Montessori Reading & Writing Tutoring: Mastering Digraphs for Emerging Readers

💚 This tutorial is designed for young learners who can read simple phonetic words such as "pumpkin" and "insect." They’re beginning to memorize spellings of letter pairs (digraphs) such as /ai/ & /ay/ in words such as "train" and "play." They prefer 1:1 attention with a teacher.

💚 CLASS CONTENT: 
Via screen-sharing: 
1️⃣🎶 I sing a letter-sound song with a slideshow of pictures/lowercase print letters. The songs reinforce memorization of digraphs such as 'ai' for 'airport.

2️⃣🖼️ I introduce 8 colorful photos for words with the digraph /ay/, focusing on names, spellings and descriptions.

3️⃣📝 Using the dotted-font word list provided, I demonstrate writing each word twice while spelling the letter names.

4️⃣📖 I encourage the learner to read a label, describe the picture or use their word in a sentence, and observe as I match each label with a picture. 

5️⃣🖼️ 📝 📖 We repeat the same process with another 8 photos for the digraph /ai/: introduction, writing, reading and discussion. 

6️⃣🎉 We play a fun cooperative BINGO game, emphasizing picture description, conversation and correct spelling. 

Digraphs (phonograms) included in this tutorial: 
📃 ai & ay words… ‘train’ and ‘clay’
📃 ee & ea words… ‘tree’ and ‘leaf’ 
📃 ie & -y words… ‘pie’ and ‘my’ 
📃 oa & ow words… ‘goat’ and ‘bowls’ 
📃 oo & ue words… ‘pool’ and ‘glue’ 
📃 i-e & -igh words… ‘kite’ and ‘lightbulb’ 
📃 o-e & oe words…  ‘stones’ and ‘toes’
📃 u-e & ew words… ‘flute’ and ‘stew’
📃 aw & au words… ‘draw’ and ‘August’
📃 sh & ch words... ‘chin’ and ‘shop’
📃 qu & ck words… ‘rocket and ‘quiet’
📃 th & ph words… ‘them,’ ‘thin,’ and ‘elephant’
📃 ar & or words… ‘farm’ and ‘fork’
📃 -all & -ng words… ‘ball’ and ‘sing’
📃 a-e words, including -ce… ‘cupcake’ and ‘race’
📃 -y & ie words… ‘funny’ and ‘field’
📃 ou & ow words… ‘cloud’ and ‘cows’
📃 ch & tch words… ‘bench’ and ‘kitchen’
📃 oi & oy words… ‘join’ and ‘boys’
📃 er & ur words… ‘sisters’ and ‘surf’

💚 After 20 sessions, there are another 20 sessions with similar word lists and different pictures. 

🥰 My teaching style is warm, attentive and patient. This class is similar to a Montessori classroom experience; an enthusiastic one-on-one lesson on vocabulary, letter sounds, spelling, conversation, and learning to read! 

🧑🏽‍💻More Montessori Reading & Writing Tutorials
✨ This class is part of a Montessori reading & writing series:
🤍 Intro Level: Montessori Phonics – Letter Sounds & Easy Handwriting (Self-Paced)
🩷 Level 1: Phonics – CVC Words for Beginners (Ages 3 – 6)
❤️ Level 2: Phonics Fun – Blends for Beginners (Ages 3 – 6)
🧡 Level 3: Phonics & Intro to Digraphs (Ages 4 – 6)
💛 Read Books Aloud & Memorize Sight Words (Ages 5 – 7)
💚 This Tutorial: Level 4: Mastering Digraphs for Emerging Readers (Ages 5 – 7)
💙 Level 5: Word Study for Emerging Readers (Ages 5 – 7)
💜 Level 6: Vocabulary Enrichment for Emerging Writers (Ages 5 – 7)