Course Overview:
Phonics, Spelling, and Penmanship teaches students how to read and write letters and words, focusing on the mechanics side of language. This course explicitly and systematically teaches students the letter sounds in the English language. Students will acquire automaticity of 72 different phonograms by continually reviewing the letter sounds through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The immediate recall of sounds and letters is necessary for students to become better readers, spellers, and writers. Students will use spelling rules learned in kindergarten as well as learn additional rules to help them spell and read a variety of words. Once students can effortlessly read individual words, they are then ready to comprehend and write sentences.
Prerequisites:
Kindergarten (Recommended)
Required Materials:
- Binder/Folder
- Phonics Readers (recommendations in teacher guide)
- Pencils
- Phonogram Flashcards (printable/in teacher guide)
- Paper
Syllabus:
Unit 1: Phonograms and Their Sounds
- Lesson 1 - Phonograms: c, o, a
- Lesson 2 - Phonograms: d, g, qu
- Lesson 3 - Phonograms: s, f, h
- Lesson 4 - Phonograms: k, l, i
- Lesson 5 - Phonograms: e, j, t
- Lesson 6 - Phonograms: b, p, m
- Lesson 7 - Phonograms: n, r, u
- Lesson 8 - Phonograms: y, v, w
- Lesson 9 - Phonograms: x, z
Unit 2: Multi-Letter Phonograms and Their Sounds
- Lesson 1 - Phonograms: sh, ee, th
- Lesson 2 - Phonograms: ow, ou, ch
- Lesson 3 - Phonograms: oo, ar, or
- Lesson 4 - Phonograms: ay, ai, er
- Lesson 5 - Phonograms: oy, oi, ir.
- Lesson 6 - Phonograms: ear, wor, ur
- Lesson 7 - Phonograms: ew, ck, tch
- Lesson 8 - Phonograms: ng, nk, ph
- Lesson 9 - Phonograms: wh, aw, au
Unit 3: Phonograms and Their Sounds
- Lesson 1 - Phonograms: ui, oa, oe
- Lesson 2 - Phonograms: ough, ey, igh
- Lesson 3 - Phonograms: kn, gn, wr
- Lesson 4 - Phonograms: ei, eigh, ie
- Lesson 5 - Phonograms: ti, ci, si, dge
- Lesson 6 - Phonograms: ue, ea, ed
- Lesson 7 - Six Jobs of Silent Final E
- Lesson 8 - Syllables: Closed and Open
- Lesson 9 - Syllables: Vowel-Consonant-e, Vowel Team, R-Controlled Vowel
Unit 4: Spelling Lists 1-3
- Lessons 1 - List 1: Closed Syllable Words - sat, bed, hit
- Lessons 2 - List 1: Closed Syllable Words - fox, man, cup, let
- Lessons 3 - List 1: Closed Syllable Words - dig, job, with
- Lessons 4 - List 2: Open Syllable Words - a, I, so
- Lessons 5 - List 2: Open Syllable Words -she, the, we, go
- Lessons 6 - List 2: Open Syllable Words -no, my, by
- Lessons 7 - List 3: Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable Words - made, name, like
- Lessons 8 - List 3: Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable Words - time, home, rode, use
- Lessons 9 - List 3: Vowel-Consonant-E Syllable Words - rule, stone, bike
Unit 5: Spelling Lists 4-6
- Lesson 1 - List 4: black, snack, rock
- Lesson 2 - List 4: cluck, clock, truck, brick
- Lesson 3 - List 4: sick, neck, wreck
- Lesson 4 - List 5: shop, shut, shape
- Lesson 5 - List 5: dish, shed, fish, shine
- Lesson 6 - List 5: trash, ship, shake
- Lesson 7 - List 6: fly, cry, try
- Lesson 8 - List 6: any, why, lady, sky
- Lesson 9 - List 6: fifty, windy, candy
Unit 6: Spelling Lists 7-9
- Lesson 1 - List 7: for, horn, born
- Lesson 2 - List 7:are, part, art, car
- Lesson 3 - List 7:walk, from, some
- Lesson 4 - List 8: her, were, dirt
- Lesson 5 - List 8: bird, girl, stir, burn
- Lesson 6 - List 8: church, hurt, again
- Lesson 7 - List 9: trick, tricks, arms
- Lesson 8 - List 9: rake, rakes, sock, socks
- Lesson 9 - List 9:mugs, said, soon
Unit 7: Spelling Lists 10-12
- Lesson 1 - List 10: fix, fixes, white
- Lesson 2 - List 10: bus, buses, wish, wishes
- Lesson 3 - List 10: lunch, lunches, four
- Lesson 4 - List 11: plan, planned, just
- Lesson 5 - List 11: lift, lifted, fold, folded
- Lesson 6 - List 11: jump, jumped, two
- Lesson 7 - List 12: bring, trunk, pink
- Lesson 8 - List 12: bank, string, think, spring
- Lesson 9 - List 12: going, drank, and thank
Unit 8: Spelling Lists 13-15
- Lesson 1 - List 13: tray, say, day
- Lesson 2 - List 13: play, away, train, rain
- Lesson 3 - List 13: mail, snail, afraid
- Lesson 4 - List 14: eat, sea, each
- Lesson 5 - List 14: leave, please, keep, freedom
- Lesson 6 - List 14: sweep, believe, field
- Lesson 7 - List 15: sight, lie, die
- Lesson 8 - List 15: high, might, right, bright
- Lesson 9 - List 15: light, both, too
Unit 9: Spelling Lists 16-18
- Lesson 1 - List 16: boat, road, coat
- Lesson 2 - List 16: toad, blow, pillow, know
- Lesson 3 - List 16: Yellow snow, who
- Lesson 4 - List 17: down, clown, crowd
- Lesson 5 - List 17: how, found, round, count
- Lesson 6 - List 17: mouth, out, new
- Lesson 7 - List 18: could, would, should
- Lesson 8 - List 18: cook, took, good, foot
- Lesson 9 - List 18: moon, broom, upon
Unit 10: Spelling Lists 19-21
- Lesson 1 - List 19: boy, toy, enjoy
- Lesson 2 - List 19: oil, soil, boil, coin
- Lesson 3 - List 19: point, voice, not
- Lesson 4 - List 20: judge, bridge, edge
- Lesson 5 - List 20: dodge, pitch, match, catch
- Lesson 6 - List 20: fetch, hatch, funny
- Lesson 7 - List 21: backpack, outside, goodbye
- Lesson 8 - List 21: football, bedroom, sidewalk, airplane
- Lesson 9 - List 21: into, flagpole, homework
