Stage 2 Overview
Stage 2 Students learn that words are made up of sounds that can be spelled by letters. They learn to sound out words (decoding) with simple books using a format called Consonant - Vowel - Consonant (CVC), using only regular (short) vowels: the /a/ sound in cat; or the /o/ sound in hog. The emphasis here is on using the present tense of the verb.
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Unit 1
Book 1 Nap on a Mat
- Read Aloud: Naptime For Projection (opens in a new tab)
- Nap on a Mat For Projection
- Nap on a Mat (Student single sheet) For Printing
- Nap on a Mat (Student half-page booklet) For printing
Book 2 Sarita and the Big Baby Bird
- Read Aloud: Sarita Finds a Big Egg For Projection (opens in a new tab)
- Sarita and the Big Baby Bird For Projection
- Sarita and the Big Baby Bird (Student single sheet) For Printing
Unit 2
Book 1 Oh, Mud!
Book 2 The Robot Frog
- The Robot Frog For Projection
- The Robot Frog (Student single sheet) For Printing
Unit 3
Book 1 Cubs in a Den
- Cubs in a Den For Projection
- Cubs in a Den (Student single sheet) For Printing
- Cubs in a Den (Student half-page booklet) For printing
Book 2 Tim Sees a Fox
- Tim Sees a Fox For Projection
- Tim Sees a Fox (Student single sheet) For Printing
Unit 4
Book 1 Grandma’s Bananas
- Grandma's Bananas Stage 2 For Projection
- Grandma's Bananas (Student single sheet) For Printing
- Grandma's Bananas (Student half-page booklet) For printing
Book 2 Looking for the Cat in the Ghat
- Looking for the Cat in the Ghat For Projection
- Looking for the Cat in the Ghat (Student single sheet) For Printing
Book 3 Hop Rabbit, Jog Turtle
- Hop Rabbit, Jog Turtle For Projection
- Hop Rabbit, Jog Turtle (Student single sheet) For Printing
Book 4 What Can Frogs Do?
- What Can Frogs Do? For Projection
- What Can Frogs Do? (Student single sheet) For Printing