👀  In this trial week of my middle-school 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 30 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. 

📹  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 order 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 that students learn how to study effectively for their spelling tests. Many of these skills carry over to many 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. 

📝  Sample words on the one-week trial class list: absence, audience, contagious

Instruction follows the Phono-Graphix method for teaching reading and spelling.  This method was developed for students with Dyslexia and is based on the science of reading.

👉 When you enroll in the full program titled, "Middle School Spelling With Weekly Lists Focusing on Phonemic Awareness-Flex", a new list will be assigned each week.
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🗓 Below are samples of the words from each weekly list in the full middle school program: 

Week 1: absence, audience, contagious

Week 2: culture, biscuit, character

Week 3: business, deceive, discourage

Week 4: conscience, immediate, environment

Week 5: courageous, amusement, campaign

Week 6: committee, embarrass, experience

Week 7: environment, manufacture, disgraceful

Week 8: chemical, cooperation, analysis

Week 9:  encyclopedia, boulevard, commotion

Week 10: ambulance, government, congratulations

Week 11: constitution, material, accompanied

Week 12: mischievous, attention, atmosphere

Week 13: noticeable, ingredient, consequently

Week 14: possess, pneumonia, distinguished

Week 15: raspberry, patient, grievance

Week 16: recommend, inconvenient, irresistible

Week 17: scissors, marriage, intermission

Week 18: muscle, laughter, fabricate

Week 19: guarantee, oxygen, immediately

Week 20:  vegetable, scarcely, liquidation

Week 21: official, mysterious, yacht

Week 22: penguin, ratio, graffiti

Week 23: phrase, relieve, hygiene

Week 24: sincerely, negotiate, miniature