🍎In this class,  we will dig into the content and instructional practice that students would receive within a brick and mortar classroom for their literacy block. Our instructional focus will support learners who are working on a first grade level or students needing standards based support for a first grade student. We will work on the skills, content, and standards students will need to master during their first grade academic semesters 1 and 2. 

For our phonics instructional focus, we will be supplementing the Saxon Phonics framework with phonics rules,  sounds, and systematic approach.  We will focus on a specific phonics skill each class. Have optional spelling and sight words for reinforcement and practice at home. Our phonics skills will be implemented into a fluency passage for context reading during class and at home. 

Our reading strategies will include a standards based approach to support  comprehension for first grade learners. We will include high interest read alouds and text experts, modeling, active student participation with discussion and vocabulary chants, foldables and graphic organizers to extend learning, and assessment pieces to check comprehension mastery and independent levels.

Each class will follow a general pattern for phonics, comprehension, and fluency practice. We will be able to build on skills throughout the week, but each class will have a stand alone focus. 

Students are able to come an go within the semester as long as their is an opening for enrollment. Resources for the week will be sent out a week in advanced to be printed for class. (comprehension passages, graphic organizers, handwriting pages, class support resources) 

🍎Refund Policy:
New Families:
I am happy to give a $9 partial credit back for new enrolling families that enroll after a class meeting in the week has already occurred, upon request. A $3 credit will be kept for classroom materials and the recordings. You will receive all classroom materials for the week and recordings once we meet to verify learners. If you have any questions about this, please send me a personal message through Outschool.

Enrolled families: 
Each learner/ parent account is charged the weekly subscription fee to secure your place in class. Each subscription fee covers a Sunday to Sunday date range. Class fees are not able to be saved for future classes and refunds are not provided for missing class (aligned with Outschool standard refund policies). 

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                                 🍎New Fall semester to begin August 12, 2024.🍎


🍎Class Framework for 2024- 2025-
 
⭐️Semester 1 to begin August 12, 2024 ⭐️.  
1 week off at Thanksgiving (November 25- 29)
Semester 1 ends- December 20
Semester 2 begins- January 6, 2025 


(Week of Oct 28) Week 12:
Phonics: digraph OO,  letter J, Floss Rule,  Spelling list 12
Comprehension:  Text Structure- fiction or nonfiction, story is about--, what can we learn from this book, who are the characters, where does the story take place, what happens in the story.  

(Week of November 4-8) Week 13:
Phonics: Letter V, //c, {ble final stable syllable,  Spelling list 13.  
Comprehension:  Text Structure- fiction or nonfiction, story is about--, what can we learn from this book, who are the characters, where does the story take place, what happens in the story. 

❤️ Week of November 3- the end of daylight savings time. Please check our class to schedule to see how the time changes impacts your timezone. ❤️

(Week of November 11-15) Week 14:
Phonics final stable syllables, coding when chunking. Spelling list- optional support.  
Comprehension:  parts of a book and finding information in a book in literature and informational books.

(Week of November 18 ) Week 15:
Phonics vowel Y (i), vowel y (e) or suffix -y, combination -er (WS 64). Spelling list 14. 
Comprehension: Using illustrations in literature stories to gain a deeper meaning of details, characters, and connections. Comparing two stories.


****November 25-29**** Holiday Break. We will not have class this week and you will not be charged.


(Week of December 2-6 ) Week 16:
Phonics- trigraph -igh , compound words , suffix -ly/ -less/ -ness, Spelling list 15. 
Comprehension: Using illustrations in literature stories to gain a deeper meaning of details, characters, and connections. 
 
(Week of December 9-13 ) Week 17:
Phonics- Review long and short vowels, chunking with inflectional endings, digraphs and trigraphs
Comprehension: Using illustrations in literature stories to gain a deeper meaning of details, characters, and connections. Comparing two texts- Winter festivals

(Week of December 16- 20) Week 18:
Phonics- Review silent/ magic E, OO vowels, and suffix endings
Comprehension: Comparing two texts- Beaches 

Winter break and the end of semester one will be December 23. This class will continue in January. You will not need to do anything to continue this class into the new year. All days and times for class will remain the same. Our class week for the new semester will begin January 6, 2024.

Additional week outlines will be added and adjusted based on pace and class need for review and extension.