Late Stage 1 (Target 4)

Year 1
Semester 1
Consonants Short Vowels
snake nose pop apple itchy egg

tiger

s t n p a i e
up look
car kangaroo clock hot mix dig

octopus

c k ck h m d o u oo
rabbit goggles lip five
Long Vowels
moon bee finger

book

r g l f b oo ee
her

er er
wind whip jet zip violin yell

coin oyster

rain tray

w wh j z v y ai ay oi oy
hush chop thumb feather king ink Tricky Consonants
star horse ball
box quack

sh ch th th ng n x q(u) ar or al(l)
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 Year 1 Late Stage 1 (Target 4) An evidence-based approach (aligned with Science of Reading) to teaching high-frequency words
(HFWs) within a structured synthetic phonics (SSP) program, which sequences HFWs into the SSP
phonic sequence, and teaches irregular HFWs using the heart word method.
Semester 1

Flash Words
HFW that are regular and decodable. These words are used frequently, and so students need repeated decoding and
encoding practice, so that they can be recognised (read) and reproduced (spelled) in a flash. ♥ Heart Words
HFWs that contain an irregular
concept which cannot be decoded

a l o ng s i ng e v er r i v er a w ay c ar or a complex phonic concept not yet

learned. The difficult part of these
words must be learned by heart.

b r i ng s o ng h er s i ster d ay c ar
ardd

er
so go
ng

k i ng thii ng
th n e v er u n d er m ay d ar
arkk
n u m b er p l ay far no
l o ng s ay far
armm one s ai
aidd

ay
for
ormm m orornn i ng stay g ar
ardd e n
w ay t wo h a ve

ar
h or
orse
se for h ar
ardd
or

horse number
to d ay they
th ey m ore
or p ar
arkk
b oy toy h o l i d ay whaa t
wh
oy

S u n d ay p ar
artt
al l
all s m al
alll oill
oi p oi
oinnt put p u ll
oi

star
b al
alll foo
oott b al
alll a g ai
ainn
al(l)

star
artt Note: Underlined words are words
which cannot easily be segmented

ai
c al
alll r ai
ainn shar
sh arkk
into sound segments with letters
that map to each sound.
point
shark
dragon seven o’c
o’ c l o ck drink
Multisyllable

CCVCC

fo r e st f i n i sh
shed
ed u nt i l p l a nt /schwa/:
plant
s e c o n d ch
chii ck
ckee n upon s l e pt this sound is prounounced
as a /schwa/
High frequency word lists are based on an amalgamation of high frequency lists commonly used in Australia. Our unique approach allows children to learn more high frequency words with less effort by teaching the right words at the right time and in the right way.
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 Literacy Late Stage 1 (Target 4)
Movement
Oral
Language & Motor Consonants Short Vowels
snake nose pop apple itchy egg

tiger

s t n p a i e
up look
car kangaroo clock hot mix dig

octopus

c k ck h m d o u oo
rabbit goggles lip five
Long Vowels
moon bee finger

book

r g l f b oo ee
her

er er
wind whip jet zip violin yell

coin oyster

rain tray

w wh j z v y ai ay oi oy
hush chop thumb feather king ink Tricky Consonants
star horse ball
box quack

sh ch th th ng n x q(u) ar or al(l)
PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-925769-45-6 See our Copyright Terms of Use at https://pld-literacy.org/copyright
 Literacy
Late Stage 1 (Target 4) An evidence-based approach (aligned with Science of Reading) to teaching high-frequency words
(HFWs) within a structured synthetic phonics (SSP) program, which sequences HFWs into the SSP
phonic sequence, and teaches irregular HFWs using the heart word method.
Oral Movement

♥ Heart Words
Language & Motor
HFW that are regular and decodable. These words are used frequently, and so students need repeated decoding and
Flash Words encoding practice, so that they can be recognised (read) and reproduced (spelled) in a flash.
HFWs that contain an irregular
concept which cannot be decoded

a l o ng s i ng e v er r i v er a w ay c ar or a complex phonic concept not yet

learned. The difficult part of these
words must be learned by heart.

b r i ng s o ng h er s i ster d ay c ar
ardd

er
so go
ng

k i ng thii ng
th n e v er u n d er m ay d ar
arkk
n u m b er p l ay far no
l o ng s ay far
armm one s ai
aidd

ay
for
ormm m orornn i ng stay g ar
ardd e n
w ay t wo h a ve

ar
h or
orse
se for h ar
ardd
or

horse number
to d ay they
th ey m ore
or p ar
arkk
b oy toy h o l i d ay whaa t
wh
oy

S u n d ay p ar
artt
al l
all s m al
alll oill
oi p oi
oinnt put p u ll
oi

star
b al
alll foo
oott b al
alll a g ai
ainn
al(l)

star
artt Note: Underlined words are words
which cannot easily be segmented

ai
c al
alll r ai
ainn shar
sh arkk
into sound segments with letters
that map to each sound.
point
shark
dragon seven o’c
o’ c l o ck drink
Multisyllable

CCVCC

fo r e st f i n i sh
shed
ed u nt i l p l a nt /schwa/:
plant
s e c o n d ch
chii ck
ckee n upon s l e pt this sound is prounounced
as a /schwa/
High frequency word lists are based on an amalgamation of high frequency lists commonly used in Australia. Our unique approach allows children to learn more high frequency words with less effort by teaching the right words at the right time and in the right way.
PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-925769-45-6 See our Copyright Terms of Use at https://pld-literacy.org/copyright