Little Learners Love Literacy® Year 2 follows an explicit and cumulative teaching sequence, building on the foundational knowledge taught in Foundation and Year 1.

The focus shifts from mastering the basics of reading and spelling through phonics, to consolidating spelling skills and extending reading skills using morphology. Each lesson focusses on spelling, reading fluency and vocabulary:

• Morphology with a focus on meaning
• Focussed on spelling mastery
• Reading fluency - accuracy, pace, prosody
• Words of the week - structured vocabulary instruction
• Fluency Fun Friday! Reader’s theatre
• Ongoing formative assessment - regular checks for understanding 

Year 2 Teacher Activity Resource Books

Explicit teaching support and carefully constructed practice for Year 2.

Little Learners Love Literacy® is an explicit and sequential literacy program that teaches ALL children to read, write and spell with confidence. Created from evidence-based research, these Teacher Activity Resource books provide explicit teaching support and carefully constructed practice for reading, spelling and writing in Year 2. Explicit lesson plans and simple activities to ensure your teaching of reading and spelling is effective and targeted.

Each Year 2 TAR comprises a print and digital copy containing:

• Weekly plans - breaking down the teaching sequence into a logical and cumulative lesson structure, including daily review, explicit teaching and practice.
• Daily lesson notes - with prepared word lists, word chains, sentences and more.
• Teaching and practice resources - reproducible resources needed for each lesson.
• Words of the week - explicit teaching support for vocabulary and flashcards for inclusion on your classroom word wall.
• Class choral reading - a four-part text with comprehension questions for use on Days 1-4 each week.
• End of week review - an independent activity at the end of each week checks students’ understanding of the week’s taught concepts.
• Additional resources such as word lists, Let’s write dictation resources and any new Speed Sounds and Chants cards.

Ensure your teaching is effective and targeted by using the Teacher Activity Resource books to:

• reduce planning time and create consistency between classrooms
• teach explicitly, following an ‘I do, we do, you do’ structure
• follow the key Little Learners routines with fidelity
• integrate core Little Learners resources such as decodable books, Fluency Fun books and practice games into your daily teaching
• review students’ knowledge and skills based on what has been taught (daily, weekly or per stage)

Need to know:

• Essential tool for teaching Little Learners Love Literacy® Year 2.
• Available to purchase as part of the discounted Teacher Activity Pack or Super Classroom Packs.
• Teacher Activity Resources are included in the LLLLO subscription.

Fluency Fun

Fluency is the bridge between decoding and truly understanding a text. Once reading becomes fluent, students free up cognitive space for comprehension and enjoyment. Each Fluency Fun book is a collection of 20-25 decodable texts designed to improve fluency through rereading and performing. Students practise fluent reading using a variety of humorous and engaging text types, including:    

Each text aligns with the Little Learners Love Literacy Year 2 teaching sequence.

Bonus! Access comprehension activity sheets for each text through a QR code in the back of the book.

Morphemes and Chants Pack

Engaging cards to teach and revise morphology knowledge within the Little Learners Love Literacy® program.

This Morphemes and Chants Pack includes Morphemes and Chants cards in Display Size and Classroom Size. Each pack contains 39 double-sided cards to teach and revise morphology knowledge within the Little Learners Love Literacy® program Stages +4, 5, 7 and 8.

Classroom cards include:

Display cards include:

• Student-facing and teacher-facing sides for each card designed for effective whole-class teaching and easy classroom display
• Handy word lists and simple explanations prepared for every morpheme
• Explicit revision routine instructions
• Fun, lively illustrated chants demonstrate the meaning of every morpheme

Need to know:

• Essential tool for teaching and reviewing morphology in the LLLL program. Required for Speed Morphemes revision routine and for teaching new morphemes.
• Use as instructed on the box and in the Teacher Activity Resource books.
• Available in two sizes - Display (large) and Classroom (small). Display-size contains teacher support and wordlists on the back of each card.
• These cards are included in the discounted Super Classroom Pack Year 2 (25% off RRP).

Morphemes and Spelling Rules Poster Pack

Create a bright and focussed display of morphemes and spelling rules with this morphology poster pack.

These eight posters display the Little Learners Love Literacy® suffixes, prefixes and spelling rules, making them a fabulous teaching tool for spelling and morphology. Students can refer to them during explicit teaching or at any time during the school day to support their learning in reading, writing and spelling.

What's included?

