We are using "The Better Alphabet Song" from Youtube to teach the letters and their sounds. Each letter will have a corresponding hand motion to help the students remember the sounds.

Rhyming words

Sight Words

Letter sounds

Vowel letters (A,E,I,O,U) (2 Sounds: Long/Short)

Digraphs and Endings: ee, or, ch, sh, th, er, ar, oo

Sounding out "nonsense" words

Story Comprehension

Sounds in words: beginning, middle and end

Decoding words

Reading Sentences

Neat and careful

Writes uppercase letters correctly

Writes lowercase letters correctly

Independently writing letters without tracing

(by 2nd semester, copying print)

Can properly finish tasks

Uses pencils, crayons, scissors correctly

Fine Motor skills (lacing, eye hand coordination, tracing)

Gross Motor Skills (run, hop, skip, jump, gallop, etc)