Phonics Phase 4

Phase Four

Children entering Phase Four will be able to represent each of 42 phonemes by a grapheme and be able to blend and read CVC words and segment for spelling.

The purpose of Phase Four:

•  To consolidate children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.
•  To teach CVCC and CCVC words.

High Frequency Word Checklist (tricky words are in bold)