Summer List of Phonics Words
Are you looking for a summer themed list of phonics words for your summer lessons? We’ve compiled the ultimate summer list of phonics words and organised it into different phases to make your life easier. (You can thank us later!)
Phase 2 Initial Sounds
Here is a list of phonics words to use with your children who are working at phase 2. These are not words that they will be able to read but words that they can identify and sort by the first sound in the word.
Initial Sounds
s -sun, season, sunshine, sea, swim, sail, sunscreen, sand, sandles
a- adventure, afternoon, animals
t- trunks, trip, travel, tan, towel
p- pier, play, park, picnic
i- infants
n- nap, nautilus
m- muggy, mussels
d- diving, dunes, dive, daisy
g- gulls, grass, gardening
o- orange, octopus
c- crab, canoeing, camp, camping
k- kayak, kite
e- enjoy
u- under, umbrella
r- reef, relax, rest, road trip
h- heat, hot, hiking, holiday, hat
b- boating, boat, bathing suit, beach
f- frisbee, fresh fruit, fan, flowers
l- lolly, lick, limpets
You can find our selection of phase 2 summer phonics worksheets, games, and activities here:
Phase 2 Graphemes and Initial Sounds Pictures
Phase 2 Letter Formation and Handwriting
Phase 2 Words and Sentences
Summer Phonics Words: Phase 3
You’ll find a decodable list of phase 3 phonics words here. All of these words are made up of phase 2 and phase 3 sounds so that your children will be able to read and write them. Some of these words will only be decodable once they are familiar with all of the sounds in phase 3.
Phase 3 Summer Themed Decodable Words
j- jump, jam
v- vest, van
w- wet
x- box
y- yell
z- zoo, zen
zz- buzz, fizz
qu- squid, quick
sh- shell
ch- conch, chips
th- path
ng- things
ai- sail, sailing
ee- reef, frisbee, sunscreen
igh- light, bright, high, sightseeing
oa- boat, boating, road trip
oo-food, pool
oo- cook, book
ar- starfish, park, garden, gardening
or- snorkel
ur- burnt
ow- flowers, towel, sunflower
oi- soil, oil
ear- year, near, searing heat
air- deck chair, air
ure- azure, pure
er- under, summer, sweltering
You can find our selection of phase 3 summer phonics worksheets, games, and activities here:
Phase 3 Graphemes and Pictures
Phase 3 Letter Formation and Handwriting
Phase 3 Words and Sentences
Summer Phonics Words: Phase 5
Here you will find a phase 5 list of phonics words that your children will be able to read and write if they are learning phase 5 sounds. For some of these words, your children will have to know all of the phase 5 sounds to be able to read or write them.
ay- bay, holiday
ea- heat, season, beach, sea
ie- lie
ou- shout, outings
oy- toy
ir- shirt, bird
ue- barbecue, blue
aw- dawn,
wh- wharf
ph- dolphin
ew- blew
oe- toe
au- nautilus, August
ey- volleyball
a_e- late, lake, wave, bathe
e_e- compete, evening, concrete
i_e- sunshine, ice cream, hike, dive
o_e- stones
u_e- June, log flume
You can find our selection of phase 5 spring phonics worksheets, games, and activities here:
Phase 5 Graphemes and Initial Sounds Pictures
Phase 5 Letter Formation and Handwriting
Phase 5 Words and Sentences
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