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RECEPTION AUTUMN 1st HALF
Phase 2 Phonemes:
s -
a - a
t - at, sat
p - pat, tap, sap
i – it, is, sit, pit, tip
n – an, in, nip, pan, nap
m – am, man, mat, map, Sam
d – dad, and, sad, dim, Sid
g – tag, gag, sag, gas, pig
o – got, on, not, top, dog
c – can, cot, cop, cap, cod
k – kid, kit, Kim, Ken
ck – kick, sack, dock, sick, pocket
e – get, pet, ten, net, pen
u – up, mum, run, mug, cup
r – rip, ram, rat, rocket, carrot
h – had, him, his, hot, hut
b – but, big, back, bed, bus
f, ff – of, if, off, fit, fog, puff
l, ll – let, leg, lot, bell, doll
ss – less, hiss, mass, mess, boss
Tricky words: as, is, the, to, has, his, into, put, pull, full
RECEPTION AUTUMN 2nd HALF
Phase 3a phonemes:
j – jet, jam, jog, Jan
v – van, vet, velvet
w – wig, will, web
x – fox, box, six
y – yes, yet, yell
z – zip, zig-zag
zz – buzz, jazz
qu – quit, quick, liquid
ch – chip, chat, rich
sh – shop, shed, fish
th – thin, moth, that
ng – ring, thing, song
Tricky words: we, me, he, she, be
RECEPTION SPRING 1st HALF
Phase 3b phonemes:
ai – rain, tail, aim
ee – bee, leek, see
igh – high, sigh, might
oa – boat, toad, foal
oo – boot, food, moon
oo – book, wood, foot
ar – park, art, car
or – for, torn, fork
ur – hurt, fur, surf
ow – cow, owl, town
oi – coin, boil, oil
ear – dear, shear, year
air – fair, pair, hair
ure – sure, pure, manure
er – dinner, summer, letter
Tricky words: was, you, my, by, her, they, all, are
RECEPTION SPRING 2nd HALF
Phase 3c
Revisit: All Phase 2 & 3 graphemes
CVC Words and longer words with double letters (rabbit).
Tricky words: all, are
RECEPTION SUMMER 1st HALF
Phase 4a
Adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.
CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC, CCCVCC
Tricky words: said, so, were, have, like, come, some, there, here, little, one, do, when, what
RECEPTION SUMMER 2nd HALF
Phase 4b
Please note: Phase 4b can be taught at the end of Reception or the start of Year 1.
Word ending:
-ing - jumping, reflecting, painting, stitching, reporting
-est - biggest, brightest, coolest, greenest, strongest
-ed (sounds like ‘d’, ‘t’, ‘id’) - jumping, reflecting, painting, stitching, reporting
-er - (schwa sound) never, finger, enter, driver, shower
-tch - itch, pitch, hatch, catch, switch, twitch, scratch
-y - happy, family, silly, messy, funny, party
-ey - key, jersey, monkey, donkey, kidney, turkey, valley
-ve - serve, swerve, curve, have, live, forgive, massive
-le - bubble, single, puzzle, settle, handle, dribble, little
Tricky words: love, out, about, today, says
YEAR 1 AUTUMN
PHASE 5a
Review all Phases previously taught. Teach Phase 4b if not already taught
New spellings for phonemes previously taught:
/ow/ ou – cloud, sound, about
/ee/ ea – sea, meat, read
/ai/ ay – day, play, crayon
/igh/ ie - pie, tie, cried
/oo/ ue - blue, clue, glue
/yoo/ ue - venue, rescue, Tuesday
/oi/ oy – toy, enjoy, boy
/or/ aw – paw, claw, yawn
/ur/ ir – bird, shirt, first
/w/ wh – wheel, whisper, when
/f/ ph – photo, dolphin, alphabet
/or/ au – Paul, launch, haul
/oo/ ew - chew, drew, flew, /yoo/ new, stew, few
/oa/ oe – toe, foe, tomatoes
/ai/ a-e – make, game, snake
/ee/ e-e – these, Eve, extreme
/igh/ i-e – like, time, slide
/oa/ o-e – home, bone, pole
/oo/ u-e – rule, June, flute
/yoo/ u-e – huge, cube
/zh/ su - treasure
/zh/ si - vision
Tricky words: here, your, asked, their, people, Mr, Mrs, Ms, ask, oh, water, what
YEAR 1 SPRING 1st HALF
PHASE 5b
New spellings for phonemes previously taught:
/s/ c - accident, circus, face, pencil, space, surface, December
/j/ g - agile, cage, gent, gem, ginger, huge, magic, page, rage
/k/ ch - chemist, chord, chorus, Christmas
/sh/ ch - parachute, chef
/igh/ y - by, dry
/ee/ y - crumbly, happy, messy
/i/ y - crystal, crypt, gym
/igh/ i - blind, child, I’m, spider, wild, Friday
/ar/ a - after, father
/oa/ o - go, no, only, most, so, October, November (u) Monday
/yoo/ u - music, unicorn, unit
/e/ ea - bread, deaf, feather, head, heaven, instead, meant, read
/ee/ ie - belief, brief, chief, married, relief, shield, thief
/ur/ er - Bernard, germ, her, herbs, jerk, perky, term, verb, person
/oa/ ow - blow, grow, low, rowing boat, snow, show, tow, window
/oo/ ou - group, soup, you (o) boulder, shoulder
/i/ y - cystal, gym, symbol
/ai/ a - April, angel, lady
/o/ a - want, wash, was, what
/ee/ e - be, decent, frequent, he, me, secret, she, we
/oo/ u - full, pull, push, put
/ai/ ey - convey, grey, obey, prey, survey, they
/oa/ ou - mould, shoulder, boulder
Tricky words: eye, again, hour, work, though, pretty, shoe, two
YEAR 1 SPRING 2nd HALF
PHASE 5c
New spellings for phonemes previously taught:
/l/ - (-el) tunnel (-al) metal (-il) pencil
/m/ - (-mb) climb (-mn) autumn
/s/ - (-se) horse (-ce) chance
/z/ - (zz) puzzle (-se) browse (-ze) freeze
/sh/ - (ch) chef (ti) station (ci) special (ss) mission
/ch/ - (tch) catch (t) capture
/ng/ - (n(k)) think, bank, honk, blink, shrink
/ng/ - (ge) beige, massage
/j/ - (-dge) hedge (-ge) change
/r/ - ((wr) wrap, wrath, wrist, wrong
/n/ - (kn) knight (gn) gnome
/oo/ - (oul) would, could, should
Tricky words: once, beautiful, thought, busy
YEAR 1 SUMMER 1st HALF
Phonic Screening Check Review - No new GPCs or tricky words
YEAR 1 SUMMER 2nd HALF
PHASE 5d
New spellings for phonemes previously taught:
/air/ - (are) care, share (ear) wear, pear
/ar/ - (al) half, calm, palm
/ear/ - (eer) beer, deer, steer (ere) here, severe
/or/ - (ore) before
/ur/ - (or) word (ear) learn
/ai/ - (ea) break, great, steak (eigh) eight (aigh) straight
/u/ - (o-e) come, some (ou) rough, touch, young
/air/ - (ere) there, where
/s/ - (st) listen whistle (sc) scent, scene, science
/or/ - (oar) board, soar (oor) floor, door (al) all, small
/or/ - (augh) caught, daughter (our) court, four
Tricky words: laugh, improve, move