Phonics Set 2 and 3
Children entering Set 2 will know the 31 sounds taught in Set 1 and will be able to blend and segment CVC, CCVC and CVCC words in order to read and write them.
SET 2
In Set 2 we learn a further 12 phonemes most of which are made up of two letters. We will continue to practise blending and segmenting and will apply our knowledge to read and write simple sentences and captions:
| ay | May I play? |
| ee | What can you see? |
| igh | Fly high |
| ow | Blow the snow |
| oo | Poo at the zoo |
| oo | Look at a book |
| ar | Start the car |
| or | Shut the door |
| air | That’s not fair |
| ir | Whirl and twirl |
| ou | Shout it out |
| oy | Toy for a boy |
SET 3
In Set 3 we learn an additional 28 graphemes and continue to practise blending and segmenting when reading and writing:
| ea |
Cup of tea |
| oi | Spoil the boy |
| a_e | Make a cake |
| e_e | Go Pete and Steve |
| i_e | Nice Smile |
| o_e | Phone Home |
| u_e | Huge Brute |
| aw | Yawn at dawn |
| are | Care and share |
| ur |
Nurse with a purse |
| er |
Better letter |
| ow |
Brown Cow |
| ai | Snail in the rain |
| oa | Goat in a boat |
| ew | Chew the stew |
| ire | Fire, fire! |
| ear | Hear with your ear |
| ure | Sure its pure |
| kn | Knock, knock |
| ck | Tick tock clock |
| wh | Whisk, whisk |
| ph | Take a photo |
| au | Paul the astronaut |
| ie | Terrible tie |
| ue | Come to the rescue |
Whilst your child is writing encourage them to use the sounds they know to have a go at writing words. This may mean that words are spelt wrong but are phonetically plausible which, at this stage is great. For example, time may be spelt 'tighm'.