Date: Date: Date: Date: /
Phonic Checklist (with reference to “Letter & Sounds” Phases)
Date: / Date: / Example:2.1 / s / 3.1 / j
a / v
t / w
p / x
2.2 / i / 3.2 / y
n / z
m / zz / buzz
d / qu / quick
2.3 / g / 3.3 / sh / shop
o / ch / chip
c / th / thick
k / ng / ring
2.4 / ck / 3.4 / ai / wait
e / ee / jeep
u / oo / boot
r / oo / took
2.5 / h / oa / coat
b / 3.5 / ar / bark
f / or / cord
ff / igh / might
l / ur / surf
ll / 3.6 / ow / down
oi / boil
ear / year
er / rocker
Date: / Example: / Date: / Example:
3.7 / air / fair / Phase 5: / ay / day
ure / pure / ou / sound
consolidation – not formally part of Letters and Sounds / bl / ie / pie
gl / ea / eat
fl / oy / boy
sl / ir / girl
gr / ue / blue
br / aw / saw
pr / wh / when
tr / ph / photo
cr / ew / new
sw / oe / toe
sp / au / Paul
spl / a-e / make
st / e-e / these
str / i-e / like
sn / o-e / home
sm / u-e / tube
st / ey / honey
lt / Phase 5 – Known Graphemes for Reading – alternative pronunciations / a / hat
nt / acorn
ft / fast
mp / was
e / bed
he
i / tin
mind
Date: / Example: / Date: / Example:
Phase 5 – Known Graphemes for Reading – alternative pronunciations - continued / o / hot / Phase 5 – Alternative spellings for each phoneme / /ch/ / picture
no / catch
u / but / /j/ / fudge
unit / /m/ / comb
put / /n/ / knob
g / got / gnat
gent / /r/ / wrap
ey / money / /s/ / whistle
they / mouse
ie / pie / /z/ / please
brief / /u/ / some
ea / sea / /i/ / happy
dead / trolley
er / farmer / /ear/ / here
Bernard / beer
ou / soup / /ar/ / father
could / half
mould / /air/ / there
y / yes / pear
try / bare
crystal / /or/ / walk
funny / four
ch / chin / caught
chemist / ur / learn
chef
c / cat / word
cell
Date: / Example: / Date: / Example:
Phase 5 – Alternative spellings for each phoneme / /oo/ / could / continued... / /oo/ / true
put / June
/ai/ / day / Screw
came / /sh/ / special
/ee/ / sea / station
these / sugar
Pete / chef
Eve / Michelle
theme / New Phoneme / /zh/ / treasure
Marlene / vision
happy / usual
brief / beige
shield
pulley
/igh/ / cried
my
decide
/oa/ / low
heroes
alone
/(y) oo/ / cue
tube
tune
duke
huge
use
computer
stew
100 High Frequency Words in Phases (decodable and tricky words)
Phase 2
Date: / Date:a / an
as / at
if / in
is / it
of / off
on / can
dad / had
back / and
get / big
him / his
not / got
up / mum
but / (put)
to / I
no / go
into / the
Phase 3
Date: / Date:will / that
this / then
them / with
see / for
now / down
look / too
he / she
we / me
be / was
you / they
all / are
my / her
Phase 4
went / it’s
from / children
just / help
said / have
like / so
do / some
come / were
there / little
one / when
out / what
Phase 5
Date: / Date:don’t / old
I’m / by
time / house
about / your
day / made
came / make
here / saw
very / put
oh / their
people / Mr
Mrs / looked
called / asked
could
By the end of Phase 5 children should:
· Give the sound when shown any grapheme that has been taught.
· For any given sound, write the common graphemes.
· Apply phonic knowledge and skill as the prime approach to reading and spelling unfamiliar words that are not completely decodable.
· Read and spell phonically decodable two-syllable and three-syllable words.
· Read automatically all the words in the list of 100 high frequency words.
· Accurately spell most of the words in the list of 100 high frequency words.
· Form each letter correctly.
Next 200 High Frequency Words in Order of Frequency
(starting with most frequently used – left to right)
Date: / Date:water / away
good / want
over / how
did / man
going / where
would / or
took / school
think / home
who / didn’t
ran / know
bear / can’t
again / cat
long / things
new / after
wanted / eat
everyone / our
two / has
yes / play
take / thought
dog / well
find / more
I’ll / round
tree / magic
shouted / us
other / food
fox / through
way / been
stop / must
red / door
right / sea
these / began
boy / animals
never / next
first / work
lots / need
that’s / baby
Date: / Date:
fish / gave
mouse / something
bed / may
still / found
live / say
soon / night
narrator / small
car / couldn’t
three / head
kind / town
I’ve / around
every / garden
fast / only
many / laughed
let’s / much
suddenly / told
another / great
why / cried
keep / room
last / jumped
because / even
am / before
gran / clothes
tell / key
fun / place
mother / sat
boat / window
sleep / feet
morning / queen
each / book
its / green
different / let
girl / which
inside / run
any / under
hat / snow
Date: / Date:
air / trees
bad / tea
top / eyes
fell / friends
box / dark
granddad / there’s
looking / end
than / best
better / hot
sun / across
gone / hard
floppy / really
wind / wish
eggs / once
please / thing
stopped / ever
miss / most
cold / park
lived / birds
duck / horse
rabbit / white
coming / he’s
river / lived
giant / looks
use / along
plants / dragon
pulled / we’re
fly / grow