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Saxon Phonics
prepares children to be successful, independent readers and spellers.
Supported by research on effective reading instruction, Saxon's phonics
programs are appropriate for all children, including those with learning
difficulties. No prior knowledge of phonics is required to teach these
success-oriented programs. Saxon has completely scripted the lessons to
make teaching easy.
Saxon's Phonics K program has
been
carefully planned and packaged in a homeschool kit to make your teaching
experience easier. Phonics K
begins by working with auditory discrimination skills to assess children's
phonemic awareness -- that is, their cognizance of the different sounds of
the English language. Phonemic awareness indicates that children are ready
to learn to read. When they are ready, the parent begins to introduce each
letter individually. In order to allow plenty of time for exposure, one
week is devoted to the introduction of each letter. Phonics K
students will: • learn the sound, name, and written form of
each letter
• review daily all
previously taught letters to ensure sufficient exposure to and mastery of
each
• letter
• create words by blending
sounds
• spell by unblending
sounds
• never be asked to read
or write sounds that have not been taught
• be assessed regularly to
monitor progress
• participate in games and
activities that motivate, reinforce, and remediate
Homeschool Kit Contents:
Saxon's primary phonics programs have been carefully
planned and packaged. All you need to successfully teach each program is
included in the homeschool kit. Phonics K, Phonics 1, and
Phonics 2 homeschool kits contain the following:
Teacher's Manual - The Teacher's
Manual has been carefully written to use language and provide activities
appropriate for the student's grade level. The unique instructional format
provides the parent with directions and lesson scripts that include
possible student responses. Each lesson contains a list of materials,
preparation instructions, the entire scripted lesson, and reduced versions
of applicable student materials. Also in the manual are introductory
materials explaining how to implement the program, coding charts, a
glossary, word lists that may be used for extension activities, and
detailed game directions.
Teaching Tools -
Teaching tools are included to help implement the
program. These include review decks, kid cards, a rule book, an audiotape,
and a video instructional guide.
Literature Extensions - Literature Extensions, now part of the
Phonics K-2 teaching tools, supplement phonics instruction by
incorporating quality works of classic and contemporary literature. All
titles have been carefully selected from core reading lists and should be
readily available in libraries or bookstores. A booklet of fourteen
extensions is provided for each level of the primary phonics series. Each
extension provides practice in literary analysis and comprehension skills
as well as an activity for phonics reinforcement.
Student Materials - The student is given a set of grade-appropriate
practice materials with which to review the concepts he or she is
learning. The set includes a two-part student workbook, student readers,
and a colorful alphabet strip with D'Nealian-style letters on one side and
block-style letters on the other. Phonics K and 1 include a
complete set of alphabet letter tiles. Phonics 1 and 2
contain an irregular spelling booklet. |
