Phase 3
Before children begin phase 3 they need to secure in their blend and segment skills. These two processes can sometimes take time to click but with daily practise at school and home can help embed them. The children then get taught the 6 remaining letters of the alphabet before moving onto the digraphs and trigraphs below.
Set 6 |
j |
v |
w |
x |
Set 7 |
y |
z |
qu |
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Constant Digraphs |
sh |
ch |
th |
ng |
Vowel Digraphs |
ai |
ee |
igh |
oa |
oo |
ar |
or |
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ur |
ow |
oi |
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ear |
air |
ure |
er |
Children will then be at a stage where they will be developing their reading and writing skills using the above letters and digraphs. They will practise reading and writing sentences like this 'The cow lived on a farm' , 'The boat had a big king in it', 'The sheep was in the shed'.
The Letter J
The Letter V
The Letter W
The Letter X
The Letter Y
The Letter Z
Constant Digraph - SH
Constant Digraph - CH
Constant Digraph - TH
Constant Digraph - NG
Vowel Digraph - AI
Vowel Digraph - EE
Trigraph - IGH
Vowel Digraph - OA
Vowel Digraph - OO - Long
Vowel Digraph - OO - Short
Vowel Digraph - AR
Vowel Digraph - OR
Vowel Digraph - UR
Vowel Digraph - OW
Vowel Digraph - OI
Trigraph - EAR
Trigraph - AIR
Trigraph - URE
Vowel Digraph - ER