Phase 2: Introducing simple graphemes for phonemes

Sets 1, 2: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d

letters 's' 'a' 't' 'p'

sat at pat as

'i'

sit is it pip tip

'n'

nip in an pan pin tin nap

'm'

man am map mat

'd'

dad did sad dim din dip

Set 3: g,o,c,k

'g'

pig dig gap gas

'o'

dog on got not pop pot top

'c'

cat cot cap can cod

'k'

kid kit

Set 4: ck,e,u,r

'ck' ending

kick back pack pick sack tick sick

'e'

ten den peg pet get pen neck

'u' (South England)

cup up cut mud mug mum nut sun duck

'r'

ran rat red rip run rug ram

Set 5: h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss

'h'

hen him his hat had hid hit hot hug has

'b'

bed big back bud bad bag but bin bit bun bus

'f'

fan of if fed fog fun fat

digraph 'ff' at end of word

puff off cuff huff

'l'

leg lid lip log lot lap let lock luck

'll' at end of word

bell ill doll fell fill hill tell well

'ss' at end of word

kiss hiss boss less loss mess fuss miss

compound words

padlock catnap fusspot backpack cannot sunset

2 syllables

rabbit pocket begun carrot thunder sunset

Phase 3: The remaining phonemes, with graphemes

Set 6: j, v, w, x

'j'

jam job jug jet jog

'v'

van vet visit vivid

'w'

web wag will win cobweb

'x'

wax box fix fox mix six exit

Set 7: y, z, zz, qu

'y'

yell yet yes yap

'z' & 'zz'

zip fizz buzz zigzag

'qu'

quick quack quit quiz liquid

Consonant digraphs ch, sh ,th , ng

'ch'

chin chat much rich such chip check chop

'sh'

ship shop shall shell fish wish cash shock

'th' as in then

then them with that this

'ng'

bang ring rang sing song wing long king along

'th' as in thin

thin thud thick moth

Vowel digraphs ai, ee etc.

'ai'

rain wait nail paid aim tail sail main

'ee'

feet been feel see need seen week meet teeth

'oa'

boat coat foam loaf road soap load coach

'oo' as in boot

boot too zoo cool food moon pool soon rooftop

'oo' as in book

book cook foot good hood hook look took wood

'ar'

car dark farm hard park bar bark jar farmyard

'or'

fork short for sort corn torn worn born

'ur'

fur burn hurt turn curl church turnip

'ow'

cow how now down town bow owl

'oi'

boil oil soil join foil coil

'er'

hammer summer bigger better hotter mixer never

Vowel trigraphs igh, ear, air, ure

'igh'

night sigh light might high right tight thigh

'ear' as in ear

ear dear fear gear hear near rear beard

'air'

fair air hair pair chair unfair airless

'ure'

pure cure secure mature

Combining phase 3 graphemes

including 'ch'

coach chain torch porch church march chair

including 'sh'

shark harsh shook short shoal sheet shoot

including 'ai' 'ar'

march chain sharp shark raining raincoat

including 'ee' 'er'

sheep thicker sheet sharper teeth singer queen

including 'oa' 'or'

short shoal thorn coach north

including 'oo' 'ow'

shoot smooth flower shook powder tooth foolish

including 'igh' 'ng'

lightning charming higher singing thing chopping

Phase 4: Adjacent consonants

Simple CVCC words

'-ft'

left lift loft soft tuft

'-ld' '-lf'

cold bold old fold gold held told elf

'-lk' '-lp'

milk hulk bulk sulk gulp help yelp

'-lt'

belt felt kilt melt pelt

'-mp'

bump camp damp jump lamp limp lump

'-nd'

band bend fond hand mend pond sand send

'-nk'

tank bunk dunk honk pink sink bank wink

'-nt'

tent dent hunt mint pant sent bent went

'-sk'

desk dusk husk risk rusk tusk

'-st'

fist cost best just mist nest rest

'-ct' '-pt' '-xt'

text kept wept next fact

More CVCC words

CVCC using 'ch' 'sh'

chimp chest bench punch chink shift shelf

CVCC using 'th' 'qu'

