My classes are engaging and fun so that children are free of worry and stress. This enables children to focus on the material and enjoy learning to read. I do this by allowing them to speak and share their thoughts, participate and keep them engaged with fun activities. This is tailored tutoring, so each child will have activities specifically designed to fit their needs and learning style. Overall, the course will start with an evaluation for a starting point and proceed to skills & activities based on the learners needs. Each week students will review skills they have mastered, practice skills they have trouble with and expose them to new skills they will be working on soon. This style of exposure to every level of their learning capacity maximizes their growth.  The class is structured by having some open discussion at the beginning and end, movement as we learn skills, repetition, singing along, and participating individually when called on or child volunteers. Children will be speaking often so there will be no need to mute their Zoom call.  It will not be a lecture but a back and forth conversation through games, activities, and sharing thoughts. 
Students will:
- sharpen their phonics skills (letter identification, capital/lowercase, sounds of letters, rhyming, etc)
- sharpen their word building skills (beginning & ending sounds, short vowels, blending beginning sounds with vowels
- sharpen their beginning reading skills ( CVC words, beginning blends, sight words, fluency)

Each week we will focus on 4-6 different letters and sounds while also reviewing previously learned letters. Every session we will review short vowel sounds and blending short vowels with consonants. This repeated practice is the foundation of beginning reading skills and will set the base for future reading success. In every session we will also match capital letters to lowercase letters.
Week 1: Letter Identification and sound recognition of letters M, P, S, B. Beginning blends and short vowels Ba Be Bi Bo Bu
Week 2: Letter Identification and sound recognition of letters A, D, K, Z. Beginning blends and short vowels Da De Di Do Du
Week 3: Letter Identification and sound recognition of letters J, T, V, O, X. Beginning blends and short vowels Ta Te Ti To Tu
Week 4: Letter Identification and sound recognition of letters F, H, L, C, N. Beginning blends and short vowels Fa Fe Fi Fo Fu
Week 5: Letter Identification and sound recognition of letters R, G, Q, W, Y. Beginning blends and short vowels Ba Be Bi Bo Bu
Week 6: Letter Identification and sound recognition of letters E, I, Y, U. Beginning blends and short vowels Ba Be Bi Bo Bu
Week 7: Combination and review of all letters and sounds. Matching all capital to lowercase. Mixing consonants in random order. Adding a third letter to our vowel blends to make CVC words. Bat Bed Big Bob Bun
Week 8: Combination and review of all letters and sounds. Matching all capital to lowercase. Mixing consonants in random order. Adding a third letter to our vowel blends to make CVC words. Rag Red Rib Rot Run