Phase 4 Phonics Resources – Letters and Sounds

Phase 4 phonics teaches children to blend and segment longer words with adjacent consonants.

By the time children start phase 4, they will be able to represent each of 42 phonemes with a grapheme. They will also be able to read and spell CVC words, including simple two-syllable words and captions. They will know all letter names and be able to read and spell some tricky words.

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What is taught?

1. This stage consolidates knowledge of learned graphemes by reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.

Phonics Phase 4 CVC words

2. Learning to read more tricky words and also begin to learn to spell some of these words: so, do, out, like, have, when, some, come, what, said, were

Monster Phonics makes learning high-frequency ‘tricky’ words at the stage easier. Download the Monster Phonics Phase 4 Tricky Words Tabletop Chart and Flashcards.

Phase 4 planning and resources are found in the Reception section of the Monster Phonics Resources area.

Browse the phased phonics teaching structure for schools.