Phase 5 (Part 2) Phonics Workbook

Continue developing your child’s reading, spelling, and phonics mastery with a structured and supportive exploration of alternative graphemes and spelling patterns.

The QFE Phase 5 Phonics Workbook Part 2: Alternative Graphemes has been carefully designed to help children deepen their understanding of English spelling patterns, alternative spellings, and more advanced phonics knowledge. Through clear progression, engaging activities, and consistent practice, children strengthen their reading fluency, spelling accuracy, and confidence as independent readers and writers.

This workbook supports children as they move beyond recognising simple graphemes and begin understanding that:

• one sound can often be written in many different ways
• familiar graphemes can sometimes make different sounds
• English spelling contains patterns, rules, and choices

Designed using QFE’s developmentally aligned approach, the workbook focuses not only on phonics knowledge, but also on confidence, repetition, fluency, and secure understanding.

What This Workbook Covers
Throughout the workbook, children will learn to:

• recognise a wide range of alternative graphemes
• compare different spellings for the same sound
• read and spell increasingly complex words
• identify patterns within English spelling
• strengthen blending and segmentation skills
• improve spelling accuracy and word recognition
• develop fluency and confidence with unfamiliar vocabulary
• apply phonics knowledge within reading and writing

Children begin developing a much deeper understanding of how English spelling works while continuing to strengthen reading fluency and confidence.

The Workbook Includes
The workbook follows a carefully structured progression introducing alternative graphemes and spelling patterns across a wide range of sounds.

Sounds and Grapheme Patterns Covered
/ai/ → ai, ay, a-e, eigh, ey, a
/ee/ → ee, ea, ey, e_e, e, ie, y
/igh/ → igh, ie, i_e, y, i
/oa/ → oa, oe, o_e, ow, o, ough
/oo/ (long) → oo, ue, u_e, ew, o, ui
/yoo/ → ue, ew, u_e, u, eu
/ow/ → ow, ou, ough
/oi/ → oi, oy
/ar/ → ar, a, ear
/ur/ → ur, ir, er, or, ear
/air/ → air, are, ere, ear
/ear/ → ear, eer, ere
/or/ → or, aw, au, al, a, our, ough, augh
/u/ (short) → u, ou, oo
/j/ → j, g, ge, dge
/s/ → s, c, ss, se, ce, st, sc
/c/ → c, k, ck, ch
/f/ → f, ff, ph, gh
/n/ → n, kn, gn
/l/ → l, ll, le, al, el, il
/ch/ → ch, tch, ture

Each section builds confidence through repetition, practice, reading, and review.
Every child learns at their own pace, and it is completely fine to slow down, revisit sections, or spend longer on particular spelling patterns if needed.

Some families may choose to:

• focus on one sound family at a time
• revisit earlier spelling patterns regularly
• complete a few pages each day
• repeat sections for consolidation
• spend additional time comparing grapheme choices

The goal is not to rush through the workbook, but to help your child feel secure, confident, and successful as they learn.

Included Activities
Children will complete a wide range of activities designed to reinforce learning in different ways, including:

• reading words
• noticing graphemes
• colour coding spelling patterns
• fill in the missing word activities
• choose the correct spelling tasks
• phoneme spotters
• comprehension questions
• roll and write games
• sentence dictation
• blending practice
• spelling comparison tasks
• reading fluency activities
• revision and consolidation work

These activities are designed to build reading, spelling, fluency, and understanding together.

Who Is This Workbook For?
This workbook is ideal for:

• children progressing through advanced Phase 5 phonics learning
• children developing spelling confidence and fluency
• children needing support with alternative spellings
• home education families
• parents wanting structured phonics support at home
• children preparing for more independent reading and writing

Why Families Choose QFE
At QFE Academy, we believe confidence comes before curriculum. This workbook has been designed to provide:

• clear progression
• manageable learning steps
• repetition without overwhelm
• developmentally appropriate practice
• structured foundations for long-term literacy success

Rather than rushing children through phonics, the focus is on helping them feel secure, capable, and successful as they learn.

Building Confident Readers and Spellers
As children progress through advanced phonics patterns, they begin developing a much stronger understanding of how English spelling works.
With regular practice and encouragement, your child will begin to:

• recognise spelling patterns more automatically
• read unfamiliar words with greater confidence
• spell with increasing accuracy
• understand grapheme choices more clearly
• improve fluency and comprehension
• strengthen independent reading and writing skills

This workbook is more than practice pages — it is a carefully structured foundation for becoming a fluent, confident, and independent reader and writer.