Winter Phonics List
We know it’s always a pain when you want to find themed words for your phonics lessons that your children will be able to read. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of winter phonics words to make your planning, and more importantly life, easier!
Phase 2 Initial Sounds
In the following list, you’ll find winter themed words to use with your children who are working at phase 2. We like to play winter I spy or a good game of Silly Winter Soup!
Initial Sounds
s – socks, snow, sled
a- Antarctic, anorak
t- toboggan, turtleneck
p- polo neck, polar bear, pinecone, parka, pullover
i- igloo, insulation
n- North Pole, nuts, nippy
m- mittens, melt, muffler
d- dark, duvet, dog sled, drafty, dreary, December
g- gloves, glacier, gust, gales
o- on, off
c- coat, cold, cap, cocoon, curling, cough
k- kite, kindling
e- exciting, evergreen
u- umbrella
r- radiator, raw
h- hot chocolate, hail, heat, hibernate, hoodie, hypothermia
b- blizzard, boots, brisk, bleak, blanket, black ice, balaclava
f- fire, fireplace, fog, fleece, flannel, flurries, freezing, frosty, frozen, February
l- log, long johns, luge
You can find our selection of phase 2 winter phonics worksheets, games and activities here:
Phase 2 Graphemes and Initial Sounds Pictures
Phase 2 Letter Formation and Handwriting
Phase 2 Words and Sentences
Phase 3
Below, you’ll find a list of decodable Winter themed phase 3 phonics words. This list is a perfect point of reference for you when planning Winter themed phonics. All the words are made up of phase 2 and phase 3 sounds so that your children can read and write them. Some of the words will only be decodable to them once they are familiar with all the phase 3 sounds.
Phase 3 Decodable Words
j- Jack Frost, jacket,
v- Vicks
w- wind, winter, wool, wood
x- fox
y- yell
z- zigzag
zz- drizzle, blizzard
qu- quilt,
sh- slush, shiver
ch- chill, chills
th- path
ng- sing, curling
ai- hail, rain
ee- sleet, degrees
igh- night, bright
oa- coat, road
oo- boots
oo- wool, wood, book
ar- scarf, arctic, Antarctic, parka
or- storm, anorak, comforter
ur- curling, burn
ow- owl,
oi- soil
ear- year, ear muffs
air- air, pair
ure- cure
er- winter, bitter, evergreen, muffler
You can find our selection of phase 3 winter phonics worksheets, games and activities here:
Phase 3 Graphemes and Pictures
Phase 3 Letter Formation and Handwriting
Phase 3 Words and Sentences
Winter Phonics: Phase 5
In this last list you will find Phase 5 themed winter words that your children will be able to read and write if they are learning phase 5 sounds. These words are made up of phase 2, 3 and 5 sounds and are perfect for planning phonics lessons on a winter theme.
ay- day
ea- heat, bleak, heater,
ie- die
ou- south, whiteout, outside, shout
oy- boy
ir- shirt, fir, whirl
ue- fuel
aw- shawl, raw, thaw
wh- whirl, white, whiteout
ph- phlegm
ew- stew
oe- toe
au- fauna
ey- jersey, chimney, ice hockey
a_e- flame, flake, skate, gale, hibernate
e_e- extreme, evening
i_e- ice, iceberg, white
o_e- froze, frozen, hailstone
u_e- luge
You can find our selection of phase 5 winter 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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