The children in F2 have now completed Phase 2 phonics and they have blown us away with their phonics assessments. At the end of phase 2 children are expected to:
- Recognise all (or most) of the phase 2 sounds
- Recognise the Phase 2 tricky words and spot them when reading
- Be able to segment and write simple words containing the Phase 2 sounds e.g. cat, pan, duck, hill
- Be able to read Phase 2 words and simple sentences (at the level of their reading book)
This week we have been focusing on speed blending and recognising some simple words by sight e.g. it, is, on. This is to develop our reading fluency. We have also been building up our memory of words by trying to recognise words that are repeated in books instead of needing to sound them out again.