Phase 3

The purpose of Phase Three:

• To teach another 25 graphemes, most comprising two letters (oa) so children can represent each of about 42 phonemes by a grapheme.
• Children will continue to practise CVC blending and segmenting.
• Children will learn letter names throughout this phase.
• Children will learn the following sounds:

Set 6: j v w x

Set 7: y z zz qu

Children will learn 25 graphemes:

Phase Three High Frequency Words checklist (Tricky words are in bold)