The Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds
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2 Phase 3, Set 6 j, v, w, x will n/a box fox well will win egg eggs rabbit rabbits
Phase 3, Set 7 y, z, zz, qu n/a he, she he she yes
-es suffix letter names OK TV
Phase 3 ch, sh, th, ng, nk that, this, then, them, with we, me, be, push chicken chips much fish shop shops wish than that them then thing things this with king long pink thank think be me we
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Oxford Reading for Comprehension Decodables
The Oxford Wordlist research informs Oxford University Press’ local Primary publishing and is an integral feature in our new reading program Oxford Reading for Comprehension Decodables. Introduce and practise Oxford Wordlist words to support successful reading of a wide range of our series, including Project X Hero Academy Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction, Little Blending Books and Project X Alien Adventures
Use the Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds alongside your Oxford reading resources
3 Phase 3 ai (trail), ee (feet), igh (light), oa (groans) see was rain wait been need queen see sheep teeth week light might night right -ing suffix going having was oo (look), oo (zooms), ar (park), or (popcorn), ur (turn) look, for, too my, you book books good look looking took wood cool food pool room soon too zoo car cars dark farm garden park shark for morning or my you ow (cow), oi (join), ear (near), air (fair), ure (pure), er (higher) down, now they, her, all, are, ball, tall, call, fall cow down how now town dear hear year years hair dinner ever never soccer together all are ball her they
-er suffix
4 Phase 4 adjacent consonant words (CVCC) went, it’s, just, help said, so, have, were, out best felt hand help jump just land left lost lunch next went other adjacent consonant words end forest it’s its kangaroo monster number second sister under weekend possessive apostrophe dad’s -ed suffix as a separate syllable (ended) have out said so were adjacent consonant words (CCVC, CCV) from like, some, come, there, again black clown frog from green sleep still stop stuff train trees other adjacent consonant words dragon started three tree until again come like some there adjacent consonant words (CCVCC, CCCVC, CCCVCC) children little, one, do, when, what, love suffixes with changed base words (running, getting) getting running shopping swimming -le ending bubbles jungle
do little love one what when
*L&S = Letters and Sounds Letters and Sounds outlines a clear progression of GPCs (grapheme–phoneme correspondences) and introduction of high-frequency words.
**In the final column, italics denote Oxford Wordlist words that are covered as tricky words in the corresponding Letters and Sounds phase. Tricky words are a subset of the high-frequency words listed in Letters and Sounds and contain less common or rare GPCs.
Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds
The Research
In 2007 Oxford University Press conducted an extensive and rigorous study to find the words most frequently written by Australian early years students in their self-initiated writing. Since 2007, free access to the Oxford Wordlist has enabled educators to use it in a variety of ways to support literacy development.
In 2017 Oxford University Press conducted the same research and produced a revised list. Exploring these high-frequency words offers educators a valuable tool for the classroom when teaching word reading and comprehension.
Visit oxfordwordlist.com to build your own customised wordlist.
The Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds
The latest Oxford Wordlist has been aligned to the Letters and Sounds progression, supporting the teaching and learning of important highfrequency words.
This aligned list can be used in the classroom to introduce the Oxford Wordlist words at the point where they become decodable. It is a helpful tool to introduce high-frequency words to students as they master the phonic knowledge necessary to decode them.
