Examples of a Structured Synthetic Phonics Programs (SSPPs) and Support Resources commonly used in Australian schools

Wave 1 Primary Reading Programs

Letters and Sounds Sounds~Write Dandelion Readers Jolly Phonics Jolly Phonics Little Learners Love Literacy MiniLit InitiaLit InitiaLit Get Reading Right Get Reading Right
SSPP SSPP and Intervention Readers and Worksheets SSPP Readers SSPP and Readers Intervention program Foundation Years 1 & 2 Sequence 1 Sequence 2
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PHASE 2 Set 1 Unit 1 Unit 1 Week 1 Sound book Stage 1 Set 1 Set 1 Review of earlier content Introduced in Year 2 Unit 1 Basic Code Unit 1 Complete the Code Unit 1 Basic Code Unit 1 Complete the Code
satp aimst satim satip Children practise recognising msfaptci tasmi msta said, are, her, was, you, very; Review of earlier content smctgpao No new Irregular Words satpinmd No new Irregular Words
individual sounds as flash cards put, have, were, then, there, they;
no tricky words I, is, a, the no tricky words Heart words: the, my, I no tricky words I, the, my, a, is Revision of selection of Foundation I the was to are she r rr wr the go to I no he r rr wr
and blend sounds as words in here, what, want, some, where,
Set 2 Unit 2 Unit 2 Week 2 class Stage 2 Set 2 Set 2 should, would, could tricky words plus until, February, Unit 2 Unit 2 Unit 2 Unit 2
woman, different, caught, something,
inmd nop nop n c/k e h r bhnodglv fdrog pifr Compound words really, bought, alright rldbfhiu oy oi g o c k ck e u r oy oi
High Frequency Words: is, it, in, at is, a of, and, has, his no tricky words the, my, I I was, you, to, they, that Two-syllable words (vc/cv) already, across, lose day, of, a, he, today, for Unit 3 she be we was me my Unit 3
Set 3 Unit 3 Unit 3 Week 3 Stage 3 Set 3 Set 3 ai ay ch /k/ (school) Unit 3 f ff ph Unit 3 f ff ph
gock bcgh bcgh mdgou y r e qu z hucbl ocdh saw, friend, school, your, again, home ph (phone) vwyzjnke Unit 4 h b f ff l ll ss Unit 4
HFW: and the, I no tricky words no tricky words he, to, was, we, she the, on, and said, are, he, she, me, we, be ee ea (leaf) build, tomorrow, through all, is, me, no, they, said ou ow you, are, her, said, all, so ou ow
Set 4 Unit 4 Unit 4 Week 4 Stage 4 Set 4 Set 4 oa (boat) ow (snow) two syllable words -VC/CV, V/CV Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 4 Unit 5
ck e u r defv defv f b ai j jukxw envkp engl who, many, any, love, over, says surprise, minutes, remember ll ss ff zz s se c ce ss j v w x y z zz qu s se c ce ss
Tricky Words: to, the for, of off, to no tricky words of, are, too, for, her is, was, to were, has, look, one y (cry) igh (light) silent letters k b w you, play, this, come, my, have Unit 6 have, little, some, come, were, there Unit 6
Set 5 Unit 5 Unit 5 Week 5 Stage 5 Set 5 Set 5 ue (glue) ew (grew) decided, together, though Unit 5 u oo oul Unit 5 u oo oul
h b f ff l ll ss klru klru oa ie ee or z w consonant blends/clusters jzw kubj mother, brother, father, sister, consonant + le (candle) sh ch th wh Unit 7 Revise and blend more challenging Unit 7
Tricky Words: no, go, I are for, see I, the individual heart words for each book a, has, said, she his, her, them, there cousin, family around, favourite, interesting like, do, says, what, going, give a ar words VCC / CCVC / CVCC a ar
Revision & Practice Unit 6 Unit 6 Week 6 Words boxes Stage 6 Set 6 Set 6 ar tion (action) Unit 6 Unit 8 school, when, one, out, do, what Unit 8
PHASE 3 Set 6 jwz jwz ng v oo oo y x Word lists for blending practice ck th sh ch ng x y qu w ck ll/ff/ss or/ore women, believe ck ng qu x ir er ur or ear Unit 6 ir er ur or ear
jwx was have, was he, she individual heart words for each book his, like have, of, here, with two, three, fur, why, house, because away, see, look, very, once, we Unit 9 sh ch th ng Unit 9
Practise HFW Unit 7 Unit 7 Week 7 Stage 7 Set 7 Set 7 ir ur er Unit 1 Advanced Code or au aw al ore oh, Mr., Mrs, their, people, look or au aw al ore
Set 7 x y ff ll ss zz x y ff ll ss zz ch sh th th qu ou Vowel and alternative graphemes WKYVSUCXOZP sh qu ee z/zz ir ur er Revision VCC, CCVC, CVCC words Unit 10 Unit 1 Advanced Code Unit 10
y z zz qu all no, be, said, he, you me, we individual heart words for each book put, this, do, see all, call, ball, tall, little Split digraph (bossy ‘e’) one, some, want, many, love, has air are ere ear ee e ea y e_e air are ere ear
TW: he, she Unit 8 Unit 8 Week 8 *Little Learners Love Literacy have Set 8 Set 8 before, after, these, work, baby, children Unit 2 Unit 11 looked, called, asked, water, where, who Unit 11
developed the teaching program
Consonant digraphs VCC and CVCC words. VCC and CVCC words. SPELD SA phonic books follow the TLMFD ch v x y ow (cow) ou (cloud) ee e ea y e_e j g ge dge Unit 2 j g ge dge
oi ue er ar Milo’s Birthday Surprise with a
No new code knowledge. No new code knowledge. sequence of Jolly Phonics
ch sh th ng collection of games and resources go, so, no, this, then fast, last, I’m, about, ask, our people, live, brother, sister, house, where Unit 12 i igh y ie i_e Unit 12
based on the character of Milo. The
with, old, this, that, cold, give, live, program is divided into four stages to Set 9 aw au Unit 3 ch tch tu again, thought, any, work, ch tch tu
TW: we, me, be come, some be, was
says, be be taught in 26 sessions. wh th oo ng ay _y (puppy) ey (ee) i igh y ie i_e Unit 13 mouse, many Unit 13
Vowel digraphs Unit 9 Unit 9 Week 9-12 Red JPh Readers Set 9 put, as, do, like, very oy oi her, out, there, about, his, down sh si ci Unit 3 sh si ci

ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur ow oi ear air CCVC words.
ure er No new code knowledge.
TW: was, my, you, they to
PHASE 4 consolidation of Unit 10
phase 2 & 3 graphemes
3 adjacent consonants 5-sound
words. No new code knowledge.
*Letters and Sounds is a 6 phase
program designed for teaching No HFW taught
Unit 11-16
sh ch th ck wh ng qu
there, their, these, what, where, who
Alternate spellings for sounds
include /ae/ /ee/ /oe/ /er/ /e/ /ow/
/oo/ /ie/ /oo/ /u/ /s/ /l/ /or/ /air/ /ue/
/oy/ /ar/ /o/
Continue Extended Code
CCVC words. For children who can blend word INARH Set 10 kind, find, thought, only, great, their Unit 4 Unit 14 o oa ow o_e Unit 14
Revise all letter sounds. boxes and know the 42 basic sounds
No new code knowledge. CVCC words ear (hear) eer ear (bear) o oa ow o_e s si s si
Blending 2-5 sound words and 12 tricky words Formally introduce sight words laughed, because, different,
don’t, say, are including digraphs. Sets 1-7 what, where, want, come, some air are (care) because, two, another, more, here, our through, eyes, friends
No new code knowledge.
Unit 10 Set 10-14 Set 11 can’t, don’t, didn’t, shouldn’t, wouldn’t, Unit 5 Unit 4
G B J E Qu sh ck wh ng th ch ee ea CCVC words couldn’t a ai ay a_e a ai ay a_e
3 adjacent consonants 5-sound
Tricky words: to, do, are, all
words. No new code knowledge. Set 15-16 down, out, for, or soft c soft g friend, their, were, your, could, four once, please, very, want, our, give
her, she, put, do Week 13-24 Yellow JPh Readers Decoding CCVC, CVCC & CCVCC words Set 12 Unit 6 Unit 5
always, animal, open, other,
Unit 11-16 Following Red Readers – Set 17-21 Review another, water oo ew ue u_e oo ew ue u_e
Alternative spellings (extended code) *Jolly Phonics is the first of the
magic ‘e’ ay oy ea y ow ir ur ew 20 Tricky words, no alternate programs in the Jolly Learning series.
ch sh th ck ng qu + ve oo, cvc + e ai ay ow oa ar should, would, could _dge _ge half, first, good, girl, saw, would half, house, love, more, saw, two
spellings except <y> says /ee/ The Grammar Handbooks
we, my, puts, me they, go love Tricky Words 11-20 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 follow Set 22-26 _tch
2 syllable words with wh -ed -ing -le Following Yellow series – progressively on from the Jolly ou ow ir ur er oi oy ue ew igh y walk, talk, know, laugh, people, every
ow igh aw au al wh 40 Tricky words and some alternate Phonics program, introducing more
Level 1, 2 ,3 & 4 Readers Revision of all sounds taught complex alphabetic code.
vowel spellings
1-5 spellings for each of 14 vowel Jolly Grammar as compared
sounds Tricky Words 21-40 to the Australian curriculum
Catch-Up Readers Available ages 8+ Start Jolly Grammar 1* https://snipurl.im/D4XQy

When choosing any SSPP it is important to check the teaching manual for the recommended program for introducing new sounds and letters.