Phonics to Fluency: Early Reading Word Study Focus With Short Vowel CVC Words
In this ongoing class, course students will work twice a week on letter identification, letter sounds, early sight word recognition, and reading, writing, and spelling CVC words as a group.
Elizabeth Gervais, M.Ed.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(159)
What's included
2 live meetings
1 hrs 30 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. Learners will be working on a personal student alphabet booklet/ student dictionary. Students will add new sight words to their dictionary in class. Parents may need to assist students with this by helping them cut out the letters or sight words sent out in each weekly packet to add to the personal student alphabet book. Students can also add in words that we make together in class or that they see around them that begins with that letter. Students can also make their own flashcards with parents at home to practice the week's sight words.Assessment
Learner progress is assessed through their in class participation, informal assessments, and their student alphabet book/ student dictionary.Class Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - Kindergarten
Students will be introduced to the alphabet with 3 focus letters each week and will work on learning to identify letters, letter sounds, making short CVC words, and learning sight words from Fry's First 100 Sight Word List to help them build a basic foundation for early readers. Students will be taught different learning behaviors or skills to help them learn their letters, letter sounds, how to build letter identification into short vowel CVC words, and sight words. In this class, we will begin our very own alphabet book we will keep examples of words that we make during our phonics lesson, that we think of or sight words that match each of the 24 letters that we will cover. Students will be introduced to the letters and words of the week through song, dance, games, slides, and poems. They will then have the opportunity to complete the practice packet at home for enrichment opportunities. Some students may choose to use a whiteboard and can participate in class without printing the materials. Weekly Schedule: Week of June 3rd: Aa, Bb, Cc Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of June 10th: Dd, Ee, Ff Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of June 17th: Gg, Hh, Ii Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of June 24th: Jj, Kk, Ll Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of July 1st: Class Break/ No Charge Week of July 8th: Mm, Nn, Oo Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of July 15th: Pp, Qq, Rr Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of July 22nd: Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice Week of July 29th: Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz Letter ID & Sound Focus, Phonemic Awareness Activities, and Sight Word Practice
Learning Goals
Students will learn different strategies for helping them learn to identify all 24 letters and their sounds to work towards the goal of making words with the short a vowel sounds with different word families like cat, bat, fat, pat, mat or bag, wag, tag, lag, sag. Students will also begin working on memorizing Fry's First 100 Sight Words. Both of these skills will help students with reading, recognizing, and spelling their sight words and short a CVC words.
Other Details
Supply List
Students will be provided with a packet and will need favorite books (to do letter hunts), pens, paper, crayons, and/or a whiteboard and marker, scissors and a glue stick.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
4.9
159reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
3 Degrees
Master's Degree in Behavioral Science from National University
Master's Degree in Education from National Louis University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Spring Arbor University
Salutations and welcome to Outschool! My name is Elizabeth Gervais, and would love the opportunity to teach your child. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies and Elementary Education in 2010 at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor Michigan. From there, I worked as a preschool teacher in a bilingual classroom and then went on to earn my Master’s of Education at National Louis University in Chicago, IL while completing the AUSL residency program. I also am a certified 120-hour TESOL teacher through the International Open Academy as of December 2019. In June 2024, I earned my Masters of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy through National University (formerly Northcentral University).
I have tutored different children and adults from preschool early learning opportunities to college algebra and physics since 2005. Furthermore, I have taught preschool through second grade in traditional classroom settings, multiage classrooms ranging from kindergarten to second grade and 3-6th grade, and worked in educational administration for an educational nonprofit and in children’s ministry for over 9 years. Most importantly, I am a homeschool mom to my own middle school and elementary age children following a mix of Charlotte Mason and inquiry-based learning. Outside of this, I am a marriage and family therapy associate who specializes in working with neurodivergent family systems.
My passion is elementary literacy instruction through thematic science or history unit studies combined with focused writer’s workshops and helping my students build their confidence as independent thinkers. In addition, I also enjoy teaching phonics, early reading skills, and numeracy through interactive stories, songs, puppets and crafts with preschool and young elementary students. One of my favorite parts of teaching online is the versatility to work with students at various points in their learning progression and meet them right where they are in a high-interest individualized approach.Reviews
Live Group Class
$25
weekly ($13 per class)2x per week
45 min
Completed by 281 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-6
3-6 learners per class
