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 68 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. Once students can effortlessly read individual words, they are then ready to comprehend sentences. For penmanship, students learn and practice proper sitting posture, correct pencil grip, directions for paper slant, and the steps for writing manuscript. When students can form letters with automaticity and ease, they can focus on what they want to say. Writing by hand creates kinesthetic memories of letters, which also helps students learn how to read.
Prerequisites:
N/A
Required Materials:
- 1 binder/folder
- phonics readers (recommendations in teacher guide)
- pencils
- phonogram flashcards (printable/in teacher guide)
- printer paper
- 1 bean
- 1 ball of dough
- colored pencils/crayons/markers
Syllabus:
Unit 1 - Sounds We Hear
- Objects: Same or Different
- Animal sounds: Same or Different
- Words: Same or Different
- Thumb and pointer finger exercise
- Order of Objects: First and Last
- Order of Animal Sounds: First and last
- Order of Words: First and Last
- Beginning Sounds in Words
- Beginning Sounds in Words: Same and Different
Unit 2 - Letters and Their Sounds
- Letters c and o
- Letters a and g
- Letter d
- Letters s and f
- Letters qu and b
- Letter e
- Letters h and i
- Letters j and k
- Letter l
Unit 3 - Letters and Their Sounds
- Letters m and n
- Letters p and r
- Letter t
- Letters u and v
- Letters w and x
- Letters y and z
- Letters A, B, and C
- Letters D, E, and F
- Letters G, H, and I
Unit 4: Letters and Their Sounds
- Letters J, K, and L
- Letters M, N, and O
- Letters P, Q, and R
- Letters S, T, and U
- Letters V, W, and X
- Letters Y and Z
- Spell and read words
Unit 5: Multi-Letter Phonograms and Their Sounds
- Phonograms sh and th
- Phonograms ee and oo
- Phonograms ch and er
- Phonograms oy and oi
- Phonograms ow and ou
- Phonograms ay and ai
- Phonograms ck and or
- Phonograms ew and ir
- Phonograms ur and ar
Unit 6: Multi-Letter Phonograms and Their Sounds
- Phonograms ng and nk
- Phonograms aw and au
- Phonograms wh and ph
- Phonograms oa and oe
- Phonograms ea and ed
- Phonograms wor and ear
- Phonograms igh and wr
- Phonograms dge and ie
- Phonograms tch and ey
Unit 7: Spelling Lists 1-3
- List 1: at, it, is
- List 1: am, on, up, if
- List 1: and, in, as
- List 2: be, go, do
- List 2: my, so, no, by
- List 2: he, she, me
- List 3: top, put, cat
- List 3: red, six, hat, us
- List 3: run, ran, but
Unit 8: Spelling Lists 4-6
- List 4: did, tan, can
- List 4: pet, ten, bag, beg
- List 4: big, bug, get
- List 5: the, to, of
- List 5: a, ate, help, him
- List 5: step, we, last
- List 6: her, for, are
- List 6: out, you, sit, I
- List 6: see, good, was
Unit 9: Spelling Lists 7-9
- List 7: man, boy, book
- List 7: dog, dump, say, play
- List 7: has, had, look
- List 8: hand, may, stick
- List 8: must, hid, sheep, stop
- List 8: this, short, long
- List 9: make, home, take
- List 9: have, love, safe, like
- List 9: ride, trade, live
Unit 10: Spelling Lists 10-12
- List 10: old, cold, find
- List 10: chin, milk, chips, land
- List 10: talk, what, saw
- List 11: off, stuff, tell
- List 11: all, ball, hill, will
- List 11: pull, mess, miss
- List 12: ask, them, that
- List 12: gas, three, yes, food
- List 12: now, come, box
