In this 5 week course, students will explore the sounds that the letters make in the alphabet. We will practice rhyming using word families, and will play a Bingo game at the end of each class.

Class 1-  In this class, we will start out with singing the alphabet.  Once we have completed singing the alphabet, we will go through the alphabet saying each letter name and the sound that the letter makes.  For class 1, we will begin with the -ap, -at, -an word families.  Students will practice sounding out the word, by separating each sound they hear.  At the end of the class, we will play sound bingo.  Students will receive a Bingo card, the teacher will say a letter sound, they will locate the letter on the board and mark it off.

Class 2-  In this class, we will start out with singing the alphabet.  Once we have completed singing the alphabet, we will go through the alphabet saying each letter name and the sound that the letter makes.   We will review the word families -ap, -at, and -an from the previous week.  For class 2, we will begin with the -en, -ell, -ed, -eg word families.  Students will practice sounding out the word, by separating each sound they hear.  At the end of the class, we will play word family Bingo.  Students will receive a Bingo card, the teacher will say a word family word, it could be from this week or from last week, they will locate the word on the board and mark it off.

Class 3-  In this class, we will start out with singing the alphabet.  Once we have completed singing the alphabet, we will go through the alphabet saying each letter name and the sound that the letter makes.   We will review the word families -ap, -at, and -an, -en, -ell, -ed, and -eg from the previous weeks.  For class 3, we will learn the word family -in, -ill, -id, and -ig word families.  Students will practice sounding out the word, by separating each sound they hear.  At the end of the class, we will play word family Bingo.  Students will receive a Bingo card, the teacher will say a word family word, it could be from this week or from last week, they will locate the word on the board and mark it off.

Class 4-  In this class, we will start out with singing the alphabet.  Once we have completed singing the alphabet, we will go through the alphabet saying each letter name and the sound that the letter makes.   We will review the word families -ap, -at, and -an, -en, -ell, -ed, -eg, -in, -ill, -id, and -ig from the previous weeks.  For class 4, we will learn the word family -on, -od, -ot, and -og word families.  Students will practice sounding out the word, by separating each sound they hear.  At the end of the class, we will play word family Bingo.  Students will receive a Bingo card, the teacher will say a word family word, it could be any word from this week or previous weeks. They will locate the word on the board and mark it off.

Class 5-  In this class, we will start out with singing the alphabet.  Once we have completed singing the alphabet, we will go through the alphabet saying each letter name and the sound that the letter makes.   We will review the word families -ap, -at, and -an, -en, -ell, -ed, -eg, -in, -ill, -id, -ig, -on, -od, -ot, and -og from the previous weeks.  For class 5, we will learn the word family -un, -ud, -ut, and -ug word families.  Students will practice sounding out the word, by separating each sound they hear.  At the end of the class, we will play word family Bingo.  Students will receive a Bingo card, the teacher will say a word family word, it could be any word from this week or previous weeks. They will locate the word on the board and mark it off.