Students will add one vocabulary word to their spoken and written vocabulary each week.  Students will practice, and within 4-6 weeks of attending classes, will become masters at decoding new words. Students will practice proofreading text daily to become proficient in editing their creative work.

I am a certified elementary teacher and certified reading therapist. I am offering this class to give students an in-depth study of how our English words are structured, and how to break them down into their sounds in order to make decoding easier. I teach each lesson using the Phono-graphix method which I have been formally trained in by the program authors.  I have been using this strategy with my private students for over 20 years and my students have had amazing success with it. 

Homework Offered
Students are encouraged to complete the optional homework assignment each day for vocabulary and grammar and usage practice. The vocabulary assignment is to write a creative sentence using the word of the day. The grammar and usage homework assignment is to post a sentence or two in the classroom with errors for others to correct, and to participate in the classroom by submitting corrections to other student's sentence submissions. 
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Students will receive informal feedback from the teacher during class. The teacher will give feedback on students' homework posted to the classroom.
Grades Offered

We will be using teacher-created materials for this class.