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Phase 5a

Children entering Phase 5a are able to read and spell words containing adjacent consonants and some polysyllabic words. The purpose of this phase is for children to broaden their knowledge of graphemes and phonemes for use in reading and spelling. They will learn the following letter/sounds:


ou /ow/, ea /ee/, ay /ai/, ie /igh/, ue /oo/, ue /yoo/, oy /oi/, aw /or/, ir /ur/, wh /w/, ph /f/, au /or/, ew /o-o/, ew /yoo/, oe /oa/,

a-e /ai/, e-e /ee/, i-e /igh/, o-e /oa/, u-e /o-o/, u-e /yoo/, si /zh/ 

su /zh/


Some of the alternatives will already have been encountered in the high-frequency words that have been taught. Children become quicker at recognising graphemes of more than one letter in words and at blending the phonemes they represent. When spelling words they will learn to choose the appropriate graphemes to represent phonemes and begin to build word-specific knowledge of the spellings of words.

Index to worksheets

Lesson 80: ou /ow/

Revisit: /ee/ ee, ea; /v/ v, ve; /l/ l, le

Say the sound and point to the picture for /ow/. Invite the children to read: now, town, crown, growl  

Teach: /ow/ can also be written ou

Tricky word: h-ere

Blending: ou-t, a-b-ou-t, ou-r, l-ou-d-e-s-t, sh-ou-t, f-ou-n-d

Apply: Read/Write: We are proud of our car. It is not loud.

Book: Lost and Found

Lesson 81: ea /ee/

Revisit: /v/ v, ve; /l/ l, le; /ow/ ow, ou

Say the sound and point to the picture for /ee/. Invite the children to read: tree, green, sleep, very, happy, trolley, key

Teach: /ee/ can also be written ea

Tricky word: y-our

Blending: s-ea, s-ea-t, l-ea-s-t, t-r-ea-t, f-ea-s-t, b-ea-t, t-ea-m

Apply: Read/Write: Can we eat cream by the sea?

Book: Sweet Treats

Lesson 82: ay /ai/

Revisit: /ee/ ee, ea; /v/ v, ve; /l/ l, le; /ow/ ow, ou

Say the sound and point to the picture for /ai/. Invite the children to read: train, wait, aim, sail

Teach: /ai/ can also be written ay

Tricky word: a-s-k-ed

Blending: d-ay, s-t-r-ay, m-ay, t-r-ay, c-r-ay-o-n, p-l-ay, a-w-ay

Apply: Read/Write: We are playing so go away rain.

Book: Playing with Clay

Lesson 83: ie /igh/

Revisit: /ee/ ee, ea; /v/ v, ve; /l/ l, le; /ow/ ow, ou; /ai/ ai, ay

Say the sound and point to the picture for /igh/ - invite the children to read: sigh, night, tight, sight, fight

Teach: /igh/ can also be written ie

Blending: p-ie, t-ie, c-r-ie-d, t-r-ie-d, s-p-ie-s

Apply: Read/Write: I found a dried plum in my pie.

Book: The Missing Pie

Lesson 84: ue /oo/

Revisit: /l/ l, le; ow/ ow, ou; /igh/ igh, ie

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oo/ - invite the children to read: moon, soon, zoo, boot  

Teach: /oo/ can also be written ue

Tricky word: p-eo-p-le

Blending: b-l-ue, g-l-ue, t-r-ue, c-l-ue, v-a-l-ue, t-i-ss-ue

Apply: Read/Write: I fixed the blue tray with glue.

Book: Gill Gets Pop

Lesson 85: Guidance

Explain that the grapheme ue can be pronounced /oo/ or /yoo/.


New Sound /yoo/

Lesson 85: ue /yoo/

Revisit:  /ow/ ow, ou    /igh/ igh, ie

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oo/ oo, ue - invite the children to read: moon, soon, zoo, blue, glue, true

Teach: That the grapheme ue can also be pronounced (yoo)

Blending: c-ue, d-ue, v-e-n-ue, ar-g-ue, r-e-s-c-ue

Apply: Read/Write: It is hard to argue with a statue?

