Phase 2: Week 3 – Learning to Read GOCK

Welcome back. Another week of fun and new learning opportunities ahead.

Please remember, if your child is learning using Read Write Inc., Jolly Phonics or another reading scheme, you can still use our activities and resources to support their learning, the order your child learns them might vary slightly. Take a look at Learn to Read with Phonics to find out more.

Third week of learning to read with Jolly Phonics. The letter sounds g o c and k. hands on activities to support your child's learning

Which letters and sounds are we learning this week?

Our 4 letters for this week are G, O, C, K.

Your child will need to learn the letter names like you say them when saying the alphabet (A, B, C) as well as the letter sounds.

They will likely be presented with both the UPPERCASE (capitals) and lowercase (not capitals). When writing, they may focus on the lowercase formation, to begin with.

Which high frequency words are we learning this week?

Our common words are ‘got’, ‘on’, ‘not’ and ‘can’.

Take a look at our High-Frequency Word activities for some ideas.

What can we do with this week’s sounds?

tap another 3 letter cvc word to make in week 1 phonics when learning to read

Sliding words activity

DIY sensory pipecleaner letters to support learning to read and write for early years and foundation stage

Sensory alphabet letters with pipe cleaners

using handmade resources to support your child as they learn to read and write in the early years at school.

What words can I create?

Don’t forget to mix this week’s letters with those letters from previous weeks. That way, you can keep practising them and you can create a wider range of words. For ideas on the words you can create with the letters we’ve learned so far, please look at our word lists.

Helpful videos

Watch this video to learn the Jolly Phonics song and action for ‘G’.

Video for Read, Write Inc images and formation for ‘G’ currently unavailable.

Watch this video to learn the Jolly Phonics song and action for ‘O’.

Watch this video to learn the Read Write Inc images and formation verse for ‘O’.

Watch this video to learn the Jolly Phonics song and action for ‘C’.

Watch this video to learn the Read Write Inc images and formation verse for ‘C’.

Watch this video to learn the Jolly Phonics song and action for ‘K’.

Watch this video to learn the Read Write Inc images and formation verse for ‘K’.

Your child may have been introduced to Sound Mats at school, we have a Phase 2 sound mat that features all of the letters with images that when you subscribe to our newsletter which works through supporting your child to learn to read you will receive for free. Just sign up below and it will be sent to your inbox.