The purpose of Phase 4 is to consolidate children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words. For example, words which begin with the adjacent consonants ‘str, thr, spl’ and contain more than one syllable, such as ‘splashing’. There are no new sounds to learn in this phase.
Phase 4 tricky words for reading
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some |
one |
said |
come |
do |
so |
were |
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when |
have |
there |
out |
like |
little |
what |
Phase 4 tricky words to spell
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he |
she |
we |
be |
was |
my |
you |
her |
they |
all |
are |
By the end of Phase 4 children should:
- give the sound when shown any Phase 2 and Phase 3 grapheme.
- be able to read words containing adjacent consonants (e.g. spl, thr, str such as string.)
- be able to blend and read words containing more than one syllable, such as farmyard.
- read CVC words at speed, along with the tricky words from the previous phases.
