TICK Literacy
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Waikato, New Zealand
About the store
In 2004, our journey into the realm of literacy instruction was sparked by growing concerns surrounding New Zealand's use of balanced literacy and the approaching school age of our at-risk children.
In our quest for more information and guidance on alternative approaches, we serendipitously discovered the UK’s RRF (Reading Reform Foundation) website and forum. This discovery was particularly timely, as England was also embarking on its transition from a balanced literacy approach to a structured synthetic phonics method.
Empowered by this newfound knowledge and profoundly inspired by the mentorship of Mona McNee and her programme, 'Step by Step’, we embarked on a transformative journey. Our initial use of synthetic phonics to teach our own children soon extended to the local community and, eventually, to other teachers and parents across New Zealand.
What initially took form as 'A Step at a Time', a synthetic phonics programme tailored to the Kiwi accent, has evolved over the past decade and a half into the robust and comprehensive structured programme now known as TICK.
We hope you find our products both enjoyable and enriching.
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Curriculum - TICK PHASE 1 - Learning the Alphabet Sounds BUNDLE
Stage 1 is the ideal starting point for beginners with no prior knowledge. This is Phase 1 (of 2). During this phase, children focus on developing their oral phonemic awareness skills, letter formation, and their knowledge of alphabet graphemes and phonemes. This is the perfect school preparation kit, providing the foundational literacy skills every child needs. It sets the groundwork for future success. Children will progress from this phase to Phase 2, where the focus shifts to refining phone
PreK - K
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
21 Printable CVC Books - Sequence: amstpfinodcugbekhrlwjyxqvz
This bundle includes 21 printable CVC decodable books, provided as PDF files. The books are designed to be printed double-sided, with colour printing recommended for the best experience. Full printing and assembly instructions are included. Like all Are You Right? books, these readers encourage children to decode the words first before checking the picture, helping build strong phonics and decoding habits. Phonics sequence These books follow the grapheme sequence: a m s t p f i n o d c u g
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
Alphabet Worksheets - Introducing New Graphemes - Phonics
This resource contains 27 worksheets, with one worksheet for each letter of the alphabet and two versions for the letter k (a print version and an alternative cursive version). Each worksheet follows a consistent structure, with a dedicated section for letter formation and at least two accompanying activities. One activity focuses on the target grapheme, while the other focuses on the corresponding phoneme. The tasks are designed to be engaging and hands on, including activities such as circl
PreK - K
Alphabet, Coloring Pages, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Phonemic Awareness - Segmenting - Tapping Cards - 2 to 4 phonemes
Welcome to the Tapping Cards. This resource has been designed to support the development of a child’s oral phonemic awareness, with a specific focus on segmenting sounds in words. The set includes a carefully sequenced progression of cards: 2 sounds 3 sounds 4 sounds (including end blends) 4 sounds (including beginning blends) Children can work through the cards progressively, moving on to more complex words as they develop confidence and accuracy in segmenting phonemes. How to UseBreak the
PreK - K
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Object and Animal Cards for Isolation of Initial Sound Activities
This resource includes 104 object and animal cards, with four cards for each letter of the alphabet. A full list of included objects and animals is provided for reference. Please note: The grapheme ‘x’ is marked with a star to indicate that its most common sound appears at the end of words (e.g. fox, box, six, fax). PurposeThese cards are designed to: Support the introduction of grapheme–phoneme correspondences Develop phonemic awareness, particularly initial sound isolation Provide a hands
PreK - K
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Structured Synthetic Phonics - Steal! - Game covering r-controlled vowels
This version of Steal! revises the alphabet sounds and the digraphs th, wh, and sh, but focuses on ar, or, ir, ur, er, ear, ere, eer, air, are, eir, oor, ore, oar, and our. It does not matter what scope and sequence your structured literacy programme is following - you can include and exclude graphemes depending on the knowledge of the child/ren. The rules will require the players to read most of the words in the game at least once. However, as the players steal the word cards back and forth, m
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Match-up - CVC Compound Words - Memory Game
TICK's Match-up is a fun, quick memory game that has children constructing and reading CVC compound words. Like all of our games, this game is designed to be used within a structured literacy programme. During the game, the compound words that are made may be real, or they may not. The sillier, the better! This game reviews closed syllables and is a stepping stone to reading words with more than one syllable. To make reading larger words easier, a child must learn to split them into syllables,
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
TICK - Structured Synthetic Phonics Programme for Struggling Students - Stage 4
After successfully completing Stage 3, children will be well-prepared to expand their knowledge of the alphabetic code with the 52 lessons in Stage 4 of TICK. During this stage, children will encounter a variety of prefixes and suffixes, words containing 'dr/du' and 'tr/tu', as well as the letter 'w' in combinations with 'a,' 'ar,' and 'or'. They will also learn about 'qu' followed by 'a', contractions, and words ending in 'il,' 'el,' and 'al'. Additionally, students will be introduced to comm
1st - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
TICK - Structured Synthetic Phonics Programme for Struggling Students - Stage 2
Stage 2 of TICK is the second part of a five-part structured synthetic phonics programme designed for struggling students with the NZ accent in mind, but changes can be made to the cards as required to fit other accents. Please get in contact to discuss this further. There are 47 different lessons included in this download. This stage is the perfect place for most remedial students to begin and can be used by parents, tutors, and teachers with ease. The alphabet sounds are revised at the beginni
1st - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
TICK - Structured Synthetic Phonics Programme for Struggling Students - Stage 3
Welcome to an exciting stage dedicated to the exploration of vowels and vowel teams! Before embarking on this adventure, it is crucial that students have successfully completed Stage 2 of TICK. In the 59 lessons offered within this stage, we will delve into the graphemes 'ng', 'ae', 'oe', 'ue', the two common phonemes of 'ie', 'igh', 'ey' as /ee/, 'oa', 'ai', 'ay', 'aigh', and the three phonemes of 'ea'. The TICK programme contains 'must do' lessons as well as 'can dos'. This flexibility allows
