McGuffey Primer Lessons 1-11 (Revised Secular Edition)

If the course has dates that fall on a National holiday, an additional week will be offered to allow students extra time to turn in materials. No additional lessons will be given this extra week.

There is nothing religious in the first 10 lessons of the McGuffey Primer. In fact the McGuffey Primer was secularized.
The content of the readers changed drastically between McGuffey's 1836-1837 edition and the 1879 edition. The revised Readers were compiled to meet the needs of national unity and the dream of an American melting pot for the world's oppressed masses. The content of the books was secularized. McGuffey's name was featured on these revised editions, yet he neither contributed to them nor approved their content.

Students will learn to read sight words by viewing flash cards on google slides.Students must review the flash cards at least 3 times each day for the course to be effective. Teacher Theresa suggests morning, afternoon, and early evening. 

Each lesson will begin with a video of Teacher Theresa introducing the sight words and phonics. Teacher Theresa will include color images whenever possible to accompany stories as many students are not interested in the original black and white images in the McGuffey Primer.

Each lesson will include a worksheet for further word study practice and handwriting. Teacher Theresa will post a video that demonstrates the pincer grasp. If your child struggles with the proper pencil holding technique please inform the teacher so additional resources can be recommended. Please complete your worksheet and post it to the classroom for teacher feedback.

Other activities will include: crafts, games, videos, and interactive quizzes

 Students should post a photo of their crafts to the discussion board after completion and respond to at least one peers artwork. Teacher will provide feedback to every student.

We will use the classroom  message board to create an interactive space to share our ideas and experiences. I want you to go on a scavenger hunts around your home to find something related to your sight words, Think of our classroom as a place to showcase your learning. I will be respond to classroom posts and peers are encouraged to respond as well, please remember to be kind. I want students to create one post for each lesson. Here are some acceptable Jam board ideas:
A picture of something related to the sight words (example: if the word is cat you could post a picture of your pet cat!)
A picture of a toy related to a sight word (example: stuffed Ratatouille animal for the word rat)
If you cannot find anything related to a word you could post a video of yourself demonstrating a word ( 10sec clip of you running for the word run)

Flash Card Writing Time:
Younger students ages 4-5 
An adult can write the sight words on index card and the student trace over the letters with either a highlighter or a Gel highlighter (Gel Highlighters are more like a crayon and super fun for young children to use, Amazon link provided in resource section). 
On the reverse draw a picture to explain your word

Older students (ages 6+) can write their sight words on index cards themselves. 
I strongly encourage students to write consonants in black and vowels in a color of their choice. This will help your reader begin to decipher the difference between these types of letters.
On the reverse side of the card encourage your child to use the word in a sentence 

Week 1:
Lesson 1: The, A, And, Cat, Rat, Hat, Mat, Bat
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany lesson
There will be a Jack Hartman "short a" music video to accompany this lesson
Write your lesson 1 words on flash cards
Practice the words 3 times today (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Read the lesson 1 story (only after you have practiced the words three times).
Complete copybook lesson 
Create a Short A craft (post a photo to classroom. for teacher and peer review)
Scavenger Hunt- post to classroom
Short A worksheet 1 (once completed please post to the classroom for teacher review)
Starfall.com "a" (no login needed)

Lesson 2:
Review all words learned and learn the word (has)
Practice all the words in sentences.
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany lesson
Suggestion: rewatch the lesson 1 Jack Hartman video
Write your lesson 2 word (has) on a flash card
Practice the words 3 times today (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Read the lesson 2 story (only after you have practiced the words three times. 
Complete the copybook lesson.
Create a Short a craft
Scavenger Hunt- post to classroom
Worksheet: Has
Read the book: "Cat in the Hat" with a grown up and complete a book reflection sheet to share with the teacher



Lesson 3: 
The, Anna, Has, Ran, Pan, Man, Fan, Dan
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
Jack Hartman "An" video
Write your lesson 3 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 3 story (only after you have practiced the words three times. 
Complete the copybook lesson.
Make a recording of yourself reading the lesson story and post it to the discussion board for peer and teacher comments
Boom Cards Game Short A
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
Read the book "Peter Pan" https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17564460W?edition=peterpan0000webs
 with a grown up and count how many times you see the word "Pan" complete a book reflection sheet.
(link to the openlibrary.org where you can view this for free will be provided in the classroom, you will need to setup a free library account it is ). Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher.
Make your own short A book (printout provided provided by teacher)
Short A worksheet 2 
Craft: Fan

Lesson 4: Can, "AP", "AD"  (review previous words)
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself reading a  Short A Paw Patrol Book
Play "short a" game (link will be provided no account needed to login)
Write your lesson 4 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 4 story (only after you have practiced the words three times. 
Complete the copybook lesson.
Craft: Folding Pan: share photo in classroom
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
Worksheet: Making sentences with "can" and "has"
Read the book "I Can Do It Myself!" By Stephen Krensky with a grown up and search for short a words (openlibrary.org)  
Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher. 

