What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1-2 hours per week. Please be sure to practice the assigned emergent readers and provided flashcards throughout the week.Assessment
Learners are informally assessed.Class Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - Kindergarten
Intermediate - Advanced Level
During live video sessions we will work to: - Practice letter sounds - Practice Phonics - Explore vowel word families - Read sight words and Emergent Reader Books Each day students will spend time on specific word families commonly used phonetics, sight words, spelling and reading skills: Week of 3/13 Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'at,' Phonics (at-bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat), Sight Words (they, where, one) Reading 'Zac the Rat,' Journal Week of 3/20 -Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'en,' Phonics (en-ben, den, hen, men, pen, ten, then, when), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but) Reading 'Peg the Hen,' Journal Week of 3/27-Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'ig,' Phonics (ig-big, dig, fig, pig, jig, rig, twig, wig), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what) Reading 'The Big Hit,' Journal Week of 4/3- Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'og,' Phonics (og-bog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log, smog), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said) Reading 'Mox's Shop,' Journal Week of 4/10 Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'ug' sound, Phonics (Cat Practice), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her), Reading 'Gus the Duck,' Journal Week of 4/17- Alphabet Chant, the Magic Silent 'e', Phonics (ate, cane, cape, tape, slime, cube, dime, cone) Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can), Reading 'Pete's Sheep' Journal Week of 4/24 Alphabet Chant, Long 'a' sound, Phonics (lane, shake, cane, plane, shame, make, Jake, tale), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this look, with), Reading 'Jake's Tale' Journal Week of 5/1- Alphabet Chant, Long 'e' sound, Phonics (Pete, sheep, tree, bee, knee, eat, cheese, meet) Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says), Reading 'Pete's Sheep' Journal Week of 5/8 Alphabet Chant, Long 'i' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get), Reading Sky Ride' Journal Week of 5/15 Alphabet Chant, Long 'o' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get, gone, am), Reading 'Robot and Mr. Mole' Journal Week of 5/22 Alphabet Chant, Long 'u' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get, gone, am, my, got, not), Reading 'Dune Buggy' Journal Week of 5/29 Alphabet Chant, Vowel Teams, Phonics Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'Soap Boat' Journal Week of 2/6 Alphabet Chant, Controlled R with A, Phonics (Carla, Mark, cart, star) Phonics Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'Car Race' Journal Week of 6/5 Alphabet Chant,Controlled R with O, Phonics (Tory, horse, Glory, corral, forgot, thorn, normal) Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'My Horse Glory' Journal Week of 6/12 Alphabet Chant,Controlled R: ER,IR, UR Phonics (fern, surf, bird, turn, curls ) Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'Surfer Girl' Journal Week of 6/19 Alphabet Chant, 'Y as Long e' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get, gone, am, my, got, not, saw, who, why), Reading 'My Family' Journal Please note that this is an on-going class with no official end date. Once this material is complete the class will transition into learning about diagraphs.
Learning Goals
Students will improve their understanding of vowel sounds and how to use various reading strategies to determine whether or not words are using the long or short vowel sounds.
Other Details
Supply List
Alphabet Worksheets, Emergent Readers a pencil and Crayons or Colored Pencils
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Reviews
Live Group Class
$11
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 12 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-6
1-6 learners per class