Busy Bee and I are hoping that you are feeling a lot more confident with your Phase 3 & 5 Phonics sounds now. For good measure, we will begin to look at Phase 4 which has a big focus on blending letters. As children progress through Phase 4 they become more confident and skilled in reading and spelling words with a greater number of letters and graphemes. You can see below what this phase covers.

Here are a few little tasks that you could have a go at completing to gain confidence in this phase of phonics.

Activity 1

The below sentences build on the skills learned in Phases 2 & 3.
Can you spot the capital letter and full stop in each sentence?
Practice reading the sentences below and if you struggle with any words, think about which grapheme it is that you struggle with e.g. is it ‘ow’ (as in down)? If so, go back and practice ‘ow’ words.

Phase 4 Sentences
Fred and Brett spent a week in Spain.
I kept bumping into things in the dark.
Milk is good for children’s teeth.
The clown did tricks with a chimpanzee.
The frog jumps in the pond and swims off.
I must not tramp on the flowers.
A crab crept into a crack in the rock.
A drip from the tap drops in the sink.
I can hear twigs snapping in the wind.
It is fun to camp in a tent.

Activity 2

Can you complete the words below using the given missing Phase 4 blends? Perhaps you could have a go at writing them down or putting the words into a sentence.

st      nd      mp      nt      nk      ft      lt      sk

be_ _

gi_ _

ha_ _

la_ _

ne_ _

te_ _

pi_ _

_ _ ull