Phase 2 Phonics Check - Writing words (x2 levels)

What’s included?

x4 sheet, all portrait orientation, pdf format.

What's it for?

These resources have been designed to be used at the end of learning Phase 2 (once all the sounds have been introduced) to check learners knowledge. There are two sheets of the same design with a variation of the challenge provided, enabling you to choose the right level of support for your learners.

Who’s it for?

These resources have been designed to be used at the end of learning Phase 2 phonics sounds by Reception/Year 1 pupils - primarily for assessment purposes. This resource is also ideal for supporting older pupils with additional learning needs.

How to use it

Learners sound out a word (looking at a picture) and write graphemes within each word on the lines provided.

The resources included are at two levels, the icon at the lower right side indicates the level of challenge as higher/lower.

At the top of both sheets a ‘colour key’ is included - recapping on the Phase 2 sounds and order these are taught. Red sounds are introduced first s a t p i n (so should be most familiar), orange sounds are next m d g o c k, followed by yellow ck e b r u h then green f ff l ll ss which are the last of the Phase 2 sounds.

Both resources are provided with and without the (colour coded) Phase 2 sounds at the top at the sheet.

All images included (within both resources) can be sounded out only using sounds within Phase 2.

Resource 1

The less challenging sheet (which provides more support) focuses on CVC words and under the lines (to write on) includes ‘sound dots’. These are also colour coded supporting learners as to which colour group that sound is from as well as making clear how many sounds are in each word. This sheet also has one CCVC (frog) and one CVCVC (lemon) word at the end.

Words included are:

• ant
• tap
• pan
• map
• cat
• mat
• kit (like ‘PE’ or ‘football’ kit)
• rat
• bag
• bat
• frog
• lemon (the ‘o’ is ‘red’ as some may pronounce this sound as ‘u’)

Resource 2

• The more challenging sheet (which provides less support) includes words with more sounds or using sounds which may be trickier to remember, e.g. 'ff', 'll', 'ss'.

Words included are:

• stamp
• ink
• nest
• dog
• gift (not to be confused with ‘present’!)
• duck
• octagon (learners need to know this 2D shape! In addition the ‘a’ is ‘red’ as some may pronounce this sound as ‘u’, learners may need help with this)
• up
• bell
• hen (not to be confused with ‘chicken’!)
• daffodil (learners will need to know the name of this flower or may write ‘flower’ instead. In addition the ‘o’ is ‘red’ as some may pronounce this sound as ‘u’ or ‘a’)
• grass

Suggestion

These sheets could be laminated and used as a table top activity for learners to access independently using a wipe clean pen.

Important message…

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