Phase 2 Phonics (sets 1 - 4) x4 sets in total

What’s included?

This download includes x8 A4 pdf sheets (portrait orientation) which includes an activity sheet and answers for ALL sounds in Phase 2 split into x4 activity sets.

What’s it for?

This Phase 2 phonics activity is designed to keep little hands busy and focused. It's a simple, predictable task that promotes independence and helps consolidate learning, making it ideal for quiet times.

Who’s it for?

This resource has been designed for early years children, pupils in year one as well as older students needing additional learning support.

Phase 3 (x5 sets) in same design is also available if you like these.

How to use it?

Each learner needs to cut out and match two ‘phoneme pictures’ to every grapheme (printed on the left side). Dotted lines guide where to cut, though the picture-squares could be pre-cut for those who struggle with cutting out.

Resource Details…

I split ‘phase 2’ into four sets, one set per sheet. Not all phonemes are ‘initial’ letters (in sets 3 and 4 here) - so learners may need this pointing out before working on these independently if you want them to be kept focused.

• Set 1 s - scissors, snake a - apple, avocado t - torch, tractor p - panda, pear (learners should watch out not to confuse ‘needle’ with ‘pin’) i - ink, igloo n - narwhal, needle (learners should watch out not to confuse ‘needle’ with ‘pin’)

• Set 2 m - mouse, milk d - dog (dachshund, ‘double d’ !), dinosaur (diplodocus, also ‘double d’ !) g - glasses (green - ‘double g’ ! ), goat o - (orange) octopus (double ‘o’!), orange c - cat, clock k - key, kangaroo

• Set 3 ck - sock, duck (‘end’ sound here so may catch out some learners) e - elephant, egg u - umbrella (upside -down ‘double u’ !), up (stairs - arrow indicates this) r - robot, rainbow h - horse, house b - balloon (blue - ‘double b’ !), bee

• Set 4 ck - truck, black (‘ck’ is reinforced (repeated from ‘Set 3’) instead of leaving a gap) f - frog, fish ff - giraffe, coffee l - lemon, leaf ll - bull, ball ss - grass, dress

Optional Extension

Adding the word labels is an optional extension for more advanced learners. These labels can be cut out and placed under each phoneme picture after the initial matching activity. Learners will need to use the phonemes they've already matched, as well as the initial and final letter sounds, to help them.

Important message…

Any issues with this resource please get in touch - we are happy to make changes.