quilt thank theft thump think tenth

CVCC using 'ai' 'oa' etc

toast paint roost roast point moist burnt

polysyllabic CVCC 1

shampoo children restless sandpit selfish windmill shelter

polysyllabic CVCC 2

pumpkin lunchbox softest sandwich helper dustbin handbag

polysyllabic CVCC 3

munching chimpanzee melting seventh toaster weekend

Simple CCVC words

'bl-' 'br-'

blob blot brag brim black brick

'cl-' 'cr-'

clap clog club crab crop click clock

'dr-'

drum drip drop drag dress

'fl-' 'fr-'

flag flap flat flop frog from

'gl-' 'gr-'

glad glum gran grin grip grub

'pl-' 'pr-'

plum plan plus press prod

'sc-' 'sk-'

skip scan scum skid skim skin scab

'sm-' 'sn-'

snap snag smug snip snub snug smut

'sp-'

spin spit spud spot

'st-' 'sw-'

step stop swam swig

'tr-' 'tw-'

twig trip trot trim twin

More CCVC words

CCVC using 'ow'

brown growl crowd clown frown prowl

CCVC using 'ai 'oa'

train brain trail groan float

CCVC using 'ee'

green creep speed steep bleed sweet sleep

CCVC using 'oo' 'or'

spoon sport droop stood snoop

CCVC using 'sh' 'th'

brush crash three shred fresh shrug thrill throb

polysyllabic CCVC

paintbrush floating freshness treetop

CCVCC words

'bl-' 'br-'

blink blend blank blunt brand brisk

'cl-' 'cr-'

clamp clump cramp crisp crust

'dr-' 'fr-'

drink drift frost frond

'gl-' 'gr-'

glint grand grunt

'pl-' 'pr-'

plank plump prank print

'sc-' 'sl-' etc.

scalp slept spend stand stunt swank swept

'tr-' 'tw-'

tramp trunk trust twist

CCVCC words further practice

'spr-' 'str-'

spring sprang sprint string strong

'shr-, '-nch'

shrink shrimp trench drench crunch

polysyllabic CCVCC

handstand kitchen driftwood printer twisting

Phase 5: Introducing more graphemes

More vowel graphemes

'ay' as in play

play may day say way stay tray spray crayon

'ou' as in cloud

cloud out count found ground mouth round sound mountain

'ie' as in pie

pie lie die tie cries dried fried tries

'ea' as in heat

heat beak meal seat team beach beast steam teacher leaflet

'oy' as in boy

boy toy joy enjoy annoy royal loyal

'ir' as in bird

bird girl birth first shirt skirt third thirteen thirst

'ue' as in blue

blue clue glue true untrue

'ue' as in statue

statue value argue rescue Tuesday pursue due

'aw' as in saw

saw drawn jaw law lawn paw raw claws crawl shawl

'ew' as in blew

blew chew crew flew grew screw threw

'ew' as in dew

dew few knew new newt stew

'oe' as in toe

toe hoe foe woe goes

'au' as in haunt

haunt launch taunt taut

'ey' as in donkey

donkey valley chimney turkey

More consonant graphemes

'wh' as in wheel

wheel when which whip whisper whiskers

'ph' as in dolphin

dolphin orphan elephant prophet alphabet

Split digraphs

split digraph 'a - e'

game made make take came same late name safe

split digraph 'e - e'

swede theme these complete delete

split digraph 'i - e'

bike time like slide five white line quite ride side

split digraph 'o - e'

rose woke home chose phone spoke stone stroke those envelope

split digraph 'u - e' as in rule

rule rude brute crude June prune

grapheme 'u - e' as in tune

tune tube huge cube use perfume

Phase 5: Alternative pronunciations

Other sounds of a, e, i, o, u

'a' as in acorn

acorn April apron

'a' as in bath (S. England)

