🌟  Instruction follows the Phono-Graphix method for teaching reading and spelling which was developed with students with Dyslexia in mind. The Phono-Graphix method is very similar to Orton-Gillingham and is based on the science of reading.

👀 In this trial week of my second-grade spelling program, students will experience my teaching style, content delivery, assignment expectations, and the difficulty of the class content. This class will help you and your student decide to enroll in my full-program flex class. In the full program, you can expect to see the same predictable format and assignments week after week so what you see in this trial class is what you will get in the full program, just with different word lists.

📝 Students will be assigned a spelling list of 15 words. Five bonus words will be included to accommodate a differentiated learning experience. Feel free to adapt the length of the spelling list to your learner's needs by leaving out or adding in the bonus words. Video instruction will present an explanation of the patterns in the words and spelling rules as they apply. Instructional videos will include proper usage of the spelling words, as well as age-appropriate definitions. 

📅 This class was created with a suggested weekly learning schedule with the first lesson on Monday, lesson two on Wednesday, and lesson three on Friday. The videos are labeled to reflect which lesson to do on which day. 

Your learner does not need to follow this schedule, but it is recommended that students complete the assignments between lessons. The lessons were not intended to be viewed all in one day and especially not to be viewed in one sitting. 

📹 Monday instructional video: Introduction of the word list. I will model how the student should sort their list to best learn the spellings. Word usage and age-appropriate definitions will be discussed. Student-Teacher interaction following this video lesson includes sharing the sorted list and creative sentences with the teacher for feedback.

📹 Wednesday instructional video: "Spelling for the Visual Learner." In this video, I will model how to add color and shapes to the spelling words in to identify where all the sounds are in the words and how each sound is spelled. (Colored pencils or fine-tipped markers are highly recommended when following this lesson!). This video session also addresses study skills so students learn how to study effectively for their spelling tests. Many of these skills carry over to other academic classes as well. Student-Teacher interaction following this video lesson includes students posting their creative work using shapes and colors that make the spellings more memorable for their unique style.  

📹 Friday instructional video: I will briefly provide instruction on words that students frequently struggle with so they remember those spellings on the test and beyond.  After a refresher on those frequently misspelled words from the list, a spelling test is given. Students are expected to follow the video to write the spelling words as they are called. I use the spelling words in sentences to clarify ambiguity concerning homophones. Students will write the spelling words and follow along with me to check their work for accuracy. Students are encouraged to post their tests in either a private message to me or on the classroom page. 

✍🏻 Teacher-created worksheets will be available for additional weekly practice. A minimum of two homework submissions per week are recommended.    A video-prompted spelling test is included in the third lesson so students can measure their level of success. 


👉 When you enroll in the full program titled, "Second-Grade Spelling With Weekly Lists Focusing on Phonemic Awareness-Flex", a new list will be assigned each week.

Instruction follows the Phono-Graphix method for teaching reading and spelling. This method is Dyslexia friendly and based on the Science of Reading. 

📝  Content for this one-week trial class: 
Review of First-grade skills and establishing good spelling habits. ⚠ This list may look easier than expected for a 2nd-grade word list. That was intentional.  

👀The focus of this first week is to establish good habits using the Phono-graphix method and to build confidence for future lessons. This list includes Short A words with CVC, CCVC, CCVC, and CCVCC patterns like in the words, “sat, glad, sand, grand”  Bonus word examples: “crash, trash”

Here are samples from the word lists for the full program in case you choose to enroll in it: 

Week 2: Long E words with 'ee' and 'ea' like in, "speak, beep, and seal"

Week 3: Long A words spelled with -ay and -ai like in "today, paint, play, and rain"

Week 4: Long I words spelled with -y and -igh

Week 5: Long O words spelled with -oa, and -ow like in, "coach and throw"

Week 6: Words with the sound /er/ spelled with -ir, -ur, and -er like in, "nurse, winter, and skirt"

Week 7: Words with the sound /ow/ spelled with -ow and -ou like in, "house and town"

Week 8: Words with the sound /oy/ spelled with -oy and -oi like in, "choice and enjoy"

Week 9: Words with the sound /oo/ spelled with -ew, -oo, -ui like in, "drew, mood, and fruit"

Week 10: Words with -oo and -oul spelling the sound in "foot, brook, and could"

Week 11: Words with the Short O sound like in, "haunt, draw, and naughty"

Week 12: Words with Long E and Long I spelled with -ie like in, "cookie, tie, brownie, and lie"

Week 13: Long A words spelled with -eigh, -ei, -ea like in, "freight, vein, and steak"

Week 14: Hard and Soft C words like, "taco, pencil, card, and spicy"

Week 15: Hard and Soft G words like, "giant, goal, cage, and huge"

Week 16: Two-syllable words with long vowel sounds

Week 17: Two-syllable words with short vowel sounds

Week 18: Prefixes un-  and re- like in "rewind, unfair, untie, and review"

Week 19: Words with -ly, -ful, and -er endings like in, "quickly, baker, painful"

Week 20: Contractions like, "you'll, won't, I'm, and isn't"

Week 21: Words with -ing endings like, "spilling, hugging, and jumping"

Week 22 (available soon!): Consonant blends spr-, scr-, and str- like in, "scream, sprout, and stress"