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title: "Phonics and Reading"
url: "https://grovevale.co.uk/children/reception/phonics-and-word-lists"
school: "Grove Vale Primary School"
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# Phonics and Reading

### Reception Phonics and Reading

 Phase 1 Letters and sounds document  2.29 MB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/grove-vale-primary-school/files/documents/children/reception/phase1.pdf)

This document gives examples of activities we will be doing with the children before we start teaching them the letter sounds.

 Phase 2 Letters and Sounds  1000 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/grove-vale-primary-school/files/documents/children/reception/phase-2.pdf)

 Phase 3 Letters and Sounds  943 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/grove-vale-primary-school/files/documents/phase_3(1).pdf)

 Phase 4 letters and sounds  64 Bytes  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/grove-vale-primary-school)

**Order we teach the letter sounds:**

**![](https://grovevale.co.uk/images/images/94c3c4e1a5d1422a969eb072db6bf57e_1x1.png)**

**Tricky Words**

These are words that cannot be decoded and the children have to learn by sight.

| **Phase 2** | **Phase 3** | **Phase 4** | **Phase 5** |
|---|---|---|---|
| I  no  go  to  the  into | he  she  we  me  be  was  you  they  all  are  my  her | said  have  like  so  do  some  come  were  there  little  one  when  out  what | oh  their  people  looked  Mr  Mrs  called  asked  could |

### Helping at home

 Reading and Phonics  26 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/grove-vale-primary-school/files/documents/Helping_with_Reading(1).docx)

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