Check a text before you use it in a phonics lesson

Paste a word list, worksheet or short passage — something you wrote, adapted, or found without a reliable phase label — and choose a point in the Letters and Sounds progression. This shows which words use spellings introduced by that point, and which ones may need explanation or support.

It checks the text, not the child. You decide whether the text suits your lesson and your learner.

Or try a ready-made passage  ·  7 texts

Written for this tool, using only words from its own list. That makes them internally consistent, not independently verified — the same person wrote the passages and the list.

Your text stays in this browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is saved, and no account is needed.

Result

  • UnmarkedUses spellings introduced by the point you chose.
  • Later spellingContains a spelling, or a use of one, introduced after that point.
  • Tricky wordTaught as a whole word, later than the point you chose.
  • Confirm firstMore than one pronunciation is possible. You decide which is intended.
  • Not checkedNot in the reviewed word list. Split by rule only — treat with caution.
A guide, not an authority. Created by a former primary school teacher. It has not been reviewed by a phonics specialist. Unchecked words are left without a breakdown; check important results against the programme the child follows.

Next: record what happened when they read it

You've checked the text. Bridging Phonics is where a tutor writes down what a child actually did with these sounds — dated, sound by sound — so you can show a parent weeks later what changed.

See what Bridging Phonics does

Nothing here reaches it automatically. This page never sees a pupil, and nothing it says is added to any child's record — what a child knows is yours to observe, not this tool's to guess.

Selected word

Select a marked word to see why it was marked.