1st - 5th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Structured Synthetic Phonics - Word Split - closed syllables - games 1 and 2
This edition of TICK's Word Split is crafted for use within a structured literacy programme. It offers an engaging and fast-paced memory game, encouraging children to construct multisyllabic words featuring closed syllables. Throughout the game, the multisyllabic words created will be both real and whimsical - the sillier, the better! To facilitate the reading of longer words, a child must learn the art of dividing them into syllables, such as 'but/ton' and 'cab/in'. Begin by reading the initia
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Structured Synthetic Phonics - Word Split - open syllables
Word Split is an enjoyable and quick memory game that challenges children to construct multisyllabic words containing at least one open syllable. Like all TICK's games, Word Split is designed to be used within a structured literacy programme. During the game, the multisyllabic words that are created can be real or whimsical – the sillier, the better! While the focus of the game is open syllables, it will also revise closed syllables and is a stepping stone to reading words with multiple syllabl
1st - 4th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Structured Synthetic Phonics - /or/ phoneme game - four graphemes
The Brick Wall is a wonderful way of revising the graphemes au, aw, augh, and al representing /or/. As well as the target graphemes, the words used within The Brick Wall revise the alphabet sounds, long vowels, ch, er, or, y (as /ee/), igh, ay, ea (as /e/), soft c, and se, le (at the end of a word). Any word or group of words can be withdrawn if players are unsure of a particular grapheme. The game is flexible and can grow with the knowledge of the players. TICK's The Brick Wall has been desig
1st - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
FREE Decodable CVC Printable Book (graphemes a, f, h, i, m, n, p, t)
Looking for a simple, engaging decodable reader for early readers? This FREE printable CVC decodable book is designed to help beginning readers practice sounding out isolated words. What makes this book unique?In Are You Right?, the picture is printed on the back of each page rather than the front. This encourages children to decode the text first instead of guessing from the picture. After reading the page, they can turn it over to check if they were right. What’s included:1 printable 16-page
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
FREE Phonemic Awareness Word Lists
This FREE resource contains ten word lists to help in your development of a child's phonemic awareness skills of blending and segmenting. These words have been designed to be used independently of letters and as an oral activity only.
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
FREE Phonemic Awareness Activity List
This FREE 17 page resource provides a collection of activities designed to support phonemic awareness, from early oral skills through to working with letters. Activities can be selected to match a child’s current level and used flexibly alongside a structured literacy programme or for targeted support.
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Structured Synthetic Phonics - Possum - schwa game
Possum covers words with two syllables that contain a schwa eg kitten. Only the alphabet sounds and closed syllables are used. If any word or group of words contains knowledge that the players are unsure of, the teacher can withdraw them with no effect on the game. Possum is flexible and can grow with the knowledge of the players. TICK's Possum has been designed for children to: practice the schwa;revise the alphabet sounds; andread words with closed syllables (with a maximum of two). To pla
2nd - 4th
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Structured Synthetic Phonics - grapheme 'ea' game - three phonemes
Fleas covers the three phonemes of the ea grapheme. As well as the target grapheme, the words used within Fleas revise the alphabet sounds, ch, th, er, and le (at the end of a word). Any word or group of words can be withdrawn if players are unsure of a particular grapheme. The game is flexible and can grow with the knowledge of the players. TICK's Fleas has been designed for children to: practice the three phonemes of the grapheme ea;revise the other graphemes listed above;read words with cl
1st - 3rd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Structured Synthetic Phonics - BOOM! - Grapheme 'oo' game
BOOM! covers the two most common sounds of the grapheme 'oo' as found in the m oon b ook. As well as this grapheme, the words used within this fun game contain the alphabet sounds but no other grapheme. If the child/ren knows only one of the possible sounds for this grapheme, you can adapt the game by withdrawing the other words. TICK's BOOM! has been designed for children to: practice both sounds of the grapheme oo;use their alphabet sounds;blend up to four sounds; andgain some fluency with
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Structured Synthetic Phonics - Alphabetic Code Chart NZ - Writing Books
There are many different ways that the sounds of our language can be written. These alphabetic code charts, which have been designed for the NZ accent, give children an idea of their options to help with their independent writing. They can also be used to remind us of the options! Two different chart versions have been provided: a full code and a slightly less complex one. You would simply use the code chart that best fits the child. On the less complex code sheet, the most common irregularly sp
Not Specific
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
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About the store
Experience
In 2004, our journey into the realm of literacy instruction was sparked by growing concerns surrounding New Zealand's use of balanced literacy and the approaching school age of our at-risk children.
In our quest for more information and guidance on alternative approaches, we serendipitously discovered the UK’s RRF (Reading Reform Foundation) website and forum. This discovery was particularly timely, as England was also embarking on its transition from a balanced literacy approach to a structured synthetic phonics method.
Empowered by this newfound knowledge and profoundly inspired by the mentorship of Mona McNee and her programme, 'Step by Step’, we embarked on a transformative journey. Our initial use of synthetic phonics to teach our own children soon extended to the local community and, eventually, to other teachers and parents across New Zealand.
What initially took form as 'A Step at a Time', a synthetic phonics programme tailored to the Kiwi accent, has evolved over the past decade and a half into the robust and comprehensive structured programme now known as TICK.
We hope you find our products both enjoyable and enriching.
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