Phase 3

About Phase 3 Books

All reading bands consolidate learning from previous levels. Phase 3 books have a slightly increased number of words, an increase of pages and slightly more complex story lines. They also include Phase 3 phonemes and tricky words and these build as children are taught these in their daily phonics sessions.

How to support your child

Your child is beginning to learn how to read. As they read, please help them to:

• Read the words carefully. Most of the words can be recognised or sounded out. Ask your child to segment and blend only the words they cannot read yet, not every word.
• Ask them to identify diagraphs and trigraphs when segmenting and blending words.
• Encourage them to think about the punctuation in the book and what to do when they come across this.
• Giving them time to recognise and correct their own mistakes.
• Asking them to talk about what’s happening in the book, encouraging them to make links to events on previous pages.

My Reading Targets

• I can locate and recall the title
• I am starting to read some Phase 3 tricky words on sight
• I can match words that are the same
• I can segment and blend words containing Phase 3 phonemes in order to read them
• I can read unfamiliar words using my phonic knowledge
• I can recognise some Bear Words in the books that I am reading
• I can recognise print structure of a word, individual letters and the space between words
• I can say how I feel about stories and poems
• I can re-read my books to build up my fluency and confidence in word reading
• I can read longer words and words ending in -s or -es.

I can recognise all of the following phonemes;

I can read these Phase 3 tricky words;