This fun, hands-on and fun-filled course provides students will the foundation skills and practice to help them become amazing readers. Students will practice skills as a class, in small groups, and individually to Students will learn phonemic awareness, letter sounds, word building, and decodable reading using Guided Phonics + Beyond Curriculum. This curriculum uses the Science of Reading (SOR) practices, which are heavily researched by educators, and proven to be highly effective. 
 
Students will use a combination of movement, kinesthetics, manipulatives and paper materials (Sound Card Drills, Focus Skill Decodable Mats, Blending Drills, Word Mapping, Dictation Practice, Decodable Pre-Reading, Decodable Readers, Rime Hunts, Vocabulary Practice Sheets, Word Chains Mats, Word Match-Up Cards, Vowel Sticks, Handwriting Mats, and Alphabet Charts).  These whole-class activities help students build a reading foundation by practicing phonemic awareness, phonics skills, decodable High Frequency Words, Irregular High Frequency Words, and Vocabulary. 

Please note: this class is part of the Outschool Pods program and is intended to build learner community this semester. We will share additional enrollment links for the following 3 parts of this class upon enrollment. To learn more about Outschool Pods, please visit: https://info.outschool.com/outschool-pods

This is part of the Phonics and Reading Series and can be combined with other levels of the series. 
Phonics and Reading Unit 1: Pre-readers (SOR)
Phonics and Reading Unit 2: CVC Words (SOR)
Phonics and Reading Unit 3: Digraphs & Blends (SOR) ***** Fall 2022
Phonics and Reading Unit 4: CVCe Words (SOR) **** Spring 2023
Phonics and Reading Unit 5: Ending Blends & R-Controlled Words (SOR) **** Fall 2023
Phonics and Reading Unit 6: Vowel Pairs & Dipthongs (SOR) ***** Spring 2024

Week of 1/23: 
Lesson 1 days 1 and 2:
I can identify HFWs: I, like, am
I can identify and build words with the sounds a(/a/), m(/m/), s(/s/). 
Lesson 2 day 1
I can identify HFW: at, sat, the. 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: t (/t/). 


Week of 1/30:
Lesson 2 day 2 I can identify HFW: at, sat, the. 
I can identify and build words with the sounds: t (/t/). 
Lesson 3 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: a. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: p(/p/). Lesson 4:

Week of 2/6: 
Lesson 4 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: see.
I can identify and build words with the sound: f(/f/)
Lesson 5 day 1
I can identify HFW: dad 
I can identify and build words with the sound: d (/d/)

Week of 2/13
Lesson 5 day 2
I can identify HFW: dad 
I can identify and build words with the sound: d (/d/)
Lesson 6 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: if, it, sit, did. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: i (/i/)

Week of 2/20  No class (2/20)
Lesson 7 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: in, man, and. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: n (/n/)

Week of 2/27
Lesson 8 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: on, not, mom. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: o (/o/)
Lesson 9 day 1
I can identify HFW: can, an, cat.
I can identify and build words with the sound: c (/k/). 


Week of 3/6
Lesson 9 day 2
I can identify HFW: can, an, cat.
I can identify and build words with the sound: c (/k/). 
Lesson 10 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: N/A
I can identify and build words with the sound: k (/k/)

Week of 3/13
Lesson 11 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: up, us, cut, fun.. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: u (/u/)
Lesson 12 day 1
I can identify HFW: to do. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: ck (/k/)

Week of 3/20
Lesson 12 day 2
I can identify HFW: to do. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: ck (/k/)
Lesson 13 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: bat, but. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: b (/b/).

Week of 3/27
Lesson 14 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: big, got, dog. 
I can identify and build words with the sound: g (/g/)
Lesson 15 day 1
I can identify HFW: bed, ten, men, get, set.
I can identify and build words with the sound: e (/e/)


Week of 4/3 (No Class 4/7)
Lesson 15 day 2
I can identify HFW: bed, ten, men, get, set.
I can identify and build words with the sound: e (/e/)
Lesson 16 day 1
I can identify HFW: him, hot, had
I can identify and build words with the sound: h (/h/)

Week of 4/10 (No class all week)

Week of 4/17
Lesson 16 day 2
I can identify HFW: him, hot, had
I can identify and build words with the sound: h (/h/)
Lesson 17 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: his, is
I can identify and build words with the sound: s (/z/)

Week of 4/24
Lesson 18 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: ran, run, red.
I can identify and build words with the sound: r (/r/).
Lesson 19 day 1
I can identify HFW: let, look.
I can identify and build words with the sound: l (/l/).

Week of 5/1
Lesson 19 day 2
I can identify HFW: let, look.
I can identify and build words with the sound: l (/l/).
Lesson 20 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: into
I can identify and build words with the sound: w (/w/).

Week of 5/8
Lesson 21 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: said.
I can identify and build words with the sound: j (/j/).
Lesson 22 day 1
I can identify HFW: yes.
I can identify and build words with the sound: y (/y/).

Week of 5/15
Lesson 22 day 2
I can identify HFW: yes.
I can identify and build words with the sound: y (/y/).
Lesson 23 days 1 and 2
I can identify HFW: six, box.
I can identify and build words with the sound: x (/ks/).

Week of 5/22
Review

Week of 5/29 (No class 5/29)
Review