Reading Foundations 1: Beginning Readers

Reading is a fundamental skill that is foundational to all areas of learning. Neurologically appropriate, developmental activities to help our students be ready to read and write are also extremely important but often left out of the “learning to read” plans. Caregivers are often uncertain if the reading program they are using is enough or the right fit. Please join me for a weekly, Mommy-and-me style class where I will teach your student the fundamentals of reading while teaching you the developmental activities that you can use at home to help them move smoothly from learning to read into reading for learning and enjoyment. After each class, you will be empowered to lead your student in beginning reading exercises at home during the week.

Appropriate for – Kindergarten, Pre-K welcome.

Overview

This class will include both caregiver and child. We will meet once per week for one hour. I will introduce one to three new phonogram sounds during class, give developmentally appropriate instruction in letter formation, grasp, posture, sound discrimination and more. I will include developmental activities in class that the caregiver will be able to reproduce at home. I will also include a list of activities for the caregiver to utilize over the course of the week as they work to build their child’s reading and motor skills. Caregivers will document their implementation of the activities and upload these, along with their reflections to the class Canvas page. We will discuss these in class.

Approximately the first half of class will be devoted to instructing the students while the caregiver sits close by. Once the students are dismissed, they may play a quiet game, look at books, color, eat a snack, etc. while I go into greater depth concerning the developmental activities and plans for the week.

Age/ability

This class is appropriate for beginning readers who have had little to no reading instruction. Prior phonics instruction is not necessary.

Semester One

During the first semester we will cover all of the alphabet and begin multi-letter phonograms. I will introduce the phonograms, the rules governing them, spelling rules and skills such as correct letter formation, rhyming, blending, posture, visual skills, syllabification, punctuation rules, auditory discrimination, vowels, consonants and early spelling rules.

Semester Two

During the second semester, we will reinforce all of the skills learned during the first semester and go deeper into multi-letter phonogram and spelling rules. We will continue our neurological development activities as we increase our word knowledge and decoding abilities. During this semester, I will also introduce reflexes and how they impact learning.

Syllabus

Mrs. Chaverri’s Syllabus