Phase Two Phonics
During Phase 2 letters and their sounds are taught in the following order.
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
As soon as each set of letters has been introduced, children are encouraged to use their knowledge of the letter sounds to blend and sound out words. They can blend the letters s-a-t to read the word sat and similarly will be able to find the letters s, a, t from a small selection of letters when asked to spell the word sat (segmenting).
Tricky words (words which cannot yet be decoded) are also taught: the, to, I, no, go, into