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Ready to Read Phonics Plus Phase 2 – Tupu l Seedling

Tupu I Seedling is the second phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series.

Central image of seedling inside blue circle with Ready to Read Phonics Plus tree to the left. Central Text saying Tupu | Seedling

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

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This page provides an overview of the Tupu l Seedling phase of learning. Tupu l Seedling is the second phase of learning in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series.

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Ready to Read Phonics Plus Phase 2 – Tupu l Seedling

Tupu l Seedling is the second phase of the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series. Tupu begins with double consonant spelling patterns and consonant blends (two consonants next to each other which each make their own sound e.g. cr-) in words with short vowel sounds. These follow the CCVC (consonant, consonant, vowel consonant) and CVCC (consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant) spelling patterns.

Long vowel sounds are then introduced 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.

Tupu l Seedling texts are designed to build on the following foundational skills for ongoing reading success:

  • Decoding (segmenting and blending) common phonetically regular words expanding from the CVC spelling pattern in Kākano | Seed, to the CCVC and CVCC 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.

Watch the following videos for an introduction to the Tupu l Seedling phase of Ready to Read Phonics Plus.

Tupu | Seedling details

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

A preview of the Tupu Phase Overview document

To download a pdf copy of the Tupu | Seedling phase overview, go to the t “About this resource section” at the top of the page.

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

  • Tupu-Seedling-book-overview (.pdf)

Tupu 1 introduces:

  • The single grapheme x which is articulated with two sounds (phonemes) /k/ and /s/
  • The spelling pattern qu which is articulated with two sounds (phonemes) /k/ and /w/.
  • Double consonant spellings:  -ff -ll -ss -zz  (found at the end of words),
  • The consonant digraph (two letter spelling for a single sound): wh
  • The trigraphs (three letter spellings for a single sound):-tch -dge (found at the end of words)
  • Initial and end blends: For example initial cr- and end -st.

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).

There are additional resources available to support teaching in the Tupu |Seedling phase:

  • Phonics cards for introducing the letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences
A preview of a Tupu phonics card with a seagull and the letters ll
  • Bingo games students can use to practise decoding (segmenting and blending)
A preview of a blue bingo board with the title Bingo Tupu 1 and a Green bingo board with the title Bingo Tupu 2

The Tupu | Seedling resources are available to download from:  Tupu | Seedling 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.

 

Tupu | Seedling subgroups

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