Week 2: 

Lesson 5: Cap, map, pap, rap, sap, lad, sad, bad, mad, dad, fad (review previous words)
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
Practice all the flash card words 3 times today as well as your ap and ad blends
Read the lesson 5 story (only after you have practiced the words three times.
Complete the copybook lesson.
Make a recording of yourself reading the lesson story and post it to the discussion board for peer and teacher comments
Craft: draw a map of your neighborhood: share photo in classroom
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
Worksheet: Making sentences with "can" and "has"
Read the book "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina with a grown up and search for short a words (openlibrary.org)  Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher. 

Lesson 6:  Review Previous Words
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
There will be a Jack Hartman "blends" video to accompany this lesson
Write your lesson 6 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 6 story (only after you have practiced the words three times.
Complete the copybook lesson.
Craft: Make a hat with a paper plate and bowl 
Quizlet.com test will be provided to check your knowledge 
Worksheet: (og) blend
Read the book "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen " by  with a grown up and search for short a words (openlibrary.org)  Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher. 

Week 3: 
Lesson 7: See, Sees, On, Dog, fog, bog, log, pog, Nat, Nat's, fat, Spot (review previous words)
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
Jack Hartman Music video link will be posted to classroom
Letter O Starfall.com (link will be provided no login needed)
Write your lesson 7 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 7 story (only after you have practiced the words three times.
Complete the copybook lesson.
Craft: Dog (post to classroom for teacher review)
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
Worksheet: -og worksheet
Choose a book today:  "Frog on a Log" by Jillian Harker  or "Frog on a Log by "Phil Roxbee Cox" with a grown up and search for short "o" words (openlibrary.org)  Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher. 
Jack Hartman will teach us the word "see" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Tg_pzh3Q0

Lesson 8: It, sit, fit, pit, pig, hit, bit, lamp, stand, band (review previous words)
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson (will include an explanation of punctuation marks: .?! )
There will be a Jack Hartman music video about blends to accompany this lesson
Play game on education.com 
Write your lesson 8 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 8 story (only after you have practiced the words three times.
Complete the copybook lesson.
Craft: pig (share to the classroom for teacher review)
Short "i" worksheet 
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
Read: The Three Little Pigs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (openlibrary.org). Complete reflection sheet and share it with the teacher.

Lesson 9: Tom, Catch, his, he, not, nag
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson (will include an explanation of punctuation marks: .?! )
Jack Hartman Music Video will be posted to accompany this lesson
Play a short "o" game on education.com 
Write your lesson 9 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 9 story (only after you have practiced the words three times.
Complete the copybook lesson.
Craft: Horse
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
Short "o" worksheet 
Read: "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Seuss (openlibrary.org) and complete a reflection sheet to share with the teacher


Week 4: 
Lesson 10: No new words are introduced in this lesson. Please review all words learned thus far.
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
Short "a" game boom deck game 
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 10 story (only after you have practiced the words three times.
Complete the copybook lesson.
Craft: pronoun and sight word scarecrow game (share to the classroom for teacher review)
Scavenger hunt post to classroom
 Blend"-ag" worksheet 
Read the book " Sam and the Bag" by Alison Jeffries with a grown up and search for short a words (openlibrary.org) 
 Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher. 
Quiz will be provided to check your knowledge 


Lesson 11: -est, -ox, -et, -en
Teacher Theresa will post a video of herself to accompany this lesson
Write your lesson 11 words on flash cards (follow the correct flashcard procedure mentioned above).
Practice the words 3 times today 
Read the lesson 11 story (only after you have practiced the words three times).
Complete the copybook lesson.
Worksheet: Write simple sentences
Read "The Little Red Hen" by Mary Finch with a grown up and search for sight words and phonics blends (openlibrary.org)  Complete a book reflection worksheet and share it with the teacher. 
Scavenger Hunt: post to classroom
Write one thing you love about mom (it is ok to have a grown up write it for you to trace if you don't know how to write the words