Multisensory Teaching Approach

Concepts covered:

Initial, medial, and final positions (I, M, F)

Vowels and Consonants

Open and Closed Syllables

Accent (emphasis or stress in a word)

Vocab: Base word, suffix, derivative

Letters i, t, p, n, s, a, l, d, f, h

The FLOSS rule

Suffixes -s and -'s

Voiced and unvoiced s

Single letter words: I, a

Reading double consonants (second consonant is silent, "twin consonants")

Sentence vs. phrase

Possessives and Contractions

Irregular words (words that can't be sounded out because they don't "follow the rules"): said

Concepts covered:

Digraphs (two letters that come together to make ONE sound): ng, ck, oo, th

Combinations (two letters that make two sounds but something unexpected happens): qu

Suffixes -ing, -less, -ness

Syllable division VC' CV

Three spellings of the (k) sound: k, c // ck

Word Spelling Formulas (adding suffixes to base words): "Just Add" (spelling of base word does not change) b.w. cc+suffix, b.w. vv=suffix, b.w. vc+consonant suffix

Remaining alphabet letters

Kit 2 Reading Practice Review

Concepts covered:

Final Stable Syllables (ble, tle, fle, cle, ple, zle, kle etc)

R-Controlled Syllables (ir, er, ur)

Vowel-Consonant-E words ("Magic E" or "Silent E" words and syllables)

Rabbit Rule (doubling medial consonant to protect the short vowel in the first syllable)

Bubble (doubling the medial consonant to protect the short vowel in the first syllable when the word has a FSS)

Word Spelling Formula: Changing the base word when adding a vowel suffix, "Doubling rule" (running, beginner)

Syllable division VC CV'

Three sounds of suffix -ed  https://youtu.be/msJIy_f_Xsw

Spelling (d) and (t) https://youtu.be/jxl28KQOHy4

Suffixes -ed, -er, -est, -es, -en

Contractions

A often pronounced (o) after a lip-rounding (w or qu)

Final silent e

Concepts covered:

Final vowel y in final position (fly and candy)

Long vowels in open accented syllables (reading and spelling)

Spelling the (k) sound: k, c//ck, k, ke, c

Combinations: ar, er, or and different variations

Spelling (z) sound

Spelling (ks) sound in base words and derivatives

Digraph ai (regular for reading, not spelling)

Syllable division V' CV and V' CCV

More Suffixes

Concepts covered:

Dipthongs (oi, oy, ou, ow)

Final Stable Syllables tion and sion

Prefixes

Affixes (suffixes and prefixes)

Word Spelling Formulas: Changing the base word when adding a vowel suffix ("dropping rule" - hoping/completed)

Half-long vowels

Kind, old, wild words

Soft c sound (s)/cedilla c like rice (reading and spelling)

Concepts covered:

Word spelling formula: changing the base word when adding a suffix, "changing rule" (candied, flier)

Latin and Greek roots and stems

Spelling the (j) sound: (j)=j, g//dge, ge

Reading soft g, g=(j)

Long vowel sound digraphs

French suffixes -ous and -age

Spelling (s) - (s)=s, c//ss, se, ce

Spelling (u) - (u)=u, a//a

Syllable Division V CCV' and VCCCV, 

Digraphs regular for reading but not spelling

Syllable Division VC V', V' V, V V', and V CCV'

Reading 3- and 4-syllable words

Medial Greek y

Stable French Endings