Learn to Read: Pump up Those Phonics and Reading Skills Through Playing Games

Here is a breakdown of how this phonics class will flow:
-Using anchor charts and chants to go over the phonics skill for the week.
-Practice sounding out a word and read a sentence.
-Then the remainder of time, we will play games to reinforce the phonics skill and practice reading words and/or sentences. 
This class is a great supplement for homeschool or after school activities.

My Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 6:00 PM-8:00 PM EST
Saturday 9:00 AM-11:00 AM EST

Refund Policy
All classes running week after week have a standard refund policy: "Cancel anytime. No refunds for past payments. Most recent payment can be refunded within 24 hours of purchase and prior to the first meeting of the payment period."

See breakdown of the phonics skill for each week:

September 2024:
Phonics Skill: CVC Words
Week of September 8: CVC words (short a)- Examples: cat, sat, pan
Week of September 15: CVC words (short e)- Examples: pen, red
Week of September 22: CVC words (short i)- Examples: pin, fin
Week of September 29: CVC words (short o)- Examples: hot, mop

October 2024:
Week of October 6: CVC words (short u)- Examples: run, fun

Phonics Skill: Initial Consonant Blends (CCVC)
Week of October 13: Initial Consonant bl Blend-CCVC (Example: block)

Phonics Skill: Final Consonant Blends (CVCC)
Week of October 20: Final Consonant nt Blend-CVCC (Example-sent)

Phonics Skill Consonant Digraphs:
Week of October 27: ch digraph (Examples: chin/beach)

November 2024:
Week of November 3: wh digraph (Examples: when/what)
Week of November 10: sh digraph (Example: ship)
Week of November 17: th digraph (Examples: thumb/bath)
Week of November 24: ck digraph (Examples: sock/duck)

December 2024:
Week of December 1: ph digraph (Example: phone)
Week of December 8: gh digraph (Examples: graph)

Phonics Skill: Y as a Vowel
Week of December 15: No class
Week of December 22: Y as a vowel (long e sound)- (Examples: windy/sunny)

Phonics Skill: Silent (Magic) e
Week of December 39: Magic e with long a sound (Example: tape)

January 2025:
Week of January 5: Magic e with long e sound (Example: Pete)
Week of January 12: Magic e with long i sound (Example: pine)
Week of January 19: Magic e with long o sound (Example: pole)
Week of January 26: Magic e with long u sound (Example: cube)

February 2025:
Phonics Skill: Welded Sounds
Week of February 2: ank sound (Examples: bank/prank)
Week of February 9: onk sound (Example: honk)
Week of February 16: ink sound  (Example: pink)
Week of February 23: unk sound (Example: junk)

March 2025:
Phonics Skills: Suffixes and Plurals Forms: s, es, ies, ing, ed 
Week of March 2: Suffix s (Examples: cats/bikes)
Week of March 9: Suffix es (Examples: kisses/beaches/boxes)
Week of March 16: Suffix ies (Examples: babies/ candies)
Week of March 23: Suffix ing (Examples: playing)
Week of March 30:  Suffix ed with the (/id/ sound) (Examples: planted)

April 2025:
Week of April 6:  Suffix ed with the (/t/ sound) (Examples: washed)
Week of April 13: Suffix ed with the (/d/ sound) (Examples: sailed)

Phonics Skill: Vowel Teams
Week of April 20: Vowel Teams with long a sound (Examples: rain/play)
Week of April 27: Vowel Teams with long e sound (Examples: leaf/sleep/key)

May 2025:
Week of May 4: Vowel Teams with long i sound (Examples: pie/right)

 Week of May 11: Vowel Teams with long o sound- oa (Examples: road)

Phonics Skill: R-controlled (Bossy R)
Week of May 18: R-controlled (ar sound)- (Example: card)
Week of May 25: R-controlled (or sound)- (Example: corn)

June 2025:
Week of June 1: R-controlled (er, it, ur sound)- (Example: hammer/bird/turn)

Phonics Skill: VCCV Syllable Pattern
Week of June 8: VCCV Pattern- (Example: rabbit) 

Phonics Skill: V/CV Syllable Pattern
Week of June 15: V/CVPattern- (Example: ro/bot) 

Phonics Skill: VC/V Syllable Pattern 
Week of June 22: VC/V Pattern- (Example: sev/en)

Phonics Skill: Consonant le
Week of June 29: Consonant le- (Examples: puddle/ twin

Learners should have basic knowledge of:
-recognition of consonant and vowel letters 
-letter sounds especially short/long vowel sounds
-sounding out words
-basic sight word fluency
-reading from left to right