Year 2 Set 03 Decodable Readers - kn, wr, gn, mb and selected silent l and w

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Help students read the whole spelling of words with silent letters. The set focuses on kn, wr, gn and mb, alongside l in could, would and should and w in two.

This set connects four short books with practical phonics work. The paired editions use the same text and matching artwork, so you can choose Black and White or Colour for the reading session. The companion returns to the sounds and spellings used in the books through guided practice, word work and connected reading and writing.

What's included

• One-page Table of Contents PDF.
• The Knot in the Wrap (Fiction; 6 A5 pages including the cover; supplied in Black and White and Colour).
• A Lamb by the Gate (Fiction; 6 A5 pages including the cover; supplied in Black and White and Colour).
• Why Rats Gnaw (Non-fiction; 6 A5 pages including the cover; supplied in Black and White and Colour).
• Bend and Grip (Non-fiction; 6 A5 pages including the cover; supplied in Black and White and Colour).
• Ten-page phonics companion:

1. Teacher guidance

2. Hear the sounds, keep the letters

3. Read the whole spelling

4. Build, then spell

5. Change one sound

6. Sort the spelling groups

7. Build a sentence

8. Listen, write, check

9. Read for meaning

10. Read, explain, transfer

Learning focus

kn, wr, gn, mb and selected silent l and w. Compare the written letters with spoken sounds, group the spellings and practise reading and writing words.

Using the readers

Introduce the focus spellings and any words needing support. Model sounding out and blending, read a book together, then revisit it for accurate, smoother reading and discussion. Use the companion to link spoken sounds, written spellings and meaning. Support the activity directions as needed.

Readiness and placement

Use after the Foundation and Year 1 sequences and Year 2 Sets 01-02, with the current focus explicitly taught before independent reading. The year label describes the collection; choose the set using the student's taught code and current reading needs.

Formats, page counts and printing

Total supplied PDF pages: 35

Page-count breakdown: 35 supplied PDF pages = 24 landscape A4 reader pages across both editions + 10 portrait A4 companion pages + 1 portrait A4 Table of Contents page. Each landscape reader sheet contains two portrait A5 pages. Both editions and all covers are included.

Reader format: Landscape A4 PDF sheets with two full portrait A5 pages per sheet.

Companion format: Ten portrait A4 pages.

Download format: ZIP containing the PDF resources.

Checking support: Teacher guidance and checking prompts are within the companion. There is no separate answer-key PDF.

Print reader PDFs at actual size on single-sided landscape A4. Cut down the centre, order the numbered portrait A5 pages and staple at the left. Print the companion on portrait A4. The two editions contain the same books and matching artwork.

Digital download; no physical product is shipped. The full preview contains every supplied PDF page, with clear opening Table of Contents pages and a red PREVIEW label on every following resource page.