Does your fourth, fifth or sixth grader still struggle to spell? Do they freeze when they encounter a tricky word in their reading? Do they still spell 'hope' as 'hop' or 'main' as 'man'? Then this class is for them!

Most phonics instruction stops in the primary grades and students get little help thereafter with the rules of phonics. They continue to struggle with spelling. They continue to struggle to decode. Then their comprehension and writing suffer all because they are missing a few of the basics.

This course, led be a certified reading specialist, meets for just 25 minutes, two times a week for twelve weeks. In that time, your child will learn phonics through a systematic, explicit and age-appropriate approach with their peers.  Phonemic awareness work will also be included if deemed necessary through the initial assessment.

Students will have homework after each class using Google Forms to practice the work they completed in class. This is also a great opportunity as a parent to see what they are working on in class and support them at home as well.

Week 1: 
-Initial Assessment
-Short Vs. Long Vowels
-CVC vs. CVCe

Week 2: 
-Predictable Vowel Teams: au/aw and ai/ay 

Week 3: 
-Predictable Vowel Teams: ew/ue and oa

Week 4:
-Predictable Vowel Teams: igh/-y, and oi/oy
Multiple Vowel Sounds: ea, ie, oo

Week 5: 
-Multiple Vowel Sounds: ea, ie

Week 6: 
-Multiple Vowel Sounds: oo, ou

Week 7: 
-Multiple Vowel Sounds: ow
-Review

Week 8:
-R-Controlled Vowels: er/ir/ur, or, ar

Week 9: 
-Complex Consonants: hard and soft g and wr

Week 10
-Complex Consonants:  hard and soft c

Week 11: 
-Complex Consonants: kn, gn

Week 12: 
-Review
-Assessment

At the end of the course, you will receive information on your child's progress from the beginning of the course through the end.