First Grade English Phonics Course Outline

First Grade English Phonics Course Outline Shuangxi Municipal Elementary School

Student  First graders Background  Students have some familiarity with Phonics and the Alphabet but have not yet mastered them.  Textbook- “Hooked on Phonics”. Kindergarten Level. Language Skill  Master the sound of each letter of the Alphabet. Objectives  How to combine letter sounds to make words.  How to read these words in simple sentences.  Memorize useful “helper words”, such as, and, the, a, and, on, this, look, want, play, need, etc.  Use illustrated stories to practice the words they have learned out loud. Learning  Study – Always start the lesson by reviewing what was Strategies learned in the previous class. Then continue with the new lesson using CD-1 and CD-2, plus the Yellow workbook. (10 minutes) Practice – Students will practice what they have learned by using the “Yellow” workbook, phonics flashcards, “Helper Word” flashcards, and Word Play flashcards. (15 minutes) Read Out Loud – Students will read the “HOP” storybooks out loud at the end of each session to practice what they have learned. (10 minutes)  Other strategies may include games and coloring worksheets related to the exercises. Major Learning  To master the letter sounds of the alphabet. Objectives  Special emphasis to be placed on mastering short vowels.  Combining these skills to produce and recognize simple words, such as, H-at, C-at, B- at, etc.  Next using these simple words along with “Helper words” to form simple sentences.  Using CD’s, the workbook and choral practice to build listening comprehension, oral practice and visual recognition of letters, words and simple sentences.  Combining all of the above in order to build vocabulary and confidence in “Speaking” abilities. Lesson Contents  Mastering the alphabet.  Mastering the short vowel sounds, A, E, I, O, U.  Reading the “HOP” books. Titles of the very short books are as follows: Cat, Rag, Pig Wig, Pig Wig Can Hit, Tag, Pop Fox, The Fog, Tub Fun and Dog Bug.  Games and worksheets. Assessment  Student performance assessment will be ongoing and noted at six-week intervals for each student. That’s 2 written assessments (non-tested) and 1 final assessment conducted by a Final Oral Exam. First Grade Lesson Content Page Flashcards Yellow CD Track “HOP” Week Workboo Reader k Pages 1 White 1 - 5 CD-1 Alphabet 4,5,6,7 “Cat” Cards 2 6 - 9 8,9,10 3 10 - 13 11,12,13 4 14,15 + review 14,15,16 “Rag” 5 Yellow 16 - 21 17,18,19 Phonics Cards 6 22 - 26 20,21,22,23 7 27 - 31 24,25,26 “Pig Wig” 8 32 - 35 27,28 9 36 - 39 29,30,31,32 10 Helper 40 - 45 33,34,35,36 “Pig Wig Words Can Hit” Cards 11 46 - 51 CD-2 1,2,3,4 12 52 - 59 5,6,7,8,9,10,11 “Tag” 13 60 - 66 12,13,14,15,16 14 67 - 74 17,18,19,20,21,22,23, “Pop Fox” 15 Word Play 75 - 81 24,25,26,27,28,29,30 “The Cards Fog” 16 82 - 87 31,32,33,34 “Tub Fun” 17 89 -99 35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,4 “Dog 5 Bug” 18 100 -112 46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53 19 FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION Second Grade English Phonics Course Outline Shuangxi Municipal Elementary School

Student  Second Graders Background  Students have some mastery of the alphabet but need to master short vowels and problematic consonant sounds. Language skill  Master the sound of each letter in the alphabet. Objectives (remedial)  Mastery of short and long vowel sounds. (remedial)  Students will begin their studies in consonant combination sounds for word beginnings, Th-, Sh-, Wh-, Sm-, Sn-, Sp-, Gr-, Sl-, Sc-, Sk-, Sw-, St-, Fl-, Ch-, Tr-, Gl-, Cl-, Bl-, Pl-, Gr-, Fr-, Br-, Cr-, Pr-, Dr-, Qu- and word endings, -ch, -tch, -sh, -th, -ng, -mp, -nd, -nt, -nk, -st, -sp, -sk, -ft, -lk, -lt, -ing, -er, -ly, -es, -ed (t), -ed (d), -ed (ed).  Memorize Helper Words: come, down, thank, ask, from, go, say, first, their, they, have, her, so, goes, his, make, out, was, over, said, saw, she, who. Learning  Study – Always begin the lesson by reviewing what Strategies was learned in the previous lesson. Then continue with the next lesson using the materials available. (10 minutes) Practice – Learn the new sounds with flashcards, audio CD’s, and workbooks. Also learn the new Helper Words. (15 minutes) Read Out Loud – Students will begin by reading from the Kindergarten readers until they feel comfortable with the First grade readers. There will be 22 readers available (Yellow, Orange, and Red levels) so students at different levels of reading ability can work from the readers on their own level. (10 minutes)  Other strategies include getting students to use what they are learning by engaging them in conversations about what they are reading.

