In this ongoing class, students will learn and practice the different vowel sounds, including the long i and e for the letter Y, while having fun using them in rhymes, raps, and songs! Along the way, they should be able to learn a lot of CVC, CVCe, and CCVC words with rhyming endings. 

One of the main reading challenges I have seen as a former K-3rd classroom teacher is that students learn the sounds briefly, in lessons at school, but then don't remember and apply them when reading and figuring out new words later on, even in the upper grades. This course is designed to not only help them learn the sounds in a fun way but to give them that ongoing practice with many words with rhyming ending sounds, so they build up the number of words they can read, while also making sure those vowels are strongly ingrained in their memories. 

1/9-1/15/23: Students will learn the short letter A/a sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ab."

1/16-1/22: Students will learn the short A/a sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ad." 

1/23-1/29: Students will learn the short A/a sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ag." 

1/30-2/6: Students will learn the short A/a sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "am."

2/7-2/12: Students will learn the short A/a sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "an."

2/13-2/19: Students will learn the short A/a sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "at."

2/20-2/26: Students will learn the long A/a sound and some rhyming words with the long a. 

2/27-3/5: Students will learn the short E/e sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ed."

3/6-3/12: Students will learn the short E/e sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "eg/egg."

3/13-3/19: Students will learn the short E/e sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "el/ell."

3/20-3/26: Students will learn the short E/e sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "en."

3/27-4/2: Students will learn the short E/e sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "et."

4/3-4/9: Students will learn the long E/e sound and some words with the long e. 

4/10-4/16: Students will learn the short I/i sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "id."

4/17-4/23: Students will learn the short I/i sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ig."

4/24-4/30: Students will learn the short I/i sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ill."

5/1-5/7: Students will learn the short I/i sound and some rhyming words with the ending sounds "im/is."

5/8-5/14: Students will learn the short I/i sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "it."

5/15-5/21: Students will learn the long I/i sound and some words with the long i. 

5/22-5/28: Students will learn the short O/o sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ob."

5/29-6/4: Students will learn the short O/o sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "od/odd."

6/5-6/11: Students will learn the short O/o sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "og."

6/12-6/18: Students will learn the short O/o sound and some rhyming words with the ending sounds "om/on."

6/19-6/25: Students will learn the short O/o sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "oss."

6/26-7/2: Students will learn the short O/o sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ot."

7/3-7/9: Students will learn the long O/o sound and some long o words. 

7/10-7/16: Students will learn the short U/u sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ub/ud."

7/17-7/23: Students will learn the short U/u sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ug."

7/24-7/30: Students will learn the short U/u sound and some rhyming words with the ending sounds "ull/um."

7/31-8/6: Students will learn the short U/u sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "un."

8/7-8/13: Students will learn the short U/u sound and some rhyming words with the ending sounds "us/uss."

8/14-8/20: Students will learn the short U/u sound and some rhyming words with the ending sound "ut."

8/21-8/27: Students will learn the long U/u sound and some words with the long u. 

8/28-9/3: Students will learn the consonant Y sound and some words with consonant Y. 

9/4-9/10: Students will learn the long E/e sound for the Letter Y and some long E/e sound words spelled with Y. 

9/11-9/17: Students will learn the long I/i sound for the Letter Y and some long I/i sound words spelled with Y. 

This class can start again when we make it to this point. Students are free to come and go as they want since each lesson is independent of the others.