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Phonics: The phonics program that we utilize is IMSE's multi-sensory approach to the Orton-Gillingham method. The general overview is that students are taught to segment words in order to break down and blend phonetically, thereby giving them the ability to master, versus memorize, the ability to read and write new words. Students are instructed in ways to use all of their senses to create strong letter/sound connections.
Keywords for this program include:
decoding: the ability to read a word
encoding: spelling a word
Red Words: words that have one or more parts that do not follow expected spelling rules.
Please see below for the order in which sound concepts will be taught:
3 Consonant Blends and Blend w/digraphs
Schwa
5th Syllable Bossy R: er
Bossy R: ir
Bossy R: ur
Diphthongs: oi, oy and 4th syllable pattern
Diphthongs: ou/ow
igh (light)
3 Great Rules (Doubling zapped)
3 Great Rules (Drop liked)
3 Great Rules (Change cried)
6th Syllable type Consonant -le
Kind Old Words (kind, old, wild, colt, post)
Bossy R: ar (farm)
Bossy R: or (torn)
/aw/ spelled au and aw (August/fawn)
Contractions with have, would, will (they’ve, she’d, we’ll)
Other uses for silent e (house, love, face, huge, nose
y as a vowel (gym)
ph (phone), gh (cough)
ch (echo), ch (chef)
/oo/ spelled oo and ew (scoop/stew)
/oo/ spelled oo and u (took/put)
Other Bossy R combinations: ar, ear, er (bear), ar/ear (heart), er: or, ar, ear, our (earth), or: ar, our (ward)
Silent Letters: Could also discuss Greek unusual spellings: ghost, gnat, lamb, scent, write, castle
Homophones: to, two, too, there, their, they’re
Level 2 Red Words: For more information regarding red words please click here.
after, always, away
ball, because, buy
call, car
different, door
enough
few
goes, great
far, few
hall, heard, hour, house
laugh
many, move
often, only
read, room
sure, swollen
these, those, though, thought, together, took, touch
very
watch, water, word, world, work
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