Saxon Phonics is an everyday part of our school day. It teaches kids strategies to use to learn how to read and spell. It is difficult while learning - especially for us parents. We didn't have this system when we were in school so it is hard to understand and follow.
Each lesson builds on the day before. It reviews daily. Don't be worried if your child doesn't get the concept right away - it might take awhile. This system was built for mastery towards the end of the year. The more we practice - the better they will get at coding.
It does work!!!! I have seen the benefits of learning phonics this way and how the kids use the strategies they have learned to other things.
Here is all of the lessons for the year and what each lesson covers.
http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/HA/correlations/pdf/p/PS1_TOC.pdf
Here is a parent packet that can help at home.
http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/HA/correlations/pdf/p/Phon1_Info.pdf
Here are a coding charts
http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/HA/correlations/pdf/s/saxon_phonics_coding_chart.pdf
Check to these pages to see how you should code the words for each lesson or topic.
So far....
Your child has completed lesson 23. We hope to get to lesson 28 by Friday.
1 The Letter N
2 The Letter O
3 The Letter O
4 The Letter T
5 The Letter P
6 The Letter I
7 The Letter L
8 The Letter A
9 The Letter Z
10 Assessment
11 The Letter S (when it sounds like a /z/ put a line through it like rose)
12 Suffix -s (put box around a suffix)
13 Blends (like nt, sp, sl)
14 The Letter D
15 Assessment
16 The Letter F
17 The Letter H
18 The Letter G
19 The Letter R
20 Assessment
21 The Letter K
22 The Letter C
23 Spelling with C & K (when a /c/ sounds like a /k/, but a line - K-back - on the c)
24 The Letter B
25 Assessment
26 The Letter M
27 The Letter E {(short vowel gets a breve like in elephant or elf; long vowel gets a macron (straight line like in eel, sheep)}
28 Digraph ck {underline ck like in duck or quack}
Some other coding that will help:
- Double consonants: when you have twin consonants like in hill or floss. You only hear one of the letters. We cross off the last letter
- S like in Rose: When the s like in rose or as, it sounds like a /z/, not an /s/ like in sun or bus. Put a line through it to show its different sounds.
- Accent Marks: In these words: no, so, I, go, me These words get a macron for its long vowel sound. It also gets an accent mark after the vowel. This is due to its one syllable and ending in a long vowel. Whenever you see a word that follows those rules - it gets a macron and an accent mark.
- Blank Lines: When you see any blank lines - these parts are done orally in class. They should have a word or letter on the blank if they were at school. If your child was absent - there is not way to make up this part. Leave the blank lines alone. It was done out loud at school!
