Ms. Siegel's Literacy Page
Excel Program
Village School
Multi Sensory Literacy Instruction
Welcome to the Excel Program.
Welcome to the Excel Program.
Excel is part of the Achieve program at Village School which helps support children in basic literacy skills. It is a multi-sensory based learning environment which helps students with decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling).
Please contact me at: msiegel@holmdeschools.org
Students are instructed through multiple senses, which include: visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile modalities.
Students are instructed through multiple senses, which include: visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile modalities.
Skills covered within Excel
Phonics (both decoding and encoding)
Phonics (both decoding and encoding)
- letter recognition
- consonant sounds
- vowel patterns
- syllable types
- prefixes and suffixes
- spelling generalizations
Sight Words (Red Words)
Sight Words (Red Words)
- Reading and Spelling of words with irregular patterns
Fluency
Fluency
- Reading a text or passage with accuracy & efficiency.
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic Awareness
- The ability to recognize and manipulate sounds/syllables within words.