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Ready to Read Phonics Plus Phase 1 - Kākano | Seed

Kākano I Seed is the first phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series.

Central Image of a seed on brown background with a left hand image of the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Tree. Central text saying Kakano | Seed.

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  • AudienceKaiako
  • Curriculum Level1
  • Education SectorPrimary
  • Learning AreaEnglish
  • Resource LanguageEnglish
  • Resource typeCollection/Curriculum Guide

About this resource

This page provides an overview of the Kākano l Seed phase of learning. Kākano l Seed is the first phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series.

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Ready to Read Phonics Plus – Kākano l Seed Phase

Kākano I Seed is the first phase of the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series. The focus is on words with short vowel sounds.

Kākano | Seed texts are designed to support students to build the following foundational skills for ongoing reading success:

  • Decode (segment and blend) common phonetically regular words which follow the consonant vowel consonant (CVC) spelling pattern.
  • Comprehend simple stories.
  • Develop oral language and vocabulary skills around a story.

Watch the following video for an introduction to the Kākano I Seed phase of Ready to Read Phonics Plus.

Watch the following video about teaching early reading skills such as articulating sounds and blending decodable words using the Kākano | Seed Sound cards:

Kākano | Seed details

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The phase overview details the subgroups within Kākano | Seed, providing the suggested order, focus sounds, words to blend, and kupu Māori for each book. 

A preview of the downloadable Kākano Seed Book overview

To download a pdf copy of the Kākano | Seed phase overview, go to the top of the page and the “About this resource section”.

See “Materials that come with this resource” and choose:

  • Kākano-Seed-Overview (.pdf)

Kākano 1 introduces nine single letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences used to make CVC words:

 m a d p o t n i s

The books contain limited text and very few high frequency words:

and, is, I, the, a

Kākano 2 continues to focus on the skill of decoding (segmenting and blending) CVC words. Nine new single letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences are introduced:

 l e c f u b g r h 

The books contain the following new high frequency words:

sees, off, says, of, no, her, go, to, me, out, has, look, they 

Kākano 3 introduces the single letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences not yet covered in Kākano 1 or Kākano 2:

k j v w y z 

Digraphs (two letter spellings for single sounds) are then introduced. Five consonant digraphs are covered:

 -ck th ch sh -ng

Kākano 3 books start to include 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.

The books contain the following new high frequency words:

his, he, will, for, we, you, likes, by, have, be, said, too, my, she 

There are additional resources available to support teaching in the Kākano |Seed phase:

 

  • Sound cards for introducing the letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences
A preview of a Kākano sound card with a mouse and the letter m
  • Games students can use to practise letter-sound correspondences, including matching pairs, snap and bingo
Images showing a preview of the games including bingo, snap and matching pairs.

The Kākano resouces are available to download from: Kākano | Seed supporting materials - cards and games.

You can find more detailed information about each subgroup, along with access to the books in suggested teaching order, by either searching using the rupua | search bar, or by selecting them via the carousel below.

The subgroup pages also give direct access to the book titles from within each phase.

Kākano | Seed subgroups

Kākano subphases