Hi friends! Would you like to learn about letters and sounds while diving into the deep blue ocean and meeting many animal friends along the way? Well, jump in, and let's go!  This ongoing class is offered twice a week.  We will begin our class with a brief circle time to sing and share something with the class.  Then, we will move on to learning letters and sounds.  Each week we will focus on 2-3 letters and their sounds.  We will meet all kinds of sea animals throughout our class who will guide us to learn letters and sounds and blend them into words.  After learning and practicing together, we will play a game where each student will practice making simple words. I follow the teaching process "I do, we do, you do" by teaching the target letter and sound, practicing with the learner, and then giving the learner a chance to show off what they have learned. In the end, we will read a story that I created that includes sounds and simple CVC words learned in class.  Students will identify and read the sounds and words in the story with teacher support.  I will provide fun activities to print for your child to cut out and color; however, this is not required.  Below is a description of class each week:

Week of May 15:
⦿ Topic
    -Sea animals that start with the letter "b" and "p."
⦿ Theme
    -Blue Whale
⦿ Circle Time
   -Sing a song and share a sea animal or land animal with the class.  It can be a stuffed animal or a picture/drawing.
⦿ Blending letters with /ap/ and /ab/ in a game
⦿ Read a story

Week of May 22:
⦿ Topic
    -Sea animals that start with the letter "t" and "s."
⦿ Theme
    -Sea horse 
    -Sea Lion
    -Starfish
⦿ Circle Time
   -Sing a song and share a sea animal or land animal with the class.  It can be a stuffed animal or a picture/drawing.
⦿ Blending letters with /at/ in a game
⦿ Read a story

Week of May 29:
⦿ Topic
    -Sea animals that start with the letter "f" and "d."
⦿ Theme
    -Sea Animals
⦿ Circle Time
   -Sing a song and share a sea animal or land animal with the class.  It can be a stuffed animal or a picture/drawing.
⦿ Blending letters with /ad/ in a game
⦿ Read a story

Week of June 5:
⦿ Topic
    -Sea animals that start with the letter "g" and "m."
⦿ Theme
    -Fish of the sea
⦿ Circle Time
   -Sing a song and share a sea animal or land animal with the class.  It can be a stuffed animal or a picture/drawing.
⦿ Blending letters with /ag/ and /am/ in a game
⦿ Read a story

Week of June 12:
⦿ Topic
    -Sea animals that start with the letter "k" and "n"
⦿ Theme
    -Narwhal
⦿ Circle Time
   -Sing a song and share a sea animal or land animal with the class.  It can be a stuffed animal or a picture/drawing.
⦿ Blending letters with /an/ in a game
⦿ Read a story

Week of September 27:
(Cycle back to the beginning)