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What’s included?
x17 sheets for all Phase 2 sounds, pdf format.

What’s it for?
This resource encourages learners to identify the initial sound of pictures, match these with the grapheme (letter) and place both (picture and letter) cards together onto ‘word boards’ where they can sound out the words. Phoneme dots make clear how many sounds there are in each word.

Who’s it for?
This resource has been designed for Early Years children who are learning Phase 2 sounds for the first time, pupils in Year 1 who need some practise/reinforcement of these sounds. This resource is also ideal for older learners with additional learning needs who need to revisit these sounds.

How to use it?
This activity set has been designed to practise and reinforce all of Phase 2 sounds. Learners match images with the corresponding sound (grapheme), then place these on the correct ‘word board’ to sound the whole word out.

Print resources onto card (rather than paper), cut following dotted lines.

Resource Details
Phase 2 sounds have been grouped into four sets to make it easier to focus on individual sounds as necessary. Each set can be used alone or sets can be mixed together to increase the level of challenge for learners.

Red set - s a t p i n
Set 1

• s stamp
• a ant
• t tap
• p pan
• i ink
• n nest (contains ‘e’ - introduced later, with set 3)

Orange Set - m d g o c k
Set 2

• m map
• d dog
• g gift (contains ‘f’ ‘ introduced later, with set 4)
• o octagon (although this is a longer word it can be sounded out using sounds from sets 1 and 2. IF learners know this 2D shape). The ‘a’ in this word may be pronounced in different ways so is ‘red’ to identify that this grapheme may be tricky
• c cat
• k kit (e.g. football/PE kit)

Yellow Set - ck e u r h b
Set 3

• ck duck (‘end’ sound so may catch out some learners)
• e egg (double ‘g’ may be an issue though the ‘g’ letters together only have one ‘g’ sound)
• u up (escalator - as arrow indicates)
• r rat (not to be confused with ‘mouse’)
• h hen (not to be confused with ‘chicken’)
• b bag

Green Set - f ff l ll ss
Set 4

• f frog
• ff daffodil (‘middle’ sound may catch out some learners). Learners will need to know this particular flower or may just associate this image with ‘flower’ (for ‘f’) The ‘o’ in the centre of this word may be pronounced ‘oa’ and confuse learners so is ‘red’ to identify that this grapheme may be tricky
• l lemon The ‘o’ in the centre of this word may be pronounced ‘u’ and confuse learners so is ‘red’ to identify that this grapheme may be tricky
• ll bell (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)
• ss grass (‘end’ sound may catch out some learners)

Answer cards included

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