32 weekly lessons provide a strong phonetic background for Grade One students. The lessons cover a wide range of skills needed to develop strong reading skills.
The teaching plans and activity sheets can be used on a weekly basis or the ideas and worksheets can be used to suit students needs or they could be used for teaching ideas, reinforcing students' phonetic skills, and home study.
- Each weekly plan contains an Objective, Teacher Information, Daily Planning Ideas containing games, listening activities, stories and riddles.
- A Picture Key is provided for each worksheet so the pictures can be identified.
- Four weekly activity worksheets focus on the concept(s) taught during the week.
- Weekly tests are provided and could be held on the last day of the week or when it is necessary
Each week includes an activity a day:
- Days 1 to 3: Introduce the consonants in the lesson with a story for recognition and the sounds that they make. There is a picture key and activity worksheet for each.
- Day 4: Reviews all of the letters previously taught using riddles. There is a picture key and activity worksheet.
- Day 5: Auditory/Visual Discrimination Test of All Sounds Previously Taught
Sequential Development of Skills
Week 1: Initial Consonants: Ss, Mm, Tt
Week 2: Initial Consonants: Pp, Rr, Cc
Week 3: Initial Consonants: Gg, hh, Nn
Week 4: Initial Consonants: Bb, Kk, Ll
Week 5: Initial Consonants: Dd, Ff, Jj
Week 6: Initial Consonants: Qq, Vv, Ww
Week 7: Initial Consonants: Xx, Yy, Zz
Week 9: Final Consonants: g. l, d, f, p, n, l, m, t
Week 10: Final Consonants: d, m, t, l p, s
Week 11: Short Vowel 'Aa'
Week 12: Short Vowel 'Ee'
Week 13: Short Vowel ' Ii'
Week 14: Short Vowel 'Oo'
Week 15: Short Vowel 'Uu'
Week 16: Long Vowel 'Aa'
Week 17: Long Vowel ' Ee'
Week 18: Long Vowel 'Ii"
Week 19: Long Vowel 'Oo'
Week 20: Long Vowel ' Uu'
Week 21: S Blends: st, sk, sm, sn, sl, sw, sp, sc
Week 22: L Blends: bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
Week 23: R Blends: br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr
Week 24: Final Consonant Blends: st, lt, nk, nt, mp, sk
Week 25: Initial Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, wh, wh
Week 26: Final Consonant Digraphs: sh, ch, th
Week 27: Vowel Pairs: ai, ay, ee, ea
Week 28: Vowel Pairs: oa, ou
Week 29: Double Vowel Combinations: oo, oa, ow
Week 30: Y as a consonant and as a vowel
Week 31: Final Consonant Blends: nt, nd, ng, nk
Week 32: Singular and Plural Words
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