Todmorden CE J, I and N School
A phonics programme order using ‘Ruth Miskin’ and ‘Letters and Sounds’
All Children should be taught their sounds in the same order with the same actions and rhymes
throughout the school. The purpose of this document is to ensure a consistent approach to
phonics teaching at our school.
Phase 1
See ‘Letters and Sounds’ document for examples of activities and ideas
Aspect 1 – Environmental Sounds
Aspect 2 – Instrumental Sounds
Aspect 3 – Body Percussion
Aspect 4 – Rhythm and rhyme
Aspect 5 - Alliteration
Aspect 6 – Voice Sounds
Aspect 7 – Oral Blending and Segmenting
Phase 2
Recommended for Daycare and Reception - but covered when individuals or whole
classes are ready
(words use all the sounds all ready taught)
Sound
Word or Rhyme
Action
s
Snake
Stretch
a
Slither down the snake
Apple
Bounce
t
a, as, at, sat
Round the apple and the
leaf
Tower
Bounce
pat, tap,
Down the tower across the
tower
Pirate
Bounce
sit, pit, tip, sip, is, it, pip
Down the plait and over
the pirate’s face
Insect
Bounce
p
i
Example Words
Down the body, dot for
the head
n
m
d
g
o
an, in, nip, pan, pin, tin, tan, nap,
and
Net
Stretch
am, man, mat, map, Sam
Down Nobby, over his net
Mountain
Stretch
dad, sad, dim, dip, din, did, and
Maisie, mountain mountain
Dinosaur
Bounce
tag, gap, pig, dig, nag, sag, gas
Round his bottom, up his
tall neck down to his feet
Girl
Bounce
Round her face, down her
hair and give her a curl
Orange
Bounce
got, on, not, pot, top, dog, pop,
God, Mog
All around the orange
c
k
can, cot, cop, cap, cat, cod
Caterpillar
Bounce
kid, kit
Curl around the caterpillar
Kangaroo
Bounce
ck
kick, sock, sack, dock, pick, sick,
pack, ticket, pocket
e
get, pet, ten, net, pen, peg, met,
men, neck
u
up, mum, run, mug, cup, sun, tuck,
mud, sunset
Down the Kangaroo’s body,
tail and leg
Kick off my Sock
Egg
Bounce
Lift of the top and scoop
out the egg
Umbrella
Bounce
Down and under up the top
and draw the puddle
r
rim, rip, ram, rat, rag, rug, rot,
rocket, carrot
Robot
Down his back the curl
over his arm
Stretch
h
had, him, his, hot, hut, hop, hit,
hat, has, hug,
Horse
Bounce
Down the head to the
hooves and over his back
b
f
back, big, but, bet, bad, bed,
bud, beg, bug, bun, bus, bat, bit,
bucket, rabbit
of , if, fit, fin, fun, fig, fog, fan,
fat, from
ff
huff, cuff, off, gruff, fluff,
whiff, puff
l
lap, let, leg, lot, lit, laptop, help
Boot
Bounce
Down the laces to the heel
and round the toe
Flower
Bounce
Down the stem and draw
Huff and puff
Leg
Down the long leg
ll
bell, fill, doll, tell, sell, Bill, dull,
well, will, full, pull, shell
She sell shells
ss
less, hiss, mass, mess, boss, fuss,
hiss, pass, kiss, fusspot
Fussy and Bossy
Phase 3
j
v
just, jam, Jill, jet, jog, Jack,
Jen, jacket
van, vat, vet, visit velvet
Jack in a box
Bounce
Down his body curl and dot
Vulture
Stretch
Down a wing, up a wing
w
will, win, wag, web, wig, wax,
cobweb, wicked
Worm
Bounce
Down up, down up
x
mix, fix, box, tax, six, taxi, exit
Exercise
Bounce
Down the arm and leg and
repeat the other side
y
z
yap, yes, yet, tell, yum yum
Yak
Bounce
zip, zigzag
Down a horn, up a horn and
under his head.
