Course Overview:
Phonics, Spelling, and Penmanship teaches students how to read and write letters and words. It focuses 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. This course prepares a student to read by explicitly and systematically teaching how to spell and read individual words. Students will use spelling rules learned in 1st grade as well as learn additional rules to help them spell and read a variety of words with increasing complexity. Once students can effortlessly read individual words, they are then ready to comprehend and write sentences.
Prerequisites:
Grade 1 (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
- Phonograms c, o, a, d, f
- Phonograms g, s, qu, b, e
- Phonograms h, i, j, k, l
- Phonograms m, n, p, r, t
- Phonograms u, v, w, x, y, z
- Phonograms sh, ee, th, ow
- Phonograms ou, oo, ch, ar
- Phonograms ay, ai, oy, oi
- Phonograms er, ir, ur, ear, wor
Unit 2: Multi-Letter Phonograms and Their Sounds
- Phonograms ng, nk, ea, aw, au
- Phonograms or, ck, wh, tch
- Phonograms ue, ew, ui, oa
- Phonograms ph, ough, oe, ey
- Phonograms igh, kn, gn, wr
- Phonograms ei, dge, ie, eigh
- Phonograms ci, ti, si, ed
- Six jobs of Silent Final e
- Six Types of Syllables
Unit 3: Spelling Lists 1 - 3
- List 1: she, inch, baby, silent, napkin
- List 1: open, potato, silly, why, magnet
- List 1: best, fast, wish, sum, symbol
- List 2: plate, erase, invite, smile, alike
- List 2: cone, theme, globe, complete, cube
- List 2: gave, made, those, conflict, volume
- List 3: table, bottle, grumble, kettle, angle
- List 3: apple, puzzle, gentle, title, uncle
- List 3: tell, big, five, plot, fact
Unit 4: Spelling Lists 4-6
- List 4: over, under, paper, after, nerve
- List 4: circle, third, thirsty, swirl, shirt
- List 4: first, came, us, remember, meter
- List 5: button, member, spoken, spider, hundred
- List 5: pattern, pumpkin, kitchen, human, basket
- List 5: which, very, use, effect, context
- List 6: always, Friday, trait, chain, nail
- List 6: brain, contain, eight, neighbor, sleigh
- List 6: these, give, such, matter, combine
Unit 5: Spelling Lists 7-9
- List 7: night, right, tie, pie, July
- List 7: dry, buy, sigh, pry, rely
- List 7: want, off, call, tax, fire
- List 8: soap, roads, loaf, coach, slow
- List 8: know, grow, flow, hoe, toe
- List 8: does, new, sing, water, coast
- List 9: green, teeth, sleep, money, key
- List 9: meat, team, clean, beach, deal
- List 9: write, many, when, before, colony
Unit 6: Spelling Lists 10-12
- List 10: dentist, plastic, absent, picnic, contest
- List 10: happen, tennis, hiccup, sudden, muffin
- List 10: wash, or, your, mayor, until
- List 11: hotel, zero, crazy, moment, chosen
- List 11: body, finish, radish, closet, present
- List 11: where, once, through, surface, gallons
- List 12: children, address, ostrich, dolphin, panther
- List 12: inspect, control, imprint, lipstick, grandson
- List 12: they, means, every, lawyer, harvest
Unit 7: Spelling Lists 13-15
- List 13: house, mow, town, shout, frown
- List 13: mouse, found, around, brown, flower
- List 13: about, would, work, orbit, season
- List 14: running, standing, sleeping, hiding, making
- List 14: asked, waited, closed, liked, missed
- List 14: hopping, same, study, air, filter
- List 15: matches, bikes, boxes, bushes, names
- List 15: dishes, mittens, dresses, logs, trees
- List 15: move, spell, pictures, world, animals
Unit 8: Spelling Lists 16-18
- List 16: bigger, fastest, cooler, shorter, smallest
- List 16: brightest, quicker, hottest, tallest, slower
- List 16: end, done, another, weather, nature
- List 17: yardstick, everyone, popcorn, classroom, sunshine
- List 17: moonlight, playground, baseball, somebody, yourself
- List 17: skateboard, notebook, grandmother, goldfish, their
- List 18: I’m, don’t, isn’t, can’t, we’ll
- List 18: I’ve, doesn’t, you’re, that’s, wasn’t
- List 18: you’ve, they’re, shouldn’t, it’s, we’re
Unit 9: Spelling Lists 19-21
- List 19: knew, grew, stew, blew, school
- List 19: argue, value, overdue, clue, mushrooms
- List 19: choose, loose, juice, bruise, suit
- List 20: August, because, straw, yawn, drawing
- List 20: noise, choice, moisture, cowboy, enjoy
- List 20: better, even, goes, rhyme, idea
- List 21: unhappy, unpack, unwrap, unsure, unlock
- List 21: reuse, retell, rebuild, replace, reread
- List 21: disobey, disappear, dishonest, dismiss, dislike
Unit 10: Spelling Lists 22-24
- List 22: in., ft., yd., Mon., Jan.
- List 22: Mrs., Mr., hr., min., a.m.
- List 22: p.m., tsp., St., paragraph, different
- List 23: knee, knife, gnat, gnaw, climb
- List 23: lamb, comb, half, should, could
- List 23: simple, welcome, equal, measure, compare
- List 24: addition, subtraction, fraction, directions, friction
- List 24: vision, Asia, mansion, election, vacation
- List 24: special, delicious, action, patient, nation