bath last fast class glass branch grass after father afternoon

'a' as in wash

wash what want was wander quarrel squash wasp

'e' as in demon

demon me she we be he

'i' as in child

child mild wild blind find mind kind remind grind behind

'o' as in sofa

sofa so go don't won't mobile no total

'u' as in music

music pupil human future stupid uniform unicorn

'u' as in bull

bull put full pull push bush

Other sounds of ow, ie, ea, er, ou

'ow' as in tow

tow low slow grow flow show known growth window tomorrow

'ie' as in thief

thief chief brief field grief shield shriek relief diesel mischief

'ea' as in head

head dead bread sweat breath breathless health healthier wealth weather

'er' as in fern

fern herb her kerb term stern person perfect fertile

'ou' as in soup

soup you group

'ou' as in shoulder

shoulder poultry mould

Other sounds of y, ch, c, g, ey

'y' as in fly

fly my cry dry by fry sky try why reply

'y' as in crystal

crystal pyramid symptom syrup typical

'y' as in puppy

puppy sulky telly badly funny happy rubbing lucky greedy family

'ch' as in school

school scheme echo chemist chorus character

'ch' as in chef

chef parachute

'c' as in city

city cinder central cell accept success December ceremony

'g' as in giant

giant ginger gym agent cage huge larger magic stingy surgery

'ey' as in they

grey they prey survey

Phase 5: Alternative spellings

/ch/ /j/ /m/ /n/ /r/ /s/ /z/

/ch/ as in picture

picture adventure future nature capture mixture signature departure creature

/ch/ as catch

catch hutch witch match pitch scratch stretch switch watch kitchen

/j/ as in badge

badge bridge edge fridge hedge judge smudge hedgehog

/m/ as in lamb

lamb comb limb numb climb crumb thumb

/n/ as in gnash

gnash gnat sign gnome gnaw design

/n/ as in knob

knob knit knew knife knight knee knock knot knitted unknown

/r/ as in wrap

wrap wreck wren wrench wring wrist write written wrong wretched

/s/ as in castle

castle glisten listen rustle whistle wrestle Christmas

/s/ as in house

house horse mouse loose purse geese immense increase promise

/z/ as in cheese

cheese tease please choose noise because pause disease

/u/ /i/ /eer/ /ar/ /air/ /or/

/u/ as in son

son come you some done mother wonder brother nothing

/i/ as in happy

happy funny gym lucky family crystal syrup symptom pyramid typical

/i/ as in donkey

donkey money chimney valley hockey honey

/eer/ as in here

here severe sincere interfere

/eer/ as in deer

deer jeer cheer beer steer cheerful

/ar/ as in father

father fast grass gasp glass branch class bathroom afternoon

/ar/ as in calf

calf half calm palm

/air/ as in there

there where nowhere anywhere

/air/ as in bear

bear pear swear tear wear

/air/ as in bare

bare care dare rare share spare stare compare square

/or/ as in ball

ball all call fall small always talk walking tallest snowball

/or/ as in four

four court fourteen fourth your pour downpour yours course

/or/ as in caught

caught daughter naughty taught

/ur/ /uu/ /ay/ /ee/ /y/

/ur/ as in earth

earth heard year earn pearl search early learn learning

/ur/ as in worm

worm work worker world word worse worship worth worst

/uu/ as in could

could should would

/oo/ as in bull

bull full pull push bush armful skilful

/ay/ as in play

play may day say way stay tray delay spray crayon

/ay/ as in game

game made make take came same late name flame

/ee/ as in seat

seat beak meal heat team beach beast steam teacher leaflet

/ee/ as in swede

swede theme these complete delete

/ee/ as in thief

thief chief brief field grief shield shriek relief diesel belief

/y/ as in pie

pie lie die tie

/y/ as in fly

fly my cry dry by fry sky try why reply

/y/ as in kite

bike time like slide five white line quite dislike inside

/oa/ /oo/ /oh/ /sh/ /zh/

/oh/ as in tow

tow low slow grow flow show known growth window tomorrow

/oh/ as in hoe

toe hoe foe woe goes

/oh/ as in rose

rose woke home chose phone spoke stone stroke those envelope

/yoo/ as in statue

statue value argue rescue avenue pursue due continue

/yoo/ as in tune

tune tube huge cube use perfume

/yoo/ as in dew

dew few knew new newt renew stew

/oo/ as in blue

blue clue glue true untrue

/oo/ as in rule

rule rude brute crude June prune

/oo/ as in blew

blew chew crew flew grew screw threw jewel

/sh/ as in official

official crucial artificial social special

/sh/ as in station

station solution relation nation patience emotion

/sh/ as in sugar

sugar sure

/sh/ as in permission

permission passion discussion

/sh/ as in chef

chef parachute

new phoneme /zh/

treasure measure pleasure leisure collision decision division television usual casual

