Learn to Read with Phonics

In this ongoing class, students will learn how to decode, sound out, and blend words.  This is an important and challenging foundational skill for beginner readers.  They will learn how to sound out and blend consonants, vowels, CVC, CVCe, digraphs, word families, and more.  We will also work on initial, ending, and middle sounds (which they do test on in school).  Please also note, that blending and hearing middle and ending sounds can be difficult.  It may take a couple of lessons to grasp (and that is why we will work on the same sound twice a week).  Working with your child a little each night will help tremendously!

The lessons are taught through Google Slides and will be provided with printable worksheets and books for the lessons.  There will involve some cutting, gluing, sorting, and coloring activities.  We will spend two days on each lesson.  

Also, because being able to hear the proper pronunciation and blending of the letters/words is critical, students will be muted after the greeting (depending on the amount of students enrolled).  When students first enter into the class, we can all say hi and together, but when we start, I will mute everybody.  When I call a specific person to help out, they will be able to unmute themselves (so please make sure they know how to do unmute themselves).  Even though students will be muted, it's important that they still follow with me out loud at home.

This is the following schedule:

Week 1 March 24 & 26: Consonant N
Week 2 March 31 & April 2: Short Vowel A
Week 3 April 7 & 9: Consonant P
Week 4 April 14 & 16: Consonant M
Week 5 April 21 & 23: Consonant T
Week 6 April 28 & 29: Short Vowel O
Week 7 May 5 & 6: Consonant D
Week 8 May 12 & 14: Word Families -an & -ad
Week 9 May 19 & 21: Consonant E
Week 10 May 26 & 28: Consonant H
Week 11 June 2 & 4: Word Families -ot & -op
Week 12 June 9 & 11: Consonant F
Week 13 June 16 & 18: Consonant G
Week 14 June 23 & 25: Word Families -et & -en
Week 15 June 30 & July 2: Short Vowel I
Week 16 July 14 & 16: Consonant B
Week 17 July 21 & 23: Word Families -it & -in
Week 18 July 28 & 30: Consonant C
Week 19 August 4 & 6: Consonant R
Week 20 August 11 & 13: Short Vowel U
Week 21 August 18 & 20: Word Families -ug & -un
Week 22 August 25 & 27: Consonant L
Week 23 September 1 & 3: Consonant W
Week 24 September 8 & 10: Word Families -at & -ap
Week 25 September 15 & 17: Consonant J
Week 26 September 22 & 24: Consonant K
Week 27 September 29 & October 1: Word Families -ut & -ub
Week 28 October 6 & 7: Consonant V
Week 29 October 13 & 15: Consonant/Vowel Y
Week 30 October 20 & 22: Word Families -ill & -ip
Week 31 October 27 & 29: Consonant Q
Week 32 November 3 & 5: Consonant X
Week 33 November 10 & 12: Consonant Z
Week 34 November 17 & 19: Word Families -ob & -ell
Week 35 December 1 & 3: Initial & Ending Sound of "S"
Week 36 December 8 & 10: R-Blends
Week 37 December 15 & 17: L-Blends
Week 38 December 22 & 24: VCe Long a
Week 39 December 29 & 31: VCe Long o
Week 40 January 5 & 7: VCe Long i
Week 41 January 12 & 14: VCe Long u
Week 42 January 19 & 21: Digraph -sh
Week 43 January 26 & 28: Digraph -ch
Week 44 February 2 & 4: Digraph -th
Week 45 February 9 & 11: Digraph -wh
Week 46 February 16 & 18: Digraph -ph


Week 44: Digraph -th
Week 45: Digraph -wh
Week 46: Digraph -ph