Major  Mastering the language skills needed at this level Learning to read the Hooked on Phonics readers and be able Objectives to discuss them.  Memorizing important Helper Words.  Building confidence through reading aloud as a way to motivate the students to Speak up. Lesson Contents  Mastering the alphabet, short and long sounds, and consonants.  Reading the Hooked on Phonics workbooks and doing Word Play exercises.  Reading out loud: The Big Game, Go to the Moon, In the Dark, Swim with Dolphins, The Race, Mad Dog, Wacky Jacky, Camper Kim. Assessment  Student performance assessment will be ongoing an noted at six week intervals for each student. That’s 2 written assessments (non-tested) and 1 final assessment conducted by a Final Oral Exam. Second GradeLesson Content Page Week Flashcards Orange/Re CD “HOP” d Track Reader Workboo ks 1 Orange Orange 4- Orange CD 1 13,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 The Big Flashcards 15 Game 2 16-24 11,12,13,14,16,17,18 3 25- 36 19,20,21,22,23,24,25, Go to the 26,27,28,29,30. Moon 4 37-48 CD 1: part 31. CD 2: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. 5 Orange 49-58 CD 2: 9,10,11,12,13,14 In the Helper Dark Words 6 59-63 ,15,16,17,18,19. Swim with Dolphins 7 Review 8 64-72 20,21,22,23,24. 9 Review The Race 10 Red Red 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. Flashcards 4-18 11 Review 12 19-40 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,22. Mad Dog 13 Review 14 29-40 CD 1: 23. CD 2:1,2,3,4,5,6,7. 15 Red Helper Review Whacky Words Jack 16 41-58 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21. 17 Review 18 59-62 22 Camper Kim 19 Final Oral Examination Third Grade English Phonics Course Outline Shuangxi Municipal Elementary School

Student  Third Graders Background  Students know the alphabet but need some remedial work on short/long vowels sounds and word beginning and ending sounds. Students will master new word beginning combinations and new ending combinations. Language Skill  Remedial work on short and long vowel sounds. (quick Objectives review)  Remedial beginning and ending consonant combinations from Second grade orange and red flashcards. (quick review)  Students will then begin their study in consonant combination sounds for word beginnings, Shr-, Str-, Scr-, Spr-, Spl-, Squ-, Kn-, Wr-, C(s), G(j), word endings, -igh, -ind, plus vowel combinations, -oy, oi, ou, ow, au, aw, oo(u), oo(oo). Also Spellings and sounds of long vowel combinations, ee, ea, oa, ai, ay, y(as long I).  Memorize Helper Words: found, here, there, took, your. Learning  Study – Begin each lesson by reviewing the previous Strategies lesson quickly. Continue with the next lesson using the available materials. (10 minutes)  Practice – Learn the new sounds with flashcards, audio CD’s , and workbooks. (15 minutes)  Read Out Loud – Students will begin by starting out with the yellow, orange and red readers and teacher will quickly assess their level of ability. Next each student will begin at the level of reader they are comfortable with.  The main auxiliary strategy for Third Graders will be to help all the students to catch up to one another in reading and speaking ability. This will take a lot of individual and pair work. Major Learning  Mastering the language skills needed at this level to Objectives read the Hooked on Phonics readers and be able to discuss what they are reading.  Memorizing important helper words.  Building speaking confidence through reading aloud. Lesson Contents  Remedial work.  Mastering new beginning and ending word sounds.  Reading and discussing Hooked on Phonics workbooks and readers. Assessment  Student performance assessment will be ongoing and noted at six week intervals for each student. That’s 2 written assessment (non-tested) and 1 final assessment conducted by Final Oral Exam. Week Flashcards Green/Blue Workbooks CD Track “HOP” Readers 1 Green Green Workbook: 4-32 Green CD 1: The Best Flashcards 3-26 Grandma Ever 2 Review 3 33-48 CD 1: 27 The Very CD 2: 1-11 Hungry Bear 4 Review 5 (Helper 49-61 CD 2: 12- Cat Tricks Words) 20 6 Review 7 63-66 CD 2: 22 Night is Right for Me 8 Review 9 Blue Workbook: 4-12 Blue CD: 3- The Cereal 7 Box 10 Blue Review Flashcards 11 13- 22 CD: 8-13 A Rose, a Bridge and a Wild Black Horse 12 Review 13 22-30 CD:14-20 14 Review Mother Night 15 (Helper 31-44 CD: 21-30 Words) 16 Review 17 48-48 CD: 31 The Party 18 Review 19 Final Oral Examination