100 high frequency words

Phase 2

decodable: an to is

an as at if in is

decodable: it to dad

it of off on can dad

decodable: had to him

had back and get big him

decodable: his to but

his not got up mum but

tricky words: the to into

the to no go into

Phase 3

decodable: will to with

will that this then them with

decodable: see to too

see for now down look too

tricky words: he to was

he she we me be was

tricky words: you to her

you they all are my her

Phase 4

decodable: went to help

went it's from children just help

tricky words: said to come

said have like so do some come

tricky words: were to what

were there little one when out what

Phase 5

decodable: don't to your

don't old I'm by time house about your

decodable: day to put

day made came make here saw very put

tricky words: their to could

their people looked called asked could

Tops and tails

Tails(2-letter endings)

'-ad' as in dad

dad sad lad

'-ag' as in bag

bag rag wag

'-am' as in jam

jam ram

'-an' as in pan

pan man fan

'-ap' as in tap

tap nap gap

'-at' as in cat

cat hat rat

'-ed' as in bed

bed red fed

'-eg' as in leg

leg peg

'-en' as in hen

hen pen ten

'-et' as in net

net pet

'-ig' as in pig

pig dig

'-in' as in pin

pin bin tin

'-ip' as in rip

rip lip pip

'-it' as in sit

sit hit bit

'-ob' as in sob

sob job

'-og' as in dog

dog fog log

'-ot' as in cot

cot dot pot

'-ud' as in bud

bud mud

'-ug' as in mug

mug rug jug

'-um' as in mum

mum sum

'-un' as in bun

bun sun run

Tops(single letter starts)

'b-' as in bag

bag bun bed

'c-' as in cat

cat cup cot

'd-' as in dog

dog dad den

'f-' as in fox

fox fun fan

'g-' as in gap

gap get

'h-' as in hat

hat hen hug

'j-' as in jam

jam jet jug

'l-' as in leg

leg log lip

'm-' as in man

man mat mum

'n-' as in nut

nut nap net

'p-' as in pig

pig pet pen

'r'- as in rat

rat rag red

's-' as in sad

sad six sun

't-' as in tap

tap ten tin

'w-' as in web

web win wag

Tails (3-letter endings)

'-and' as in hand

hand band sand

'-amp' as in lamp

lamp stamp camp

'-ang' as in bang

bang sang rang

'-elt' as in belt

belt melt

'-end' as in bend

bend mend

'-ent' as in tent

tent dent bent

'-est' as in nest

nest rest

'-ilk' as in milk

milk silk

'-ing' as in ring

ring wing king

'-ink' as in sink

sink drink wink

'-int' as in mint

mint print

'-ist' as in fist

fist mist list

'-ond' as in pond

pond fond

'-ump' as in bump

bump lump jump

'-unk' as in bunk

bunk trunk dunk

'-usk' as in rusk

rusk dusk tusk

Tops(2-letter starts)

'dr-' as in drum

drum drop drink

'bl-' as in blot

blot blink blob

'br-' as in brick

brick bring brim

'cl-' as in clap

clap cling club

'cr-' as in crab

crab crust crisp

'fl-' as in flag

flag flap

'fr-' as in frog

frog frost

'gl-' as in glum

glum glad

'pl-' as in plum

plum plank

'sk-' as in skip

skip skid skin

'sl-' as in slug

slug slip sling

'sm-' as in smock

smock smug

'sp-' as in spud

spud spot

'st-' as in step

step sting stand

'sw-' as in swing

swing swim

'tr-' as in trunk

trunk truck trot

'ch-' as in chimp

chimp check chin

'sh-' as in ship

ship shop shell

'th-' as in thin

thin thing thick

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