We know that back to school time can be intense. Between organising lesson plans and sorting out your classroom, time can really slip away. 

With Fast Phonics, you’ll be able to get all your reading resources and lessons organised in a heartbeat. 

Packed with hundreds of teaching resources and phonics activities, Fast Phonics (part of the Reading Eggs full suite) helps you teach phonics in an explicit, systematic, and sequential way, that is aligned to a structured literacy approach.

It makes teaching phonics fuss-free and easy, allowing you to search for lessons by phonics phases, focus sounds and words read, so you can quickly find the exact phonics lesson to suit your class.

Read on to discover all the super useful resources in Fast Phonics! 

Table of contents: 

• What students get in Fast Phonics 

• What students learn in Fast Phonics 

• What teachers get in Fast Phonics 

• The complete structured literacy resource for schools   

Now, let's dive in to see what students get in a Fast Phonics subscription.  

What students get in Fast Phonics 

Designed for learners in Year 2 to 4, Fast Phonics not only makes a great learning resource for beginning readers, it also supports students with learning gaps in their phonics knowledge. 

Immersed in a snow-capped Yeti world, students embark on a sequenced learning map and work their way through 20 fun-filled levels known as Peaks.

Each Peak covers a specific set of letters and sounds that are aligned to the Letters and Sounds phases, consisting of up to 24 different activities. Each activity is sequential, building on what is learned previously.  

Students get to read up to four phonics decodable texts in each Peak, allowing them to apply the skills learned. Quizzes are also included at the end of all Peaks, to assess their understanding and comprehension, before they move on the next level.  

What students learn in Fast Phonics 

• Grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPCs) 

• Segmenting and blending 

• Synthesising 

• Decoding and comprehension 

• Automaticity 

• Fluency 

• Tricky words 

• Pseudo-words 

What teachers get in Fast Phonics 

If your school has an explicit and systematic phonics focus, Fast Phonics has everything you need to teach phonics systematically. Each Peak comes with an extensive range of teacher resources:

1. A step-by-step detailed weekly planner 

2. Teaching slide decks 

3. Reporting data to track progress easily 

4. Phonics flashcards and Sound Mats  

5. Handwriting sheets and phonics worksheets 

6. Printable phonics decodable texts

7. Extra notes and guidance (Quick Links) 

8. Training videos on how to teach phonics systematically 

Here’s a detailed breakdown of what's included in each teacher resource.   

1. A step-by-step detailed weekly planner 

The weekly planner is your go-to lesson plan for teaching phonics in a systematic manner. It does all the planning for you, so you can have more time for other important tasks. 

Learning objectives are set out in each weekly planner, so you know exactly what sounds and letters to teach. You can also find a list of high-frequency and new decodable words covered in that week. 

You get a total of 41 weeks’ worth of detailed lessons from Year 2 to 4 level. All lesson planners are sequential and divided into days of the week and grouped into four key areas with detailed instructions: Review, Teach, Practice and Apply. 

Phonics activities are included in each of these areas, so you have a clear idea of what to do next.

2. Teaching slide decks 

Wish to reinforce your students' learning? Each teaching slide deck corresponds to what is taught in Fast Phonics Peaks, to complement your in-class phonics instruction.

Whether you choose to present them on your interactive whiteboard or print them as teaching cards, these decks are a great reminder to help students recall and consolidate new words learned. 

3. Reporting data to track progress easily 

Fast Phonics' reporting feature makes it quick and easy to review lessons. Once students have completed an activity or Peak, it shows you a snapshot of the date it was done, the phonemes learned and their progress. The report also allows you to quickly identify any learning gaps or strengths, and plan for your next activities according to their needs. 

4. Phonics flashcards and sound mats 

Hang these beautifully illustrated sound mats on your classroom wall as a reminder for students. Or use the flashcards when it’s time to teach some tricky words (there’s even a script to help you out when using the flashcards). All flashcards and sound mats correspond to the letters and sounds taught in each Fast Phonics Peak, making it seamless and easy. 

5. Handwriting and phonics worksheets 

Prime your students’ fingers for some fine motor skills work. Print out our handwriting and phonics worksheets to let them practise their writing skills. 

6. Printable phonics decodable texts 

To inspire and nurture a love of reading, there are at least two to four printable decodable texts at the end of every weekly teaching guide. These texts also match the words taught in each corresponding Fast Phonics Peak. 

But wait, there's more! You also get 100 additional phonics decodable texts in the Fast Phonics section of the library to choose from.  

7. Extra notes and guidance (Quick Links) 

The Quick Links section in Fast Phonics provides extra notes and guidance to help you plan the sequence of learning. You can get access to all the documents below. 

8. Training videos on how to teach phonics explicitly   

You can also find videos showing you how to teach phonics in an explicit manner, and how Fast Phonics supports your classroom structured literacy instruction. Topics range from segmenting sounds to assessment tools and more. 

A comprehensive structured literacy resource for schools 

With this extensive variety of classroom resources at your fingertips, say goodbye to hours of research and lesson planning. Remember, each Fast Phonics Peak comes with: 

1. A sequenced weekly planner (part of the Weekly Teaching Guides) 

2. Teaching slide deck 

3. Actionable reporting data to track progress and identify learning gaps 

4. Phonics flashcards and sound mats 

5. Handwriting and phonics worksheets 

6. Printable decodable texts

7. Extra guides (Quick Links)

8. Training videos  

What’s next?  

Once your students have completed all the Peaks in Fast Phonics, they can progress to Reading Eggspress (also part of Reading Eggs).

Reading Eggspress helps students cultivate a love of reading through an ever-growing digital library of over 3,500 books and highly engaging spelling and comprehension lessons.