Zip
Stretch
Zig, Zag, Zig
zz
buzz, jazz, fizz, fuzzy, puzzle,
drizzle, sizzle, blizzard
Sizzling Sausages
q
quiz, quit, quick, quack, liquid
Queen
Bounce
Round her head up past
her earring and down her
hair
The horse sneezes when
the caterpillar hairs get
up his nose
ch
chop, chin, chug, check, such,
chip, chill, much, rich, chicken
sh
ship, shop, shed, shell, fish,
shock, cash, bash, hush, rush
Shh says the horse to the
hissing snake
th
that, this, then, them, with,
moth, thin, thick, path, bath
The princess in the tower
is rescued by the horse
and says thank you
ng
ring, rang, hang, song, wing, rung,
king, long, sing, ping pong
Thing on a string
nk
Think, sink, tank, stink, wink,
tink, blink, pink, link
I think I stink
Recommended for Year 1 - but covered when individuals or whole classes are ready
ai
wait, hail, pain, aim, sail, main,
Snail in the rain
tail, rain, bait
ee
igh
oa
oo
see, feel, weep, feet, jeep, seem,
meet, week, deep, keep, three,
been, green, seen, sleep, need
high, sigh, light, might, night,
right, sight, fight, tight, tonight,
fright, bright
What can you see?
coat, load, goat, loaf, road, soap,
oak, toad, foal, boatman, coal,
coach, cloak throat, roast, toast,
loaf
too, zoo, poo, boot, hoof, zoom,
cool, food, root, moon, rooftop,
pool, spoon, stool
Goat in a boat
Fly high
Poo at the zoo
oo
look, foot, cook, good, book, took,
wood, wool, hook, hood, shook
Look at a book
ar
bar, car, bark, card, cart, hard,
jar, park, market, farmyard,
start, star, smart, sharp, spark
for, fork, cord, cork, sort, born,
worn, fort, torn, cornet, horse,
sport, snort, short
fur, burn, urn, burp, curl, hurt,
surf, turn, turnip, nurse, purse,
hurl, slurp
now, down, owl, cow, how, bow,
pow! Row, town, towel, crowd,
howl, drown, gown
Start the car
or
ur
ow
Shut the door
Nurse with a purse
Brown cow
ow
blow, snow, slow, show, know,
flow, glow
Blow the snow
oi
oil, boil, coin, coil, join, soil, toil,
poison, tinfoil, noise, choice, coin,
spoil,
ear, dear, fear, hear, gear, near,
tear, year, rear, beard, spear
air, fair, hair, lair, pair, chair,
stair
sure, lure, assure, insure, pure,
cure, secure, manure, mature,
picture, mixture, creature,
Spoil the boy
ear
air
ure
Hear with your ear
It’s not fair
Sure its pure
future, adventure, temperature
er
hammer, letter, rocker, ladder,
supper, dinner, boxer, better,
summer, banner, over, never,
weather, after, litter, corner,
proper
A better letter
Phase 4 – Practice
Purpose of this phase is to consolidate children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling
containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words. See ‘letters and Sounds’ for examples of
activities.
Phase 5
ay
day, play, may, say, stray, stay,
clay, spray, tray, crayon, delay,
Wednesday, lay, way
May I play?
ou
out, about, cloud, scout, found,
proud, sprout, sound, loudest,
mountain, round, loud, shout,
mouth
pie, lie, tie, die, cried, tried,
spied, fried, replied, denied
sea, tea, seat, bead, read, meat,
treat, heap, least, steamy,
repeat, eat, neat, real, clean,
please, leave, dream, scream,
seat
boy, toy, joy, oyster, destroy,
enjoy, royal, annoying
girl, stir, sir, bird, shirt, skirt,
birth, third, first, thirteen,
thirsty, whirl, twirl, dirt
clue, blue, glue, true, Sue, issue,
tissue, value, queue, rescue,
argue
saw, paw, raw, claw, jaw, lawn,
dawn, yawn, law, shawl, drawer
when, what, which, wheel,
whisper, white, whizz,
phonics, dolphin, alphabet,
elephant, phantom, Phoebe,
graph, telephone, sphere, nephew
blew, chew, stew, grew, drew,
screw, crew, brew, flew, threw,
few, nephew, new, knew, blew,
Shout it out
ie
ea
oy
ir
ue
aw
wh
ph
ew
I like pumpkin pie
Cup of tea
Toy for a boy
Whirl and twirl
True Blue
Yawn at dawn
What and why?
Phoebe loves phonics
Chew the stew
few, newt
oe
toe, hoe, doe, foe, Joe, goes,
tomatoes, potatoes, heroes
Joe eats potatoes
au
launch, haunted, August, haul,
author, automatic
hey, they, obey, prey, money,
turkey, valley, kidney, smiley,
parsley, donkey
Fire, hire, wire, spire, bonfire,
inspire, conspire
came, made, make, take, game,
race, same, snake, amaze, escape,
shake, cake, name, save, brave,
late, date
these, eve, even, theme, gene,
scene, complete, extreme,
delete, compete, athlete
like, time, pine, ripe, shine, slide,
prize, nice, invite, inside, decide,
polite, smile, white, fine, hide,
wide, like, mine
bone, pole, home, alone, those,
stone, woke, note, explode,
envelope, phone, hope, rose,
spoke, broke, stole, rope
rude, tube, June, flute, cube,
huge, use, rule, cute, duke, mule,
excuse, brute, tune, use, dude,
accuse
Haunted House
ey
ire
a_e
e_e
i_e
o_e
u_e
I like parsley with my
turkey
Fire, fire!
