In this ongoing individualized class, students will focus on learning to read and spell using scientifically proven phonics techniques to help fill in reading gaps and help them continue to master skills and develop confidence. During the first session, I will assess your student’s current reading, spelling, and phonological skills in order to develop a curriculum plan for their specific needs. Sessions will meet students where they are, from learning letter sounds to forming complex multisyllabic words and anywhere in between. Build your child’s confidence and foster a love of reading!

Each ongoing lesson will include multi-sensory activities, games, and other techniques supported by the Science of Reading and will follow a consistent routine, including some or all of the following lesson parts:

1. Phonological warm-up: identify, break apart, and change sounds in heard words.
2. Grapheme warm-up: review sounds of letters and groups of letters (digraphs, vowel teams, etc). 
3. Focus concept: introduce or review focus concept for the lesson.
4. Heart words: introduce and review high frequency words using “heart words” strategy.
5. Segmenting and blending activities: break apart and sound out new words. 
Word building activities: form words using taught letters and groups of letters. 
6. Dictation activities: write dictated words and sentences.
7. Decoding activities: read texts that include taught word and sound patterns and “heart words.”
8. Comprehension activities focusing around decodable texts from the skills taught in lessons 

**There may be additional resources shared with families that include, but not limited to online games and other websites focused on the science of reading. I will guide students to what things that I will share with them and make sure parents are aware as well. **