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Phonic sequence High-frequency words Oxford Reading Level L&S* Phase GPCs L&S* common words (decodable) L&S* tricky words Aligned Oxford Wordlist words** 1/1+ Phase 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a Phase 2, Set 1 s, a, t, p a, at n/a a at sat Phase 2, Set 2 m, i, d, n in, is, it, and, dad, an, as n/a am an
did in is it man sad -s suffix Phase 2, Set 3 g, o, c, k on, can, got, not n/a
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kids not on pig pigs top Phase 2, Set 4 ck, e, u, r get, up, mum to, the, into, put
pet pets put ran rats red run set sick sun ten the to up upon us Phase 2, Set 5 h, b, f, l, ff, ll, ss
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Oxford Wordlist Aligned
Letters and
Phonic sequence High-frequency words Oxford Reading Level L&S * Phase GPCs L&S * common words (decodable) L&S * tricky words Aligned Oxford Wordlist words** 5 Phase 5 New graphemes for reading: about, saw, day oh, their, people, Mrs ay /ai/ (day); away day days holiday holidays play playing Saturday say stay stayed Sunday today way ou /ow/ (out); about around found our playground ie /igh/ (tie); died tried ea /ee/ (eat); beach each eat reading sea tea teacher team oy /oi/ (boy); boy toy toys ir /ur/ (girl); bird birds birthday first girl ue /oo/ (blue) + /(y)oo/ (argue, value); blue aw /or/ (saw) saw simple contractions that’s let’s oh people their New graphemes for reading: made, came, make, time Mr, asked, ask, looked wh /w/ (when); which while white ph /f/ (photo); ew /oo/ (flew) + /(y)oo/ (few, stew); new oe /oa/ (toe); goes au /or/ (launch); a-e /ai/ (make); ate cake came game games gave made make name named names same snake take ey /ee/ (key, trolley); even e-e /ee/ (these); i-e /igh/ (like); bike hide inside life liked likes outside ride side slide time times o-e /oa/ (home); clothes home hope woke u-e /oo/ (rule) + /(y)oo/ (cube) cute use -ed suffix as a single phoneme (looked) finished jumped loved played turned asked looked Mr Alternative pronunciations for these graphemes: old, I’m, don’t, want called, could, should, would a /ai/ (acorn), /ar/ (father*), /o/ (what, was); amazing later paper after can’t class dancing fast grandma grass last want wanted e /ee/ (me); i /igh/ (find); find Friday hi I’m kind riding spider tiger o /oa/ (go, gold); ago cold don’t most old opened over robot sleepover told u /oo/ (push, put), /oo/ (super) + /(y)oo/ (music); super music unicorn c /s/ (cent); excited face ice ice cream nice place princess ow /oa/ (snow); grow rainbow show snow ie /ee/ (brief, field); lollies ea /e/ (head); breakfast head read er /ur/ (fern); different person yesterday ou /oo/ (soup, you); ou /oa/ (mould, shoulder, boulder) called could would 6 Phase 5 Alternative pronunciations: by, very water y /igh/ (by), /ee/ (hairy); by fly flying why baby bunny city crazy every everyone everything fairy family footy funny happily happy hungry mummy only party puppy really story very yummy ch /c/ (school), /sh/ (chef, chute); school g /j/ (gem); cage giant magic ey /ai/ (they) Alternative spellings: /v/ ve (have, give, live); give live lived /e/ ie (friend) friend friend’s friends contractions couldn’t didn’t I’ll wasn’t -est suffix -al ending animal animals water Alternative spellings: house, here, please, once any, many, because /ch/ tch (catch), t(ure) (picture); watch watched watching witch /j/ dg (badger, dodging), dge (hedge), ge (challenge); /m/ mb (lamb); /n/ gn (sign, gnaw), kn (knee); know /r/ wr (wrap); writing /s/ st (listen), se (house), ce (dance); castle house once /z/ se (cheese, please, noise); cheese /u/ o (worry, son, mother, some); another brother coming Monday money monkey other someone something sometimes won /ear/ eer (cheer), ere (here); here /i/ (gym, bicycle) -il ending evil any because many Alternative spellings: your two /ar/ al (calm); half /air/ are (share), ere (there), ear (pear); scared where bear /or/ a (also), our (your), augh (taught), oor (door); also always football small walk walked walking four your door /ur/ or (worm), ear (learn); work world heard /ai/ aigh (straight); /sh/ ti (station), ci (special), s/ss (sugar, mission); /zh/ si (vision), s (usual) two 7 through, does eye, hour, thought movie movies police who whole before great guinea pig more scary beautiful colour cousin cousins finally fire eyes thought through 8 aunty built buy fruit ghost 9 awesome bought chocolate favourite pizza pretty wolf For more information on the Oxford Wordlist aligned to Letters and Sounds common or tricky words, visit oxfordowl.com.au *L&S = Letters and Sounds Letters and Sounds outlines a clear progression of GPCs (grapheme–phoneme correspondences) and introduction of high-frequency words. ** In the final column, italics denote Oxford Wordlist words that are covered as tricky words in the corresponding Letters and Sounds phase. Tricky words are a subset of the high-frequency words listed in Letters and Sounds and contain less common or rare GPCs. PRIM_Wordlist_Poster_2023_FA.indd 2 13/6/23 9:17 am
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