Sample Schedules
Four sample schedules to help you finish the phonics lessons in a timely manner. Progress Chart and Certificate of Completion--courtesy of Don Potter. Using the Phonics Lessons
m4v, 3 min, 2.7 mB A short movie explaining how to use the phonics lessons and get the most from each lesson. Phonics Lesson 1
m4v, 19 min, 6.5 mB Teaches: short i, d, f, l, m, n, p, s, t, sh, ck, spelling rules, syllable division rules Phonics Lesson 2
m4v, 21 min, 6.3 mB Teaches: short a, b, c, h, j, k, r, y, 1 spelling rule Phonics Lesson 3
m4v, 18 min, 5.2 mB Teaches: short o, g, v, w, x, z, ch Phonics Lesson 4
m4v, 19 min, 5.5 mB Teaches: short e, wh Phonics Lesson 5
m4v, 22 min, 6.3 mB Teaches: short u, schwa Phonics Concentration Game--Review of all sounds from first 5 lessons, 1.6 mB, 5 minutes. You can print out rules and your own concentration game here. Phonics Lesson 6
m4v, 12 min, 3.4 mB Teaches: th, voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs (s as z sound, f as v sound) After this lesson, there is not much review of consonant sounds. If you need more practice, here is a great website with the sounds nicely arranged. (They also have vowels.) It also shows the how the mouth and throat positions of consonant pairs differ. Phonics Lesson 7
m4v, 26 min, 7.7 mB Teaches: consonant blends, 1 syllable division rule. You can see a chart of beginning blends and ending blends at the Resource Room. Phonics Lesson 8
m4v, 26 min, 7.8 mB Teaches: ph, qu, ng, y as a vowel, the s sound of c, the j sound of g Phonics Lesson 9
m4v, 21 min, 6.2 mB Teaches: long a (a_e, ai, ay), a syllable division rule, spelling rules Phonics Lesson 10
m4v, 23 min, 5.8 mB Teaches: long e (ee, ie, e, y at the end of a word) Phonics Lesson 11
m4v, 20 min, 5.9 mB Teaches: long i (i_e, i, ie in short words, igh, y as i, spelling rules) Phonics Lesson 12
m4v, 18 min, 4.6 mB Teaches: long o (o_e, oa, oe, o, spelling) Phonics Lesson 13
m4v, 15 min, 4.9 mB Teaches: long u (u_e, ue, ew, eu) Phonics Lesson 14
m4v, 21 min, 5.4 mB Teaches: review c as s or k, long/short vowels, spelling rule, syllable division rule Phonics Lesson 15
m4v, 11 min, 3.5 mB Teaches: syllable division, ed as ed, d, or t Phonics Lesson 16
m4v, 11 min, 4.2 mB Teaches: a as ah, aw, au, ou Phonics Lesson 17
m4v, 16 min, 4.3 mB Teaches: oo (short and long), ou, ow, oi, oy Phonics Leesson18
m4v, 18 min, 5.4 mB Teaches: er, ir, ur, or Phonics Lesson 19
m4v, 13 min, 3.5 mB Teaches: all, ell, ill, oll, ull Phonics Lesson 20
m4v, 10 min, 2.8 mB Teaches: silent letters, spelling rules Phonics Lesson 21
m4v, 22 min, 4.3 mB Teaches: prefixes, syllable division rule Phonics Lesson 22
m4v, 25 min, 5.6 mB. Teaches: suffixes, syllable division rule, spelling rules Phonics Lesson 23
m4v, 12 min, 2.4 mB Teaches: review short vowels, short vowel exceptions (ea as short e, etc), ti and ci as sh Phonics Lesson 24
m4v, 14 min, 2.8 mB Teaches: syllable division between vowels (radio, dual) Phonics Lesson 25
m4v, 19 min, 3.7 mB Teaches: review consonant sounds, "zh," x as "gz." Phonics Lesson 26
m4v, 16 min, 3.1 mB Teaches: spelling rules, review vowel sounds, vowel charts Phonics Lesson 27
m4v, 24 min, 6.9 mB Teaches: syllable division in long words, spelling patterns by word origin. Phonics Lesson 28
m4v, 13 min, 3.8 mB Teaches: phonogram/sound charts as a reading aid, how to sound out long words. Print out a copy of the letter/sound chart before the lesson. Another useful phonogram/sound chart can be found at The Phonics Institute. Phonics Lesson 29
m4v, 16 min, 4.2 mB Teaches: phonogram/sound charts as a spelling aid, how position in word changes spelling (ck, c; oi, oy; ai, ay, etc.) Print out a copy of the sound/letter chart before the lesson. Another useful sound/phonogram chart can be found at The Phonics Instutute. Phonics Lesson 30
m4v, 16 min, 4.1 mB Teaches: alphabetizing and dictionary use. Print out and cut out the words and helps to alphabetize before the lesson. Phonics Lesson 31
m4v, 12 min, 2.8 mB Teaches: grammar (their, they're, there; it's, its; your, you're; two, too, to) Phonics Lesson 32
m4v, 15 min, 3.6 mB Teaches: where to go from here The Spelling Lessons are now online in iPod format. They are a great review of the Phonics Lessons. The use of Unified Pronouncing Print (UPP) is another way to continue improving your reading, spelling, and pronunciation abilities. Another good resource for learning how to sound out multi-syllabic words is Webster's Blue Backed Speller, or The American Spelling Book, free online from Don Potter's Education Page. It is especially useful for figuring out which vowel sounds will mush to the schwa sound of uh as it lists words by accent, and unaccented syllables are more likely to mush to the schwa sound. As a bonus, it can also be used for spelling practice. You can also find books divided into syllables based on the rules outlined in Webster's Speller. These books are helpful for both beginning and remedial students. You can also work on the nonsense words on the language lessons page. A final review that also helps overcome the guessing habit of looking at words by their shape is to work through the program on the how to tutor page. You can read and spell just a few words of each type, doing the entire section in areas where your student needs more work. | |