Make a cake
Compete like an athlete
Nice smile
Phone home
Huge Brute
Word Endings
ing
ed
playing, jumping, kicking, heating,
sewing, asking, helping, singing,
doing
asked, jumped, walked, kicked,
helped, washed, cooked, liked,
loved
We are great at sounding
out and blending
Hummed and strummed
Recommended for Year 2 - but covered when individuals or whole classes are ready
Alternative pronunciations
a
hat, fast*, path*, pass*,
bath*, last*, grass*,
after*, branch*,
acorn, bacon, apron,
angel, apricot, bagel,
station, nation, lady
was, what, wash, wasp,
squad, squash, want,
watch, wallet, wander
afternoon*
e
i
o
u
*northern ‘a’ southern ‘ar’
bed, get, pet, ten, net,
pen, peg, met, men, neck
he, she, me, we, be,
recent, frequent
tin, sit, pit, tip, sip, is, it, pip
hot, got, on, not, pot, top,
dog, pop, God, Mog
the
mind, find, wild, pint, blind, child, kind,
grind, behind, remind
no, so, go, old, don’t, gold,
cold, told, hold
but, up, mum, run, mug, cup, sun, tuck,
mud, sunset, put*, cushion*, pudding*
both
unit, union, unicorn, music, tuba, future,
human, stupid, duty, humour
*nothern ‘u’ sound southern ‘uh’ sound
ie
pie, lie, tie, die, cried, tried, spied,
fried, replied, denied
chief, brief, field, shield, priest, yield,
shriek, thief, belief
ea
sea, tea, seat, bead, read, meat, treat,
heap, least, steamy, repeat, eat, neat,
real, clean, please, leave, dream,
scream, seat
out, about, cloud,
you, soup, group
scout, found,
proud, sprout,
sound, loudest,
mountain, round,
loud, shout, mouth
yap, yes, yet, tell,
by, my, try, why,
yum yum
dry, fry, sky, spy,
reply
head, dead, deaf, ready, bread, heaven,
feather, pleasant, instead, breakfast
ou
y
ch
chop, chin, chug, check,
such, chip, chill, much,
rich, chicken
could, would,
should
mould, shoulder,
boulder
gym, crystal,
mystery, pyramid,
Egypt, bicycle,
rhythm
school, Christmas,
chemist, chord, chorus,
Chris, chronic, chemical,
headache, technical
very, happy, funny,
carry, hairy,
smelly, penny,
crunchy, lolly,
merrily
chef, Charlene,
Charlotte, machine,
brochure, chalet
c
can, cot, cop, cap, cat, cod
cell, central, acid, cycle, icy, cent,
success, December, accent
g
tag, gap, pig, dig, nag, sag, gas
Gent, gym, gem, Gill, gentle, ginger,
magic, danger
ey
money
they, grey, obey, prey, survey
picture, adventure, creature, future,
nature, capture, feature, puncture,
signature, mixture
catch, fetch, pitch, notch, crutch,
stitch, match, ditch, kitchen, scratchy
Alternative Spellings
ch
j
fudge, hedge, bridge, ledge, nudge, badge, lodge, podgy, badger, dodging
m
lamb, limb, comb, thumb, numb, climb, crumb, dumb, plumbing, bomber
n
r
s
gnat, gnaw, gnash, gnome, sign, design,
resign
knit, knot, knob, knee, knock, knife,
know, knew, knight, knuckle
wrap, wren wrong, wrench, written, write, wrote, wreck, wry, wretched
listen, whistle, bristle, glisten,
Christmas, rustle, jostle, bustle, castle,
wrestle
house, mouse, grease, cease, horse,
gorse, purse, grouse, loose
z
please, tease, ease, rouse, browse, cheese, noise, pause, blouse, because
u
some, come, done, none, brother, son, nothing, month, mother, worry
i
happy, sunny, mummy, daddy, only, gym,
crystal, mystery, sympathy, pyramid
donkey, valley, monkey, chimney,
trolley, pulley
ear
here, mere, severe, interfere,
Windermere, adhere
beer, deer, jeer, cheer, peer, sneer,
veer, career, steering
ar
father, lather, rather
Half, calf, almond, calm, qualm, balm,
palm
air
there, where, nowhere,
somewhere, everywhere
or
all, fall, ball, hall, talk,
four, pour, your, court,
caught, taught, naughty,
walk, wall, beanstalk,
fourth, tour, mourn,
daughter
calling
