Killingholme Primary School

Phonics is the main way we teach children to read, in our school we use Letters and Sounds supported by jolly phonic actions.

So what is phonics? Words are made up from small units of sound called phonemes. Phonics teaches children to be able to listen carefully and identify the phonemes that make up each word. This helps children to learn to read words and to spell words such as s-a-t , this leads onto blending when they run the phonemes (sounds) togther to make a word, s-a-t sat.

The children will need to learn some 'Tricky Words..' These are words which you can not blend like: the, I, to, was.

Children need lots of practice at using their phoincs. you can help your child at home by: playing eye spy, writing shopping lists, finding sounds in a book, writing a menu for tea, or sharing a book with your child. 

Phase 2 and Phase 3 

Phase 2: Introducing simple graphemes for phonemes

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

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

sat pat at as

'i'

sit pip is it tip

'n'

nip pin in nap pan an tin

'm'

mat man am map

'd'

dim din dip did dad sad

Set 3: g,o,c,k

'g'

pig dig gap gas

'o'

got dog pop pot not on top

'c'

cot cat can cap cod

'k'

kid kit

Set 4: ck,e,u,r

'ck' ending

back pack pick sack sick kick tick

'e'

ten pet peg pen den get neck

'u' (South England)

mug cut cup duck nut mud mum sun up

'r'

run rip red rat ram ran rug

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

'h'

hit hug him his hot hen hid has hat had

'b'

back bad bag bed bin big bit bud but bus bun

'f'

fun fog fan if of fed fat

digraph 'ff' at end of word

huff puff cuff off

'l'

lot luck log lock lip leg lid lap let

'll' at end of word

ill well hill fell fill doll bell tell

'ss' at end of word

boss fuss hiss kiss less loss mess miss

compound words

sunset padlock catnap fusspot backpack cannot

2 syllables

pocket carrot thunder sunset begun rabbit

Phase 3: The remaining phonemes, with graphemes

Set 6: j, v, w, x

'j'

jam job jet jug jog

'v'

van vet vivid visit

'w'

wag win will web cobweb

'x'

wax mix fix exit six fox box

Set 7: y, z, zz, qu

'y'

yes yell yet yap

'z' & 'zz'

zip buzz zigzag fizz

'qu'

liquid quit quiz quick quack

 

Consonant digraphs ch, sh ,th , ng

'ch'

rich much chat check chin such chip chop

'sh'

shock wish shall cash fish ship shop shell

'th' as in then

with this then that them

'ng'

song wing sing ring rang long king bang along

'th' as in thin

thick thin thud moth

 

Vowel digraphs ai, ee etc.

'ai'

paid tail sail main wait aim nail rain

'ee'

need been feet feel meet week see seen teeth

'oa'

coach load soap foam boat coat loaf road

'oo' as in boot

pool moon cool boot food soon too rooftop zoo

'oo' as in book

wood took foot good book cook look hook hood

'ar'

hard park farm dark car jar bar bark farmyard

'or'

born torn worn sort for fork corn short

'ur'

hurt church burn turn turnip fur curl

'ow'

owl bow cow town down how now

'oi'

boil soil join oil foil coil

'er'

summer mixer bigger hammer never hotter better

Vowel trigraphs igh, ear, air, ure

'igh'

night sigh right high might light tight thigh

'ear' as in ear

near hear rear beard ear dear fear gear

'air'

fair chair pair hair unfair airless air

'ure'

pure cure secure mature

Combining phase 3 graphemes

including 'ch'

torch chain porch coach march chair church

including 'sh'

short shoot shook harsh shoal sheet shark

including 'ai' 'ar'

shark sharp raincoat chain raining march

including 'ee' 'er'

thicker singer sharper queen sheet teeth sheep

including 'oa' 'or'

coach thorn shoal short north

including 'oo' 'ow'

foolish tooth smooth powder shook shoot flower

including 'igh' 'ng'

lightning charming chopping thing singing higher