Phase 2

Children are introduced to letter sounds from phase 2. New letters are taught each week in the following sequence:- 

• 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

Once children have learned the sounds, they are encouraged to use their knowledge to blend them together and sound out words. For example, once they have learned Set 1, they will be able to blend together s-a-t to read the word sat. 

Set 1 

Seven words can be used for segmenting and blending (high frequency words are shown in italics):

• at, a, sat, pat, tap, sap, as

Set 2 

New words that children will begin to learn with these sounds are: 

• i – it, is, sit, sat, pit, tip, pip, sip
• n – an, in, nip, pan, pin, tin, tan, nap
• m – am, man, mam, mat, map, Pam, Tim, Sam
• d – dad, and, sad, dim, dip, din, did, Sid

Set 3 

• g – tag, gag, gig, gap, nag, sag, gas, pig, dig
• o – got, on, not, pot, top, dog, pop, God, Mog
• c – can, cot, cop, cap, cat, cod
• k – kid, kit, Kim, Ken

Set 4 

• ck – kick, sock, sack, dock, pick, sick, pack, ticket, pocket
• e – get, pet, ten, net, pen, peg, met, men, neck
• u – up, mum, run, mug, cup, sun, tuck, mud, sunset
• r – rim, rip, ram, rat, rag, rug, rot, rocket, carrot

Set 5 

• h – had, him, his, hot, hut, hop, hum, hit, hat, has, hack, hug
• b – but, big, back, bet, bad, bag, bed, bud, beg, bug, bun, bus, Ben, bat, bit, bucket, beckon, rabbit
• f, ff – of, if, off, fit, fin, fun, fig, fog, puff, huff, cuff, fan, fat
• l, ll – lap, let, leg, lot, lit, bell, fill, doll, tell, sell, Bill, Nell, dull, laptop
• ss – ass, less, hiss, mass, mess, boss, fuss, hiss, pass, kiss, Tess, fusspot