fourteen, tournament
learn, earn, earth, pearl, early, search, word, work, world, worm, worth, worse,
heard, earnest, rehearsal
worship, worthy, worst
ur
pear, tear, bear, wear,
swear
bare, care, dare, fare,
hare, mare, square,
scare, stare, share
oo
could, would, should
put, pull, push, full, bull, cushion,
pudding, playful
sh
special, official,
station, patience,
social, artificial,
caption, mention,
facial
position
treasure, television, vision, pleasure,
leisure, visual, measure
Sure, sugar,
chef, Charlotte,
passion, session,
Michelle, Charlene
mission
usual, casual
zh
Phase 6
Taught throughout Year 1 and 2
Syllables
Teach children about syllables for spelling
Compound words
butterfly, football, lifetime, elsewhere, upside, grandmother. cannot, baseball, fireworks,
passport. together, become, became, sunflower etc
Word Endings – Suffixes
Including spelling rules such as,
Change the y to i and add es – eg. Parties
Double the constant when their is a short vowel - eg. Begged
Just add d when add ed to words ending in e
+ ed recap for
past tense
Past tense –
Irregular
+ ing recap
+s
+ es
Irregular
plurals
+ er
+ en
rounded, helped, turned, begged, hissed, wanted, sorted, hummed, waded,
washed, hated, greased, lived, robbed, rocked, laughed, called, roasted, chatted,
chopped, slipped, shopped, sobbed
sat, wrote, thought, drank, ate, ran, slept, swam, bit, bled, caught, came, bought,
built, blew, dug, drew etc
riding, sparing, snarling, grinning, smirking, glaring, booming, yelling, screaming,
shouting, shattering, dancing, sleeping, living, dying, leaving, coming, baking,
sewing, watching, drawing, speaking, smiling, whispering, mewing, barking,
snorting, chirping, bringing, giving, moving, staying, renting, buying, knowing,
snooping, stalking, begging, trying, creating, designing, marketing, reporting,
etc
dogs, girls, flowers, eyes, apples, clocks, apes, shoes, bikes, jumpers, computers,
pencils, pictures, elephants, stickers, rabbits, pupils
etc
bushes, churches, brushes, torches, foxes, buses, catches, passes, rushes,
babies, kisses, witches, wishes, boxes, patches, classes, watches, lorries, ladies,
cities
fish, sheep, feet, lice, mice, men, women, people, cacti, moose, teeth etc
runner, reader, writer, bigger, player, slower, keeper, faster, farmer, whiter,
smaller, higher, kinder, stronger, prettier, lovelier, neater, darker
weaken, sweeten, toughen, widen, deafen, brighten, deepen, straighten, soften
+ est
+ ful
+ ly
+y
+ ment
+ ness
+ tion
+ tious
+ cious
biggest, widest, lowest, shortest, sharpest, deepest, loveliest, cutest, smartest,
smelliest, craziest, funniest, longest, youngest, nicest, tastiest, tallest, highest
careful, painful, playful, restful, mouthful, spiteful, hopeful, colourful, beautiful,
powerful, graceful mouthful, peaceful, helpful, tearful
sadly, happily, brightly, lately, wisely, lovely, safely, nicely, bravely, likely,
cheekily, crazily, luckily, greedily, easily, sneakily
sandy, funny, smoky, boney, grumpy, crafty, beauty, fairy, happy, baby, carry
payment, development, enjoyment, employment, agreement, apartment,
appointment, instrument, excitement
darkness, sadness, blindness, happiness, badness, hardness, silliness, weakness,
sleepiness
con/vers/a/tion, cel/e/bra/tion, ex/plor/a/tion, trad/i/tion, con/grat/u/la/tion,
a/tten/tion
de/li/cious, sus/pi/cious, vi/cious, scrump/tious, pre/cious, fe/ro/cious
Word Beginnings – Prefixes – Year 2
An Introduction prefixes,
Opposite prefixes such as un+, dis+, in+ and im+ can change the meaning of the word to its
opposite eg. unhappy, dislike, incorrect, impossible.