🌟  Instruction follows the Phono-Graphix method for teaching reading and spelling which was developed with students with Dyslexia in mind. The Phono-Graphix method is very similar to Orton-Gillingham and is based on the Science of Reading.

📝  Students will be assigned a weekly spelling list.  A list of 25 words and 5 "bonus words" will be provided.  Video instruction will present an explanation of the patterns in the words and spelling rules as they apply. Instructional videos will include proper usage of the spelling words, as well as age-appropriate definitions. 

📹 Monday instructional video: Introduction of the word list. I will model how the student should sort their list to best learn the spellings. Word usage and age-appropriate definitions will be discussed. Student-Teacher interaction following this video lesson includes sharing the sorted list and creative sentences with the teacher for feedback.

📹 Wednesday instructional video: "Spelling for the Visual Learner." In this video, I will model how to add color and shapes to the spelling words to identify where all the sounds are in the word and how each sound is spelled. (Colored pencils or fine-tipped markers are highly recommended when following this lesson!). This video session also addresses study skills so that students learn how to study effectively for their spelling tests. Many of these skills carry over to other academic classes as well.

✍ Student-Teacher interaction following this video lesson includes students posting their creative work using shapes and colors that make the spellings more memorable for their unique style.  

📹 Friday instructional video: Instruction is provided on words that students often struggle with on the list and tips are shared as to how to remember them for the test and beyond. After a refresher on frequently misspelled words from the list, a spelling test is given. Students are expected to follow the video to write the spelling words as they are called. I use the spelling words in sentences to clarify ambiguity concerning homophones. Students will write the spelling words and follow along with me to check their work for accuracy. Students are expected to post their tests in either a private message to me or on the classroom page. 

✍🏻 Teacher-created worksheets will be available for additional weekly practice. A minimum of two homework submissions per week are recommended.   A video-prompted spelling test is included in the third lesson so students can measure their level of success. 

Instruction follows the Phono-Graphix method for teaching reading and spelling. This method is Dyslexia friendly and based on the Science of Reading. 

Here is a brief description of the weekly lists for the entire program. 

Week 1: Words with -ant and -able endings like, "honorable, comfortable, lovable, and habitant"
Week 2: Prefixes "un" and "dis", like "uncertain, disconnect, and unequal"
Week 3: Words with the sounds /o/ and /ow/ spelled with "ou", "aw", "au", and "ow" (mound, sauce, gown, fraud)
Week 4: Words with prefixes "re", "pre", and "de" (remind, predate, destroy)
Week 5: Endings -ing, -ed, -er
Week 6: Words ending in -ible, -less, and -ment
Week 7: Plurals, -s or -es
Week 8: -ies plurals and Irregular plurals like knives, oxen, halves, varieties, galleries 
Week 9: Prefixes mis-, in-, im-, and il-
Week 10: Endings with -ness and -ily
Week 11:  Long E with -ie or -ei spelling rule
Week 12:  Homophones
Week 13: Words with soft G sounds like, "emergency, genuine, knowledge"
Week 14: Greek roots -graph, -phon, -tele, scope, and photo
Week 15: Greek roots -ology, -ologist, -astro, hydro-, and -geo
Week 16: Words with special ending /shun/ spelled with -tion like in cooperation, circulation, and exhaustion
Week 17: Greek roots -mega, -cycle, -thermo, -ped, -man
Week 18: Prefixes: uni-, bi-, tri-, quad-, and -penta
Week 19: Words with -trans, -dict, -duct, and -duc
Week 20: Words with -poly, -multi, -hexa, -hepta, -octa, -deca
Week 21: Frequently misspelled words like, stomach, business, necessary, sincerely, usually
Week 22: Words with -ious endings:  -cious, -tious, -ious, and -scious "facetious, audacious, dubious"