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.
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.
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.
Kākano | Seed
Watch the following video about teaching early reading skills such as articulating sounds and blending decodable words using the Kākano | Seed Sound cards:
Blending & Articulation
Kākano | Seed details
The phase overview details the subgroups within Kākano | Seed, providing the suggested order, focus sounds, words to blend, and kupu Māori for each book.
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
- Games students can use to practise letter-sound correspondences, including matching pairs, snap and bingo
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
Ready to Read Phonics Plus - Kākano 1
Kākano 1 is the first of the three subgroups in the Kākano | Seed phase of learning in Ready to Read Phonics Plus. Kākano 1 has the focus sounds m a d p o t n i s.
1 of 4Ready to Read Phonics Plus - Kākano 2
Kākano 2 is the second of the three subgroups in the Kākano | Seed phase of learning in Ready to Read Phonics Plus. Kākano 2 has the focus sounds l e c f u b g r h.
2 of 4Ready to Read Phonics Plus - Kākano 3
Kākano 3 is the third and final subgroup in the Kākano | Seed phase of learning in Ready to Read Phonics Plus. Kākano 3 has the focus sounds k j v w y z -ck th ch sh -ng.
3 of 4Kākano | Seed supporting materials - cards and games
This page describes the supporting materials in the Kākano | Seed phase of Ready to Read Phonics Plus. Kākano | Seed is the first phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus scope and sequence.
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