Reading in Year 2 has a huge focus on fluency and comprehension.

Children should be encouraged to read fluently by reading more words by sight rather than sounding out individual phonemes. Children should also be regularly asked questions about what they have read to check their understanding.

Children should be aiming to read daily for at least 10 minutes.

We will add further guidance regarding Accelerated Reader when this becomes live later in the year.

Common Exception Words are words which cannot always be sounded out using the phonemes taught in Year 1. Children need to be able to read the words on the attached list by the end of the year.

Below, you will also find recommended reads for Year 2.

Recommended Reads: