Students will learn and have daily practice with the following information and concepts in English: days of the week, months of the year, how to read and write the date, numbers, colors, shapes, counting, number order, letter names and sounds and rhyming. I will teach from slides to ensure that students can clearly see the information. I will use my hands, facial expressions, voice intonation as well as body movements to both engage and help students to learn and understand what is being taught. I will use chanting, rhyming, singing and a lot of call and response as I teach. Students will constantly interact with myself and their classmates throughout the lesson. This class does not require any prior experience or knowledge from the learners.

*Students should be familiar with the letters of the English alphabet as well as their sounds.

During these 8 weeks, the literacy focus will be on vowels, blends and vowel combinations. We will use the following schedule: 

Week of Dec. 11:
Alphabet: 1st half of the alphabet and sounds
Numbers: 41-45
Color: gray
Shape: pentagon

Week Dec. 18:
Alphabet: 2nd half of the alphabet and sounds
Numbers: 46-50
Color: black
Shape: hexagon

Week of Dec. 25:
Vowels: Short vowels: a, e, i, o and u.
Numbers: 51-55
Color: white
Shape: heptagon

Week of Jan. 1:
Vowels: Long vowels: a, e, i, o and u.
Numbers: 56-60
Color: red
Shape: octagon

Week of Jan. 8:
Blends: bl, br, ch, cl, cr
Numbers: 61-65
Color: blue
Shape: nonagon

Week Jan. 15:
Blends: dr, fl, fr, gl, gr
Numbers: 66-70
Color: green
Shape: decagon

Week of Jan. 22:
Blends: ph, pl, pr, sc, scr
Numbers: 71-75
Color: yellow
Shape: circle, square, triangle, rectangle

Week of Jan. 29:
Blends: sh, sk, sl, sm, sn
Numbers: 76-80
Color: orange
Shape: oval, diamond, star, heart

* At the end of the 8th week, topics will cycle back to the the first week.