Book: Looking for Mog

Lesson 86: oy /oi/

Revisit:  /igh/ igh, ie; /oo/ oo, ue; /yoo/ ue    

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oi/ - invite the children to read: oil, join, coil, soil 

Teach: /oi/ can also be written oy

Tricky word: p-eo-p-le

Blending: t-oy, j-oy, oy-s-t-er, a-nn-oy-i-ng

Apply: Read/Write: Toys bring people a lot of joy.

Book: Joy's New Toy

Lesson 87: aw /or/

Revisit:  /igh/ igh, ie; /oo/ oo, ue; /yoo/ ue; /oi/ oi, oy

Say the sound and point to the picture for /or/ - invite the children to read: sort, order, born, morning 

Teach: /or/ can also be written aw

Tricky word: oh

Blending: p-aw, c-l-aw, j-aw, l-aw-n, y-aw-n, s-aw, d-aw-n

Apply: Read/Write: Oh, look at the big claws on that paw.

Book: Book: Lost at Sea

Lesson 88: ir /ur/

Revisit: /oo/ oo, ue; /yoo/ ue;  /oi/ oi, oy; /or/ or, aw 

Say the sound and point to the picture for /ur/ - invite the children to read: fur, burn, burp, hurt 

Teach: /ur/ can also be written it

Tricky word: Mr

Blending: g-ir-l,  b-ir-d,  sh-ir-t,  sk-ir-t,  f-ir-s-t, d-ir-t, ch-ir-p

Apply: Read/Write: Mr Bird lost a button on his shirt.

Book: The Injured Bird

Lesson 89: wh /w/

Revisit:   /oo/ oo, ue; /yoo/ ue;  /oi/ oi, oy; /or/ or, aw;  /ur/ ur, ir   

Say the sound and point to the picture for /w/ - invite the children to read: will, web, wig, well 

Teach: /w/ can also be written wh

Blending: wh-e-n,  wh-i-ch,  wh-i-s-p-er,  wh-ir-l,  wh-i-s-k

Apply: Read/Write: When will we see their wheel?


Book: The Wobbly Wheel

Lesson 90: ph /f/

Revisit: /yoo/ ue;  /oi/ oi, oy; /or/ or, aw;  /ur/ ur, ir; /w/ w, wh

Say the sound and point to the picture for /f/ - invite the children to read: fog, fit, fan 

Teach: /f/ can also be written ph

Tricky words: Mrs, Ms

Blending: d-o-l-ph-i-n,  e-l-e-ph-a-n-t,  a-l-ph-a-b-e-t

Apply: Read/Write: Is a dolphin smarter than an elephant?

Book: Philip's Phonics Lesson

Lesson 91: au /or/

Revisit:  /ur/ ur, ir; /w/ w, wh;  /f/ f, ph

Say the sound and point to the picture for /or/ or, aw - invite the children to read: torn, fork, saw, paw

Teach: /or/ can also be written au

Tricky word: th-eir

Blending: l-au-n-ch, h-au-n-t-ed, a-s-t-r-o-n-au-t

Apply: Read/Write: The astronaut waited for the rocket launch.

Book: Aubrey's Tricks

Lesson 92: ew /o-o/

Revisit: /oo/ oo, ue; /yoo/ ue; /or/ au

Say the sounds and point to the pictures for /oo/ oo, ue  - invite the children to read: too, zoo, boot, moon, blue, glue

Teach: /oo/ can also be written ew

Blending: b-l-ew,   ch-ew,   gr-ew, d-r-ew, f-l-ew

Apply: Read/Write: The tree grew a lot in the spring.

Book: The Astronaut

Lesson 93: ew /yoo/

Revisit: /oo/ oo, ue;   /yoo/ ue    

Say the sounds and point to the pictures for /oo/ oo, ew - invite the children to read: boot, moon, cue, venue blew, chew, grew, drew  

Teach: That the grapheme ew can also be pronounced /yoo/

Blending: Ss-t-ew,   f-ew,   n-e-ph-ew

Apply: Read/Write: My nephew cooked a stew.

