Phase 2 Assessment Class Analysis sheet - Phonics Phase 2 - Resource

The "All Aboard Phonics - Phase 2 Teacher Manual" offers a variety of engaging extension activities designed to integrate phonics learning throughout the entire school day, beyond the standard 15-minute session. These activities are crafted to be largely independent, allowing children to participate with minimal assistance, and they can also be shared with parents to extend learning into the home environment. The manual provides creative ideas to reinforce letter recognition, formation, and phonemic awareness in fun and interactive ways.

Some of the suggested activities include using playdough or clay to form letters with cookie cutters, stamps, or by hand shaping. Sand writing provides tactile letter formation practice, while chalk writing outdoors adds an element of play and allows children to trace over their work with water. Letter hunts in the classroom encourage children to search for specific letters in their surroundings. Sorting games involve categorising objects based on their initial sounds, and nature letters encourage outdoor exploration to create letters with found items. Drawing activities prompt children to illustrate objects that start with the phoneme of the day, and magnetic letters are used for constructing and reading VC (vowel-consonant) and CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, aiding in the development of blending and segmenting skills.