This Morphemes and Chants Poster Pack includes 8 x A2 posters:

• Stages Plus 4 and 5 Morphemes Poster (suffixes -s, -es, -ed)
• Stages 7.1 and 7.2 Morphemes Poster (suffixes -ing, -er and prefix un-)
• Stage 7.5 Morphemes Poster (suffixes -ed, -ure, -ion, -ous, -er, -est, -y, -ly and prefixes re-, pre-)
• Stage 8 Morphemes Poster (suffixes -ful, -less, -ness, -ment, -er, -or, -al, -ive, ish, -able, -ible, -en and prefixes mis-, sub-, dis-, im-, in-, non-)
• Stage 7.1 and 7.2 Spelling Rules Poster - ‘doubling’ rule
• Stage 7.4 Spelling Rules Poster- ‘drop the e’ rule
• Stage 7.5 Spelling Rules Poster - ’y to i’ rule
• Stage 7 Spelling Rules Poster - all three rules

Need to know:

• A key tool to explicitly teach and review morphology following the Little Learners Love Literacy® teaching model
• Includes 8 colourful A2 posters to support students and provide a record of learning
• Links to teaching resources for every stage

Year 2 Workshop for Trained LLLL Teachers

Trusted professional learning for Year 2 educators

Our professional learning workshops are essential to teach Little Learners Love Literacy® with fidelity, and to get maximum value and impact from your resources. This unique ONLINE workshop will prepare you to implement the Little Learners Love Literacy® Year 2 program – focussing on the explicit teaching of spelling, morphology, reading fluency and comprehension.

This workshop is designed for Year 2 teachers and literacy leaders who have previously completed the Little Learners Love Literacy® Two-Day Workshop, allowing trained LLLL teachers to extend their knowledge without needing to retrain from scratch.

What will it cover?

The Year 2 Workshop builds on what you already know by introducing the instructional routines and resources teach Stage 7 Review, Stage 7.5 and Stage 8.

✔️ Deepen knowledge of morphology and spelling rules
✔️ Modelling of all the LLLL Year 2-specific teaching routines
✔️ Moving on from decodables - engaging fluency and vocabulary instruction
✔️ Practical support including classroom footage of Year 2 routines in action

What's included?

• One live online workshop session
• A digital workbook
• Certificate of attendance

Year 2 Super Pack

Everything you need to teach Little Learners Love Literacy® in your Year 2 classroom. Super Classroom Pack prices include a 25% discount on RPP. 

What is it?

This is our recommended set of resources for each classroom to explicitly teach Little Learners Love Literacy Stage 7 Review, Stage 7 Unit 5 and Stage 8. Simply select the teacher toolkit or opt to add copies of decodable books (fiction and nonfiction).

What's inside?

The Super Classroom Pack Year 2 comprises teacher resources and assessments.

Teaching resources:

• Teacher Activity Resource Stage 7 Review (print and digital)
• Teacher Activity Resource Stage 7 Unit 5 Part 1 (print and digital)
• Teacher Activity Resource Stage 7 Unit 5 Part 2 (print and digital)
• Teacher Activity Resource Stage 8 (print and digital)
• Morphemes and Chants cards Classroom Set
• Morphemes and Chants cards Display Set
• Morphemes and Chants Posters (4 x A2 posters)
• Spelling Rules Posters (4 x A2 posters)
• Speeds Sounds and Chants Stage 7 Display Set
• Speeds Sounds and Chants Stage 7 Classroom Set
• Mini Sounds Charts Stages 7.1-7.4 (20 copies)

Practice resources:

• Fluency Fun: Slime Time and Other Fun Things to Read (10 copies)
• Fluency Fun: Poodle Power and Other Fun Things to Read (10 copies)
• Fluency Fun: Rex’s Treasure and Other Fun Things to Read (10 copies)
• Fluency Fun: Perfect Surfing and Other Fun Things to Read (10 copies)
• Fluency Fun: Looper Land and Other Fun Things to Read (10 copies)
• Fluency Fun: The Bear’s Hair and Other Fun Things to Read (10 copies)

Option to add decodable books (5, 10 or 15 copies of each title):

• Pip and Tim decodable books Stage 7.5 (total of 6 different fiction books)
• Little Learners Big World Nonfiction Stage 7.5 (total of 6 different nonfiction books)

What else do I need to know?

Super classroom pack prices include a 25% discount on RRP to help you get started with Little Learners Love Literacy®. Here's the details:

• Super Classroom Pack Year 2 (teacher toolkit only): RRP before discount: $1,760.
• Super Classroom Pack price: $1,320. You save $440!
• Super Classroom Pack Year 2 (+5 copies decodable books): RRP before discount: $2,310. Super Classroom Pack price: $1,732.50. You save $577.50!
• Super Classroom Pack Year 2 (+10 copies decodable books): RRP before discount: $2,860. Super Classroom Pack price: $2,145. You save $715!
• Super Classroom Pack Year 2 (+15 copies decodable books): RRP before discount: $3,410 Super Classroom Pack price: $2,557.50. You save $852.50!

In addition to this Super Classroom Pack we highly recommend the following for each Year 2 classroom:

• Little Learners Love Literacy® Online Annual Subscription
• 2-Day Professional Learning Workshop /Year 2 specialist workshop.

We're here to help!

Please contact the LLLL team if you need a formal quote or any support with your order.

Please note: Digital resources included in this pack will be emailed as soon as payment for the order has been received.

Teaching ALL children to read, write and spell with confidence.