Book: Newt Statue

Lesson 94: oe /oa/

Revisit: /or/ or, au;  /oo/ oo, ew;   /yoo/  ue, ew

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oa/ - invite the children to read: coat, goat, loaf, road

Teach: /oa/ can also be written oe

Tricky word: w-a-t-er

Blending: t-oe, f-oe,  w-oe,  g-oe-s,  t-o-m-a-t-oe-s

Apply: Read/Write: I stepped on a bag of tomatoes.


Book: Farmer Joe's New Crop

Lesson 95: Guidance

Ask children to sound talk and show fingers for the word ‘tie’.

Ask children what needs to be added to ‘tie’ to make ‘time’.

Sound-talk the word  ‘time’ and explain that although there are graphemes for each phoneme this is not the correct spelling of ‘time’, as words like this are written slightly differently.

Explain that in this word we need to separate the two letters in the grapheme and tuck the final sound in between.

We have already learnt the following ‘tricky’ words that use the split digraph.


Split digraphs

Lesson 95: a-e /ai/

Revisit:  Say the sound and point to the picture for /ai/ ai, ay

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oa/ - invite the children to read: wait, aim, sail, main, play, tray

Teach: /ai/ can also be written a-e

Blending: came, made, make, same, snake

Apply: Read/Write: I made a cake.



Book: The Parade

Lesson 96: e-e /ee/

Revisit: /ai/ ai, ay, a-e

Say the sound and point to the picture for  /ee/ ee, ea - invite the children to read: see, feet, jeep, week, very, happy, donkey, turkey

Teach: /ee/ can also be written e-e

Blending: these, Steve, even, theme, complete

Apply: Read/Write: These are the pages you need to complete.




Book: Robots Compete

Lesson 97: i-e /igh/

Revisit:   /ai/ ai, ay, a-e;   /ee/ ee, y, ey, ea, e-e

Say the sound and point to the picture for /igh/ igh, ie - invite the children to read: high, sigh, light, night, pie, lie, tie

Teach: /igh/ can also be written i-e

Blending: time, bike, slide, prize

Apply: Read/Write: I got a prize for the best time in the bike ride.


Book: Mike's Kite

Lesson 98: o-e /oa/

Revisit: /ee/ ee, y, ey, ea, e-e; /igh/ igh, ie, i-e 

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oa/ oa, oe - invite the children to read: coat, goat, loaf, road, toe, hoe, woe

Teach: /oa/ can also be written o-e

Blending: home, stone, explode, envelope

Apply: Read/Write: The dog hid the bone under a stone.


Book: Home Sick

Lesson 99: u-e /o-o/

Revisit:  /igh/ igh, ie, i-e   /oa/ oa, oe, o-e 

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oo/ oo, ue, ew - invite the children to read:  too, zoo, boot, moon, cue, venue, blew, chew

Teach: /oo/ can also be written u-e

Blending: June, flute, rude, prune, rule

Apply: Read/Write: I love the sound of the flute.

Book: Snail Race

Lesson 100: u-e /yoo/

Revisit: Alternative Spelling:   /yoo/ ue, ew      

Say the sound and point to the picture for /oo/ oo, ue, ew, u-e - invite the children to read: June, flute, rude, prune, rule

Teach: That the grapheme u-e can also be pronounced /yoo/

Blending: cube, use, cute

Apply: Read/Write: I used the cube as a seat.


Book: The Huge Rock

Lesson 101: si /zh/

Revisit: /oo/ oo, ue, ew, u-e;  /yoo/  ue, ew, u-e 

Say the sound and point to the picture for /zh/ su - invite the children to read: casual, usual

Teach: /zh/ can also be written si

Tricky word: wh-a-t

Blending:  v-i-si-o-n, o-cc-a-si-on

Apply: Read/Write: Usually I win, but not on this occasion.


Book: Roy's Treat

Lesson 102: su /zh/

Revisit:  /oo/ oo, ue, ew, u-e;  /yoo/  ue, ew, u-e      

Teach: Say the sound and point to the picture for /zh/ - /zh/ can be written su

Blending: c-a-su-al,   u-su-al, 

Apply: Read/Write: Usually I win the treasure.


Book: Prize Tomatoes

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