Phonics Phase 2

The purpose of Phase Two is to:

•  Teach at least 19 letters, and move children on from oral blending and segmentation to blending and segmenting with letters.
• Enable children to read VC (Vowel/ Consonant) words and CVC (Consonant/ Vowel/ Consonant) words.
•  Read high frequency ‘tricky’ words
• Recognise and say the sounds of the following letters

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

Phase Two High Frequency Words Checklist (tricky words are in bold)