A few notes...

• Our phonics class is extremely interactive, much of what we do involves phonemic awareness activities and phonological awareness activities such as letter/sound review, songs, videos, etc. These activities embed letters, sounds, and corresponding images--then connect it to pre-existing knowledge of the world in a process called orthographic mapping.  What this means is that when students are absent, they can not make up those assignments/experiences.

• In a few weeks, students will be moving on to books, or decodable readers, that they will be reading and rereading; practicing for fluency and comprehension. These books will incorporate the letters, sounds, and sight words that the students are learning in class. 

• Students are learning coding (where we use phonetic symbols to indicate pronunciation), decoding (where we sound out words by saying the sounds each letter represents), and encoding (where we use the opposite process to spell words).

• As we move forward, sight word lists and cards will also be sent home for practice and review. 

• Click HERE to learn more about the research-based phonics program we use.