Identify Letters, Discover Sounds! Using a Multi-Sensory Phonics Approach
This class breaks down reading into concrete skills. This includes connecting letters to sounds and blending sounds into words using a multi-sensory approach. Each skill is mastered before moving on to the next.
What's included
16 live meetings
12 in-class hoursMastery Evaluation
1 hour per week. Learners will recap what is learnt through an open-ended activity to allow learners to show their level of understanding, building each week. Again, each skill must be mastered before moving onto the next.Grading
I will use informal assessments and activities in order to determine mastery of skill and comprehension.Class Experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 3
Beginner Level
I use a systematic phonics approach with Linda Mood Bell LiPS strategies to build a strong understanding in letter and sound formation. Strategies include development of oral, visual, and auditory senses to enable learners to be able to identify letters, sounds, syllables, and words. It also includes reading, writing and spelling practice as one is related to the other. I help learners by breaking down learning to read into concrete skills. These include connecting letters to sounds and blending sounds into words. Learners master one skill before moving on to the next. The class will be interactive and supportive of all needs. Lessons include a mix of direct instruction and the use of interactive activities using a white board, PowerPoint, games like bingo and movement activities as we move through the lesson. Leraners will need a white board/marker or paper/ pencil to also participate in the writing. 1. Each class will start with a fun warm up to enable the learners to feel relaxed. 2. Teacher will provide input and model the key sound/s. 3. Learners will practice through various activities. 4. Learners will recap what is learnt through an open-ended activity to allow learners to show their level of understanding, building each week. Again, each skill must be mastered before moving onto the next. Areas targeting are: spelling, pronunciation/reading/decoding (how to pronounce and read new words), fluency, and comprehension.
Learning Goals
Learns will develop oral, visual, and auditory senses to enable students to be able to identify letters, sounds, syllables, and words.Learns will develop spelling and writing skills to coincide with the identification, decoding/reading lesson
Syllabus
Standards
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS)16 Lessons
over 8 WeeksLesson 1:
Using your Senses
Students will explore the use of different senses (hearing, seeing, saying) including feeling how sounds are made with muscles in the face. Starting with Week 1 and moving forward as each concrete skill is mastered. This could take at minimum 16 weeks for consonants. Upon mastery, the vowel circle will be next with an additional 16 weeks of learning, at minimum for mastery. 45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
What are Consonants and B and P, Lip Poppers
The concepts of consonant pairs is introduced. The 16 consonant sounds are grouped and labeled as eight pairs voiced and unvoiced. Students will explore and describe the production of sounds based on similarities. The 8 remaining consonants sounds are groups according to a uniform characteristic of production. The final 4 consonants borrow sounds associated with other letters. Week 1 starts with B and P, Lip Poppers 45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
What are Consonants Continued, and T and D, Tappers
T and D, Tappers 45 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
What are Consonants Continued K and G, Tongue Scrapers
K and G, Tongue Scrapers 45 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Learning Needs
This class will address phonological awareness skills in each and every learner including those with speech and language delays, second language learning, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, autism, and dysgraphia.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2024
Teacher expertise and credentials
Hi! My name is Amy Murphy, and I use a systematic multi-sensory approach that allow learners to discover and label the oral motor movements, or feeling using their facial muscles, of each letter and sound. Learners can then verify the identity and sequence of sounds in words, establishing phonemic awareness and bring reading, writing, and spelling together.
I believe, passionately, each and every child and adult can be taught to read, comprehend, and spell to their fullest potential. I create an inclusive learning environment, with a variety of activities to reinforce what is being learned in order to create access for different learning styles. I have been an educator for the past 17 years and have tried a lot of different phonics programs. I have found this multi-sensory approach, which includes feeling, really helps to open up a whole world for learners.
I highly encourage reading to animals, if you have a pet, or a stuffed animal. They never criticize and love the attention! If you don't have either, check with your local library or shelter, sometimes they offer fun reading to animal programs. My cat Jennie B enjoys stories about other cats and their adventures and demands to be read to weekly!Reviews
Live Group Course
$2
weekly or $10 for 16 classes2x per week, 8 weeks
45 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-9
2-6 learners per class
