During live video sessions we will work to:

- Practice letter sounds
- Practice Phonics
- Explore vowel word families
- Read sight words and Emergent Reader Books

Each day students will spend time on specific word families commonly used phonetics, sight words, spelling and reading skills:

Week of 10/1 Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'at,' Phonics (at-bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat), Sight Words (they, where, one) Reading 'Zac the Rat,' Journal

10/8 -Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'en,' Phonics (en-ben, den, hen, men, pen, ten, then, when), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but) Reading 'Peg the Hen,' Journal 

Week of 10/15-Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'ig,' Phonics (ig-big, dig, fig, pig, jig, rig, twig, wig), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what) Reading 'The Big Hit,' Journal 

- Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'og,' Phonics (og-bog, dog, fog, frog, hog, jog, log, smog), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said) Reading 'Mox's Shop,' Journal 

Week of 10/22 Alphabet Chant, Vowel Word Family 'ug' sound,  Phonics (Cat Practice), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her), Reading 'Gus the Duck,' Journal

- Alphabet Chant, the Magic Silent 'e', Phonics (ate, cane, cape, tape, slime, cube, dime, cone) Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can), Reading 'Pete's Sheep' Journal

Week of 10/29 Alphabet Chant, Long 'a' sound, Phonics (lane, shake, cane, plane, shame, make, Jake, tale), Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this look, with), Reading 'Jake's Tale' Journal

- Alphabet Chant, Long 'e' sound, Phonics (Pete, sheep, tree, bee, knee, eat, cheese, meet) Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says), Reading 'Pete's Sheep' Journal

Week of 11/5 Alphabet Chant, Long 'i' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get), Reading Sky Ride' Journal

 Alphabet Chant, Long 'o' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get, gone, am), Reading 'Robot and Mr. Mole' Journal

Week of 11/12 Alphabet Chant, Long 'u' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get, gone, am, my, got, not), Reading 'Dune Buggy' Journal

Alphabet Chant, Vowel Teams, Phonics Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'Soap Boat' Journal

Week of 11/19 Alphabet Chant, Controlled R with A, Phonics (Carla, Mark, cart, star) Phonics Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'Car Race' Journal

Alphabet Chant,Controlled R with O, Phonics (Tory, horse, Glory, corral, forgot, thorn, normal) Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'My Horse Glory' Journal

Thursday 12/5 Alphabet Chant,Controlled R: ER,IR, UR Phonics (fern, surf, bird, turn, curls ) Sight Words (I, like, the, and, see we, come, look , you, go, with, my, you, where, are, now, is, how, find, little), Reading 'Surfer Girl' Journal

Tuesday 12/10 Alphabet Chant, 'Y as Long e' sound, Phonics Sight Words (they, where, one, we, all, but, not, no, what, then, you, said, were, she, her, like, an, can, this, look, with, did, wants, says, had, for, get, gone, am, my, got, not, saw, who, why), Reading 'My Family' Journal

If you continue next semester we will be able to work on letter blends:

1/30  Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'bl,' Phonics (Blake, blew, bled, blob, blot), High Frequency Words (again, being, he it, like, nose, sick, was) CVC Words (did, his, not) Reading ‘A Sick Day,' Writing Journal

2/6 - Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'br,' Phonics (Brad, broke, brim, brag), High Frequency Words (a, about, fill, he, it, liked, oh, no, the, to, up, would) CVC Words (had, big, his, cup) Reading Brad’s Cup,' Journal 

2/13 Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'cl,' Phonics (clam, clap, class, clip), High Frequency Words (a, at, back, beach, comes, for, go, going, I, it, is, look, my, our, see, the, to, was, we, when) CVC Words (bus, put) Reading ‘The Class Trip,' Journal

2/20 Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'cr,' Phonics (crab, crack, cry, crust, crib), High Frequency Words (a, does, give, has, have, he, him, I, is, my, oh, no, there, where) CVC Words (not, pet) Reading My Pet Crab,' Journal

2/27 Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'dr,' Phonics (Drake, drum, drill, dress), High Frequency Words (a, and, gave, having, him, his, is, on) CVC Words (dad, got, mom,  put, set) Reading ‘The Birthday Party' Journal

3/6 - Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'fl,' Phonics (flag, flap, flop, flat), High Frequency Words (a, again, down, have, I, in, is,  it, lay, like, make, no, see, the, there, to, we, when, wind, will) CVC Words (gets, wet) Reading ‘The Flag,' Journal

3/13 Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'fr,' Phonics (Fran, fret, frizz, frog), High Frequency Words (a,and, do, glad, her, I, in, it, said, she, to, was) CVC Words (can, fix, got, mom, not, pet, ran) Reading ‘Fran’s Frizz,' Journal

3/20- Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'gl,' Phonics (Glen, glum, glad, glob), High Frequency Words (a, do, I, it, have, of, out, said, the, was, we, will, be) CVC Words (get, got, gum, had, mom, not) Reading ‘Glen’s Gum,' Journal

3/27- Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'gr,' Phonics (Greg, Grant, grab, grins, grass), High Frequency Words (I, and, are, come, frog, glad, he, here, in, is, like, play, said, the, to, will ) Reading ‘Greg and Grant,' Journal

4/3 Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'pl,' Phonics (plug, plum, plant, plan), High Frequency Words (a, and, are, asked, get, go, good, I, me, needs, said, she, the, to, will, you ) CVC Words (dad, get, has, mom, yes)  Reading ‘Mom’s Plan,' Journal

4/10 Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'pr,' Phonics (print, printer, press, price), High Frequency Words (a, ask, gave, go, I, is, need, said, the, there, this, to, will) CVC Words (can, man, yes, but) Reading ‘The Printer,' Journal

4/17Alphabet Chant, Diagraph 'sc,' (Scott, scab, scoop), High Frequency Words (a, down, fell, his, I, now, said, too, we, will, you) CVC Words (can, dad, get, got, has, new, not) Reading Scott’s Scoop,' Journal