words using

phoneme and link to
2 Help the platypus make its way to the riverbank. Colour the words that contain .

babies water catch planet teacher change easy the online lesson guide
Focus Concepts
game
cattle
rabbit
party
packet
family
after
because happen sandwich
watch chase small
grams
safe
and slideshow.

Focus Word activities 3 Unjumble the letters to make Focus Words. Write words that rhyme. The first one is done for you.

daln land sand knas

Students consolidate
involve identifying the
the knowledge
ckacr tchac

focus phoneme in words, mapc crpas

taught in each lesson
segmenting words into 4 Match the word beginnings to the word endings. Write the words.

by completing the
phonemes, and reading spl atch bl ap

scr ack sm ank associated Student

and spelling words cr ash scr ash
Book activities.
5 Label the pictures with Focus Words.

6 Write Focus Words to finish the sentences.

There are 31 days in .

A female lays its eggs in a burrow.
Monday follows Sunday. follows Friday.
It takes around 10 hours to from Sydney to Brisbane by car.
Anna Creek Station in South Australia is the world’s largest station.

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Suffixes ed, ing ★ Hint 3 Lessons 2–4

7 Circle the words that need the last letter doubled when adding ed or ing.
Rewrite the words using ed and ing.

ed ing Teach each Focus

land slam plant
Focus Concept activities drag scan grant
Concept using the
involve working with wrap camp scrap online lesson guide
spelling and vocabulary
track thank snack and slideshow.
crack scratch smash
concepts
8 Rewrite the words from the brackets using ed or ing.
A star in the banner I a bag to take to soccer training. [ pack ] Students consolidate
indicates there is one or I can hear the waves on the shore. [ crash ] the knowledge
more hints for the Focus We are to travel to Adelaide in January. [ plan ]
taught in each lesson
Everyone when the athlete won the race. [ clap ]
Concept. The Helpful Synonyms
by completing the
Hints are located on 9 Match the synonym pairs. associated Student
pages 98 and 99. chat scrap track mad sad own Book activity.
piece shatter angry path have perhaps

smash talk gather collect maybe unhappy

10 Write Focus Words that are synonyms.

rug earth creature

glad move livestock

break occur sportsperson

Challenge
Write animal names containing that match the clues. The first letter is there to help you.

baby frog t bird that copies speech p

large lizard g has see-through wings d
long-eared mammal r carries its young in a pouch k

egg-laying mammal p lives in China p

black and white bird m burrowing animal w
develops into a butterfly c desert animal c
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UNI T
uo umbrella monkey
11
Focus Words
bumpy ugly someone Sunday uncle
lucky flood young Monday double
funny none rough cover country
hurry hurries number dozen enough

1 Turn to page 83 to segment the Focus Words.

2 Circle the six words with o for . 3 Circle the six words with ou for .

low front from count south would

love home knock touch house couple
join month colour cloud cousin should
some corner money tough trouble enough

4 Write Focus Words that rhyme.

stun thud trouble

sung curry slumber

5 Write graphemes for to fi nish the Focus Words. Write the words that match the clues.

n ne ncle d ble twice

h rry en gh S nday plenty

r gh c ver M nday bumpy

gly y ng d zen twelve eggs

6 Write Focus Words that match the clues.

aunty and school day

go quickly weekend day

protect opposite of beautiful

nation happens when it rains a lot

7 Use some of the words to make compound words that contain some.

one were who

some how times body

when where thing

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 Suffix es ★ Hint 5
8 Rewrite the words using es. Use the words to fi nish the sentences.

fly try study

hurry worry supply

Uncle Warrin that it will not rain.

The teacher to get to class on time.
The canteen food to the students.
My cousin always to make me laugh.
The student for the test on Monday.
The pilot low over the flooded outback plains.

Suffix y ★ Hints 3, 4
9 Rewrite the words using the suffi x y to complete the table. The suffi x y means having or does
does..

run sun double last letter drop e no change

fun mud
rust lump
luck jump
laze shake
shine cuddle

10 Rewrite the words using the suffi x y to describe the word pairs.

bump dust bubble mud fun spice crunch fuzz

jokes, cartoons curries, chillies

puddles, ponds gravel, toads

desert, outback detergent, fi zzy drink

crackers, carrots hairy caterpillars, peaches

Challenge
Rearrange the letters in the words to make new words containing .

stud shrub trucks

strut gulp ought

plum gush zoned

huts dusty neon

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UNI T
l ll lizard bell
14
Focus Words
slow while he’ll fellow eleven
leaf learn you’ll allow almost
real himself painful July although
hold herself lady litre altogether

1 Turn to page 84 to segment the Focus Words.

2 Unjumble the letters to make Focus Words.

yadl ehsfler owall

ohdl Jlyu ilewh

ealf iltre llowef

ealr lnear eeelnv

3 Write Focus Words to finish the sentences.

Ling and Oliver are working on a large puzzle of a

. It is complete!
, they have
pieces left to put in place. Although the puzzle is very difficult,
Oliver tells Ling he is enjoying .

4 Match the words to the prefixes and suffixes to make new words. Write the words.

dis spell real y

im like leaf ly

im polite self ly

mis complete slow er

in possible learn ish

5 Finish the sentences with the words from the milk bottle.

You’ll need 10 to fill the bucket.

There are 300 left in the milk bottle. litres
millilitres
We squeezed 60 of juice from the lemon.
We used 48 of water to top up our swimming pool.

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 Suffix ful
6 Circle the words that can end with ful. Rewrite the words adding the suffi x ful.

care slow pain

The suffi x
learn hope hold ful means
truth grace large full of or
having..
having
forget thought peace

7 Write at least three things that can be described by each word.

colourful

powerful

wonderful

Contractions
8 Rewrite the words as contractions. Use the contractions to fi nish the sentences.

I will he will she will

you will we will they will

Ella is eleven. be twelve in July.

Logan and Khalil have warm blankets. lend you one.
Leo and I are athletes. both be competing in a race in April.
If you want to carry a litre of water, need a larger container.
Felix found a lizard under a leaf. If you would like to see it, show you.
I owe you fi ve dollars altogether. pay you tomorrow.

9 Circle the incorrect words. Write the words as contractions.

Willow says shell look for a shell. They say theyll help her.

I think well play well today. Youll be playing goalkeeper.

Challenge
Make at least 10 words using the letters. Each letter can only be used
once in a word. One word can be made using all the letters. m
o
a e
l
d n
e
number
of words:

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 F O U N DAT I O N TO Y E A R 6

Our structured literacy approach is the key to reading, writing and spelling success.
Sound Waves Literacy covers phonemic awareness, synthetic phonics, morphology
and etymology, and:
is evidence-informed
follows a systematic synthetic phonics sequence of instruction
is sequential and cumulative across the primary school years
includes lesson resources to explicitly teach phoneme–grapheme
relationships and vocabulary concepts
incorporates early years reading lessons and practice
provides assessment and remediation opportunities

E V E RY T H I N G YO U N E E D F R O M F O U N DAT I O N TO Y E A R 6 …

Start with Online teaching resources. These provide everything

teachers need to deliver systematic, explicit, engaging lessons.
Features include detailed lesson guides, interactive slideshows,
videos, assessment and more.
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the Focus Words. ing

Follow on with Student Book activities. These provide

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are essential for Foundation and Year 1 students to apply their
phoneme–grapheme knowledge when reading.

Additional resources such as Teaching Charts, Student

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