***$5 FIRST CLASS:  BJBSI24CHAT6

Welcome to "Chat, Laugh, and Learn!"  Learners can join in any week and jump right in!  

In this ongoing class, learners will have the chance to interact with peers through fun, guided conversation.  Each week will be different with new/different conversation prompts, silly stories, mysteries, and more! Some weeks will have extra time dedicated to show and tell, if we have a "mystery show and tell" day. The majority of each class will be spent engaging in the social aspect, silly conversation prompts, and laughter! However, each class will also include a special sound/spelling pattern, taught through a song, rap, rhyme, movement, or something else silly to help students retain what we've learned!  We will practice reading words and sentences with that special sound pattern, and each week, learners will be provided with a list of words that match what we learned in that class. Through exposure to reading words with the same sound patterns, students are then more likely to recall the spelling of one of those words later on, if ever used in their own writing. Most weeks, there will be reading activities posted in the classroom for practicing that specific spelling pattern in words, through reading short stories (some may be silly!). 

I LOVE teaching academics, but I've seen a need for more social time with several students in my classes (we just have too much fun!). I decided to create this class as the best of both worlds.  Come chat, laugh, and learn with me!

Some sound patterns that may be included in this class are:

aw/au
ew/oo/ue/ui/u
oi/oy
ow/ou
ie
ui
ph/f
ck
double consonants
ed
ey/ay
augh
eigh
ough
igh
ai
soft c


Here is a list of sound patterns for the first few weeks: 

Week of August 18th: ough-Mystery Show and Tell Day!
Week of August 25th: ai
Week of September 1st: soft c
Week of September 8th double consonants
Week of September 15th: igh
Week of September 22nd: eigh
Week of September 29th: ie
Week of October 6th: ed
Week of October 13th: aw/au
Week of October 20th: au/augh/au rule breakers
Week of October 27th: ough
Week of November 3rd: ough
Week of November 10th: oi/oy
Week of November 17th: oi/oy
Week of November 24th: NO CLASS-Happy Thanksgiving
Week of December 1st: ph/f
Week of December 8th: tion/sion/cion/cian/tian/ssion
Week of December 15th: NO CLASS-Holiday Break :)
Week of December 22nd: NO CLASS-Holiday Break :)
Week of December 29th: NO CLASS-Holiday Break :)
Week of January 5th: tion/sion/cion/cian/tian/ssion
Week of January 12th: ew/oo/ui/ue/u
Week of January 19th: ew/oo/ui/ue/u
Week of January 26th: ew/oo/ui/ue/u   Rule Breakers
Week of February 2nd: ew/oo/ui/ue/u Rule Breakers
Week of February 9th: igh/eigh
Week of February 16th: igh/eigh. *Mystery Show and Tell Day!

***More dates and sound patterns will be added as the class continues!