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Year 2 · English

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Year 2 learners practise phonics long and short vowel sounds.

The activities include Know the Different Sounds of the Letter 'c', Recognise Long and Short Vowels, Recognise the Vowel Trigraph: ear, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, worksheet, lesson, video. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Know the Different Sounds of the Letter 'c'
  • Recognise Long and Short Vowels
  • Recognise the Vowel Trigraph: ear
  • Understand Sounds

Checked learning resources

  • The S Spellings Including SS and C

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Exact Year 2 lesson page teaches soft c pronounced /s/ before e, i and y.

  • KS1 Spelling

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS1 spelling guidance supports comparing the hard /k/ and soft /s/ sounds represented by c.

  • Soft C Spelling Practice

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Focused practice identifies and spells words where c represents the soft /s/ sound.

  • Alternative GPCs for Long Vowels

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 teaching distinguishes long-vowel phonemes and their common graphemes.

  • Year 2 Spelling Packs

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Year 2 spelling collection provides word-level practice contrasting vowel patterns and pronunciations.

  • PlanIt Y2 Spelling: Trigraph 'ear'

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Exact Year 2 pack teaches and practises the different pronunciations and uses of the 'ear' trigraph.

  • Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs Worksheet

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Picture and word sorting provides age-appropriate oral sound-comparison practice.

  • Alternative GPCs for long vowels

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 English resource matched to phonics long and short vowel sounds.