Pre-Reading Skills: Phonemic Awareness

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In this ongoing course, students will practice phonemic awareness with an experienced teacher.

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear how spoken sounds are blended and manipulated to make words. Phonemes are the smallest unit of sound in a word. Changing just one phoneme can make an entirely new word! For instance, imagine changing the /c/ sound in cat to /m/. What is your new word? (mat!)

Having strong phonemic awareness sets students up for success when they begin decoding, reading, and writing words. This class is ideal for kindergarten and first grade students. I allow a flexible age range for advanced learners or students who need review to join. 
 
In this class, we will practice rhyming, alliteration, blending, deletion, segmentation, identifying first/last sound, and phoneme manipulation.

We will learn by using chants/songs, hand signals, and whole-group games.
Students will interact with peers and the teacher by using call-backs and total physical response (thumbs up/down to show if they agree, hand signals for segmentation and phoneme manipulation).
I have a familiar, consistent, and fun teaching style that allows students to feel safe and comfortable in the classroom!

I do not cancel for low enrollments. If your student is the only learner in class, I will still plan to teach.
I accept transfer requests with 24 hour notice to the class start time.
Per Outschool policy, I do NOT refund for missed class. 

*Note that weekly phonemic awareness focuses repeat. Full year content will cycle every calendar year in September. Learners are welcome to join anytime. Parents are responsible for keeping track of when their child was enrolled to avoid repeated lessons, if desired. Learners are invited to stay in the class for repeated lessons when useful and applicable.

Upcoming Schedule:

Week of February 17-February 22: Phoneme Substitution
Week of February 24-March 1: Rhyming 
Week of March 3- March 8 **No Saturday class– You will not be charged**: Same First Sound 
Week of March 10-March 15: Blending
Week of March 17-March 22: Same Last Sound
Week of March 24-March 29: Segmenting
Week of March 31- April 5 **NO CLASS– You will not be charged**
Week of April 7-April 12 **No Saturday class– You will not be charged**: Phoneme Addition/Deletion
Week of April 14-April 19: Syllables
Week of April 21-April 26: Phoneme Substitution
Week of April 28-May 3: Rhyming
Week of May 5-April 10: Same First Sound
Week of May 12-May 17: Blending
Week of May 19-May 24 **No Saturday class– You will not be charged**: Same Last Sound
Week of May 26-May 31 **No Monday class– You will not be charged**: Segmenting
Week of June 2-June 7: Phoneme Addition/Deletion
Week of June 9-June 14: Syllables
Week of June 16-June 21: Phoneme Substitution
Week of June 23-June 28: Rhyming