Third Grade Lesson Content Page Fourth Grade English Phonics Course Outline Shuangxi Municipal Elementary School

Student  Fourth Graders Background  In this grade the gap in learned skills becomes more apparent. Students who are attending private schools begin to pull ahead of their classmates who do not attend private schools or attend much less frequently. Also some students begin considering to themselves that learning English is too hard and start thinking about giving up. For that reason this is a very important grade. Hopefully with the new phonics program in place (over several semesters) students who are beginning phonics study in First Grade now will have gained the confidence they need to keep going. Language  As this is the first semester of phonics training Skill these students will need a lot of remedial work. Objectives  This remedial work will include going through the Yellow, Orange, Red, Green and Blue Flashcards and audio CD’s and workbooks. In order to build confidence and hopefully bring the students closer to the same reading level.  Mastering one-syllable words.  Mastering First through Third grade materials.  Connecting reading out loud success to speaking successfully as well. Major  Cover all the flashcards and CD’s from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Learning grade. Objectives  Cover all the “HOP” Readers, 1-30.  Link Reading and discussion to improve speaking abilities. Learning  Follow the same learning strategies used in grades Strategies one through three. Lesson  Mastering Short Vowel sounds. Contents  Reading the “HOP” books.  Mastering new beginning and ending word sounds. Assessment  Student performance assessment will be ongoing and noted at six-week intervals for each student. That’s 2 written assessments (non-tested) and 1 final assessment conducted by a Final Oral Exam. Fourth Grade Lesson Content Page Week Flashcards Workbooks CD Track “HOP” Readers 1 Yellow Complete the workbook Use As needed on 2 in four weeks. appropriate An individual 3 tracks. Follow basis as each 4 guidelines in student 5 Orange Complete the workbook course progresses 6 in four weeks. outlines for through the 7 phonics materials at 8 grades one their own 9 Red Complete the workbook through speed. Closely 10 in four weeks. three. supervised by 11 the Teacher. 12 13 Green Complete the workbook 14 in three weeks. 15 16 Blue Complete the workbook 17 in three weeks. 18 19 Final Oral Examination Fifth Grade English Phonics Course Outline Shuangxi Municipal Elementary School

