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  • Year 2

    Year 2: Rocket Phonics Next Steps

    Half-termly overview

    Autumn 1

    /ai/ ai, ay, a-e, a, eigh, ei, ea, ey

    /ee/ ee, e-e, ie, ea, y, ey, e

    /igh/ igh, i, i-e, ie, y

    /oa/ oa, o-e, ow, oe, o

    homophones and near-homophones suffixes

    Autumn 2

    /w/ w, wh /f/ f, ff, ph

    long /oo/ oo, u-e, ou, ue, ew

    /y+oo/ u, u-e, ue, ew

    short /oo/ oo, u, oul

    /ar/ ar, a, al

    possessive apostrophes

    suffixes

    Spring 1

    /or/ or, au, aw, al, ar, a

    /or/ our, ore, oor, augh

    /ur/ ur, er, ir, ear, or

    /ou/ ou, ow

    /oi/ oi, oy

    contractions

    suffixes

    Spring 2

    /eer/ ear, eer, ere

    /air/ air, are, ear, ere

    /s/ s, ss, c, se, ce, sc, st

    /j/ j, g, dge, ge

    homophones and near-homophones suffixes

    Summer 1

    /t/ t, tt, ed

    /d/ d, dd, ed

    /n/ n, nn, kn, gn

    /m/ m, mm, mb

    /k/ c, k, ck, ch

    /r/ r, rr, wr

    /l/ l, ll

    /ul/ le, il, al, el

    possessive apostrophes

    suffixes

    Summer 2

    /i/ i, y

    /o/ o, (w)a (qu)a

    /e/ e, ea

    /zh/ s, si, ge

    /ch/ ch, tch

    /ch+u/ ture

    /sh/ sh, ch, ti, ci, ssi

    contractions

    suffixes