Ready to Read Phonics Plus video guides
These seven videos introduce the Ready to Read Phonics Plus series and provide teachers with support to use the resource.
About this resource
Series: Ready to Read Phonics Plus
The Ready to Read Phonics Plus Video Guides showcase how the Ready to Read Phonics resources are intended for use in the classroom.
Ready to Read Phonics Plus video guides
The Ready to Read Phonics Plus video guides showcase how the Ready to Read Phonics Plus resources are intended for use in the classroom.
Video content
The Overview video introduces the whole series and explains the scope and sequence it follows.
The Kākano video introduces the three Kākano subgroups, the accompanying sound cards, and models how you might use the books.
The Tupu 1 covers short vowel sounds, double letters, as well as initial and end blends. Tupu phonics cards are introduced, and possible uses are modelled.
Tupu 2 introduces long vowel sounds, including split digraphs and vowel teams. Te reo Māori Kete cards are introduced.
In Māhuri, additional long vowel sounds are introduced.
Blending and articulation covers how to blend and articulate sounds. Both Kākano sound and Tupu phonics cards are modelled.
Rākau covers syllable types as well as suffixes and prefixes.
Acessing the videos
You can access the videos by expanding the accordions below.
Phonics 1 Overview
Phonics 2 Kākano
Phonics 3 Tupu 1
Phonics 4 Tupu 2
Phonics 5 Māhuri
Phonics 6 Blending & articulation
Phonics 7 Rākau
More about Ready to Read Phonics Plus
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