This class follows the Basic Language Skills curriculum from Neuhaus Education Learning Center . Basic Language Skills is a systematic, sequential, intensive comprehensive literacy curriculum to be used with students identified with special needs in learning to read and spell.  It is particularly effective with dyslexic or reading disabled students.  The  class will begin with a pre-assessment and based on that pre-assessment it will determine where in the program your child should begin the curriculum.  We will work as quickly as we can but take as much time as needed for the students.  The following is an example of the concepts.  They are concepts 1-8 but this is subjective to the individual child's needs.  

Week 1- Getting to know students and pre-assessment
Week 2- Concept 1 i=(i), 2 t=(t), 3 concept of a syllable
Week 3- Concept 4 concept of an open syllable, 5 concept of closed syllable blending, 6 p= (p=
Week 4- Concept 7 n=(n), 8 s=(s)
Week 5- Concept 9 concept of a suffix, 10 s=s, 11 a=(short a)
Week 6- Concept 12 a= (short u)-2 days, 13 s=z 
Week 7- Concept 13 cont., 14 l=(l), 15 reading contractions and possessives
Week 8- Concept 16 d=(d), 17 suffix s=(z), 18 f=(f)

The schedule each class after week 1:
AIR-   Rapid Recognition chart- develops instant letter recognition, facility in segmenting words into phonemes and rapid word recognition (5minutes)
Handwriting-focus on cursive to increase students' fluidity in writing lower case letters (5 minutes)
Reading Deck Cards- Students automate sound-symbol correspondences and knowledge of word parts (3 minutes)
Spelling Deck-enables students to automate knowledge of sounds and their most frequent orthographic representation (3 minutes)
New Concept- introduces reading concept (10 minutes)
Reading Practice- word lists and sentences provide focused practice of newly introduced and previously introduced reading concepts (5 minutes)
Spelling Practice- introduces new spelling concepts and provides focused practices of previously learned skills (10 minutes)
Extended Reading and Writing- extended practice for developing fluency, comprehension, grammar, and sentence writing skills (15 minutes)
Expressive Language-builds foundational skills of comprehension (5 minutes)
Read Aloud-time to check comprehension strategies(5 minutes)