By the end of this ongoing class, students will have experience with the following oral and auditory skills;

1.  Be able to differentiate words that rhyme and words that do not rhyme (ie. “Do mat and sit rhyme?”)
2.  Be able to produce a rhyming word (ie. “Tell me a word that rhymes with make.”)
3.  Be able to identify initial sounds in words
4.  Be able to blend syllables together to create a whole word (useful for reading - sounding out)
5.  Be able to hear the final sounds in words
6.  Be able to segment (break apart) syllables (to make a word more manageable for spelling)
7.  Be able to hear the middle sound in words
8.  Be able to blend three individual sounds together to create a word
9.  Be able to segment (break apart) sounds of a three sound word
10.  Be able to add sounds to a word part
11. Be able to delete sounds from a whole word to create a new word

I have used this particular program in my intervention class for 3 years.  

I have a teaching degree and have 10 years of experience.  I have taught in grade 1 and have subbed in K-6 classrooms.  Currently, I’m doing literacy intervention in a public school, K-4.  

Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
A brief assessment will be administered within the first few sessions with your child to inform my teaching and to establish a baseline.  I want your child to feel comfortable with me before I assess him/her so that the results are accurate.  

I will do another assessment when we’re about 17 weeks through the curriculum.

A final assessment will be done around week 30 of the curriculum. 
Grades Offered

This class is most effective for students who are about to enter Kindergarten/Grade 1 or for older students who may be struggling with reading.