Student  Fifth Graders Background  5A and 5B are the most diverse and difficult groups to teach in this school. Problem areas include lack of confidence and lack of motivation. They are also undisciplined and unruly. In addition to these drawbacks there are personality conflicts within the groups and wide differences in abilities and maturity.  In 5A there are 3 students who cannot read, 1 who needs a lot of help, 5 OK, 2 good and 2 very good. Thus I propose a multilevel class.(4 lower level, 5 intermediate level, 4 upper level) In 5B there are 4 students who need a lot of help reading, 2 who are OK, 5 who are good, and 2 very good. I plan to move the 2 OK readers into the intermediate level and the 2 best readers from intermediate into the upper level. So the class can be split the same as 5A. The big difference in this class is the divide in speaking ability. Half of the class scored 90 to 100 on their oral exam and the other half scored 60 and below. Language Skill  During the course of the semester to bring up Objectives the lower level students to an intermediate level.  To bring up the Intermediate level students to upper level.  To bring up the upper level students to a more advanced level.  Reading aloud and discussing what they have read. Learning  Follow the strategies used in grades 1 – 4, for Strategies lower level.  For intermediate and upper levels use computer CD Rom to enhance vocabulary. If a computer cannot be used in class then I will print out the vocabulary lessons from the CD Rom and use them as activity sheets.  Set up three stations in the classroom, one for each level. Get each level started and go from group to group checking on their work. Once a routine has been established this should go smoothly. Major Learning  Build confidence and motivation in reading and Objectives speaking abilities. Lesson Contents  Lower level students will be doing a lot of remedial work from materials used in the first through third grades, plus moving on to higher readers when they are ready.  Intermediate level students will quickly review all fourth grade material and quickly move on to the Blue readers for fifth grade.  Upper level students will begin with Blue readers for fifth grade and finish them before the end of the semester. Assessment  Student performance assessment will be ongoing and noted at six-week intervals for each student. That’s 2 written assessments (non-tested) and 1 final assessment conducted by a Final Oral Exam. 5A and B - Lesson Content Page Multi-level Phonics Class 5A and B - Lower/Intermediate/ Upper – Multi-level Phonics Class

Week Lower Level Intermediate Level Upper Level 1 Yellow, Blue Advanced Green Advanced Orange, Phonics Phonics Red, Unit One Unit Eleven 2 Green, 3 Blue. Unit Two Unit Twelve 4 Materials 5 Unit Three Unit Thirteen 6 7 Unit Four Unit Fourteen 8 9 Unit Five Unit Fifteen 10 Plus, reading ”The Midnight Plus, reading Ride” “Pirates Revenge” 11 Blue Advanced Phonics Unit Six Unit Sixteen Unit One 12 13 Unit Two Unit Seven Unit Seventeen

14 Unit Eight 15 Unit Three Unit Eighteen 16 Unit Nine 17 Unit Four Unit Nineteen 18 19 Final Oral Examinati on Sixth Grade English Phonics Course Outline Shuangxi Municipal Elementary School

Student  Sixth Graders Background  The sixth graders in general are more homogeneous in their reading and speaking abilities and with the exception of a few students function well in groups. 6A can be split into 2 groups consisting of a lower level and an intermediate level. 6B can be split into two groups consisting of an intermediate level and an upper level. Language  Overall improvement in reading aloud and speaking Skill abilities. Objectives  Learning language discovery skills, that is, how to deduct meaning from the text without memorizing vocabulary.  Feeling more comfortable in an open conversation. Learning  Give explicit, systematic reading instructions. Skills  How and where to break multi-syllabic words into separate syllables, and how to pronounce those syllables.  Practice applying these skills by reading short stories and books out loud.  Building the bridge between reading and saying simple words to longer words. Major  Reading out loud and discussion of short stories and Learning books. Objectives  Get the students to open up more, speak up and take a chance.  Build their confidence in Speaking. Lesson  Hooked on Phonics materials for 7 to 12 year olds Content (American Standard) Assessment  Student performance assessment will be ongoing and noted at six-week intervals for each student. That’s 2 written assessments (non-tested) and 1 final assessment conducted by a Final Oral Exam. 6A and B - Lesson Content Page Multi-level Phonics Class 6A Lower and Intermediate/ 6B Intermediate and Upper

Week 6A-Lower 6A 6B 6B Upper Intermediate Intermediate 1 Blue - AP Green – AP Same as 6A Orange – AP Unit 1 Unit 11 Unit 21 2 3 Unit 2 Unit 12 Unit 22 4 5 Unit 3 Unit 13 Unit 23 6 7 Unit 4 Unit 14 Unit 24 8 9 Unit 5 Unit 15 Unit 25 10 11 Unit 6 Unit 16 Unit 26 12 13 Unit 7 Unit 17 Unit 27 14 15 Unit 8 Unit 18 Unit 28 16 17 Unit 9 Unit 19 Unit 29 18 Plus, “The Plus, “ Pirates Plus, “Men in Midnight Revenge” Green” Ride” 19 Final Oral Examination