Ready to Read Phonics Plus - Tupu 2
Tupu 2 is the second and final subgroup within the Tupu | Seedling phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series. Tupu 2 focuses on -long vowels a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e, along with the soft c, oo (as in food) and oo (as in look).
About this resource
This page summarises the grapheme phoneme correspondences taught in Tupu 2 – the second of the two subgroups within the Tupu | Seedling phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series. Links to the books from Tupu 2 are also provided in suggested teaching order at the bottom of the page.
Ready to Read Phonics Plus – Tupu 2
Tupu 2 is the second and final subgroup within the Tupu | Seedling phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series. When students reach the end of Tupu 2, they move onto the Māhuri | Sapling phase of learning.
Tupu | Seedling texts are designed to build on the foundational reading skills taught in the Kākano | Seed phase including:
- Decoding (segmenting and blending) common phonetically regular words, expanding from the CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) spelling pattern in Kākano | Seed, to the CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant) and CVCC (consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant) spelling patterns.
- Comprehension strategies, with children now having opportunities to make connections with characters and storylines from previous books.
- Developing oral language and vocabulary skills around a story.
Tupu 2 details
Tupu 2 introduces:
- Long vowel sounds which follow the VCe (vowel, consonant, silent e) pattern. This is called a split digraph because the spelling of the vowel sound has been split by the consonant: a_e e_e i_e o_e u_e
- Alternative sounds (phonemes) for the same spelling (grapheme): soft c, oo (as in food) and oo (oo as in look).
Tupu 2 books continue to add more high frequency words to support more varied and interesting storylines. This includes both high frequency English words, and kupu Māori | Māori words commonly used in New Zealand classrooms.
Tupu 2 books contain the following new high frequency words:
good, can’t, over, gives, past, who, begin, does, their, your, as, day, start, are, away, sea.
Tupu 2 has thirteen decodable student books. Each book adds new sound and letter knowledge so students can learn and practise in a cumulative way. You can use the Tupu phonics cards to make sure students have all the sound and letter knowledge they need before reading a Tupu 2 book.
Ready to Read Phonics Plus books have teaching notes inside the back cover. These provide ideas about how you can use the books to engage your students with word recognition and ways to build language knowledge.
You can access the Tupu 2 books via the carousel at the bottom of this page. The suggested teaching order of the Tupu 2 books, along with their focus is:
- Splash! - a_e i_e
- Rise to the Top - i_e
- Vote for Fin - o_e
- Be Brave - a_e, soft c
- Hoot Hoot - wh, oo
- Swim Day - Initial blends with s (for example sw-), ee
- Tūī Has a Plan - o_e, ee, wh
- Home Time - ee, oo (as in food)
- Time to Hide - ee, oo, i_e
- The Tall Cone - -all, -ell
- The Long Swim - revision of Tupu | Seedling
- I Miss Tinā - revision of Tupu | Seedling
- At the Marae - revision of Tupu | Seedling.
There are additional resources available to support teaching in the Tupu | Seedling phase:
- Phonics cards for introducing the letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences
- Bingo games students can use to practise decoding (segmenting and blending)
The Tupu resouces are available to download from: Tupu | Seedling Teaching Materials and Games.
Tupu 2 books in suggested teaching order
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Splash! - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the split digraphs a_e i_e.
1 of 13Ride to the Top - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the split digraph i_e
2 of 13Vote for Fin - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the split digraph o_e.
3 of 13Be Brave - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the split digraph a_e and the soft c sound.
4 of 13Hoot Hoot - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the sounds wh oo
5 of 13Swim Day - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on initial blends starting with s and the digraph ee
6 of 13Tūī Has a Plan - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the digraphs ee wh and the split digraph o_e.
7 of 13Home Time - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the digraphs oo ee
8 of 13Time to Hide - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the digraphs oo ee and the split digraph i_e.
9 of 13The Tall Cone - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text focuses on the spelling patterns -all and -ell
10 of 13The Long Swim - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text revises all sounds from the Tupu | Seedling phase.
11 of 13I Miss Tinā - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text revises all sounds from the Tupu | Seedling phase.
12 of 13At the Marae - Tupu 2
This Tupu 2 text revises all sounds from the Tupu | Seedling phase.
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