West Acton Primary School
Phase 2
Click on the below video clip to view Phase 2 sounds by West Acton teachers
At West Acton Primary school we teach Phase 2 explicitly in Reception during the Autumn term. Phonics is taught daily for 20 minutes to the whole class but may be followed up by small group or individual teaching. At the end of teaching the whole phase the children are assessed to see whether they need consolidation of Phase 2 or are ready to progress to Phase 3. Sometimes children are set by ability for phonics and may be taught by another adult than their regular class teacher.
Phonics is initially taught to help the children to read and decode words. As they progress the children then start to use the sounds they learn in phonics to write words. At first the words may be phonetically plausible and not spelt correctly but over time as children see more words spelt correctly and progress through the phonic phases they should begin to spell the words correctly.
In Phase 2, letters, including the letter name and the sound they make are introduced one at a time. A set of letters is taught each week, in the following sequence:
Set 1: s, a, t, p
Set 2: i, n, m, d
Set 3: g, o, c, k
Set 4: ck, e, u, r
Set 5: h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss
As soon as each set of letters is introduced, children will be encouraged to use their knowledge of the letter sounds to blend and sound out words. For example, they will learn to blend the sounds s-a-t to make the word sat. They will also start learning to segment words. For example, they might be asked to find the letter sounds that make the word tap from a small selection of magnetic letters.
Words that are referred to as Tricky words are also taught: the, to, no, go, into and I. These are not decodable and children have to remember how to read and spell them.
Phase 2 Set 1 Letters and Words
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s, a, t, p |
at, a, sat, pat, tap, sap, as |
Phase 2 Set 2 Letters and Words
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i |
it, is, sit, sat, pit, tip, pip, sip |
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n |
an, in, nip, pan, pin, tin, tan, nap |
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m |
am, man, mam, mat, map, Pam, Tim, Sam |
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d |
dad, and, sad, dim, dip, din, did, Sid |
Phase 2 Set 3 Letters and Words
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g |
tag, gag, gig, gap, nag, sag, gas, pig, dig |
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o |
got, on, not, pot, top, dog, pop, God, Mog |
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c |
can, cot, cop, cap, cat, cod |
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k |
kid, kit, Kim, Ken |
Phase 2 Set 4 Letters and Words
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ck |
kick, sock, sack, dock, pick, sick, pack, ticket, pocket |
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e |
get, pet, ten, net, pen, peg, met, men, neck |
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u |
up, mum, run, mug, cup, sun, tuck, mud, sunset |
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r |
rim, rip, ram, rat, rag, rug, rot, rocket, carrot |
Phase 2 Set 5 Letters and Words
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h |
had, him, his, hot, hut, hop, hum, hit, hat, has, hack, hug |
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b |
but, big, back, bet, bad, bag, bed, bud, beg, bug, bun, bus, Ben, bat, bit, bucket, beckon, rabbit |
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f, ff |
of, if, off, fit, fin, fun, fig, fog, puff, huff, cuff, fan, fat |
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l, ll |
lap, let, leg, lot, lit, bell, fill, doll, tell, sell, Bill, Nell, dull, laptop |
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ss |
ass, less, hiss, mass, mess, boss, fuss, hiss, pass, kiss, Tess, fusspot |
