If you need an open-and-go but thorough, multi-modal, step-by-step way to teach reading or to address gaps in phonics, consider these options.
Simply Classical Level 1 (SC 1) begins at the beginning with CVC words, such as "man" and "pig." The student reviews consonant and vowel sounds, begins reading every day, and learns consonant blends by the end of the year.
Simply Classical Level 2 (SC 2) reviews CVC, silent e, and consonant blends before teaching r-controlled vowels and working on reading fluency.
For more thorough placement assessments, see SimplyClassical.com.
SC 1 Phonics, Reading, Printing Intensive
1. Individual Lesson Plans with built-in visual-auditory-kinesthetic-tactile (VAKT) lesson plans. Scroll down to Special Needs via the link. You will need Simply Classical Level 1 Phonics and Reading Lesson Plans. (When you click on your choice of Digital or Print you may not see anything happen, but it will be added to your cart.)
2. First Start Reading Student Set Note that Book E was added to this set. We wait until Simply Classical Level 3 to teach Book E, so you might save this for teaching FSR E in the summer after SC 1 or in the summer after Level 2.
3. First Start Reading Teacher Guide A-D
4. Core Skills: Phonics K
5. Readers Fun in the Sun, Soft and White, Scamp and Tramp
6. Classical Phonics
7. Primary Phonics Readers Set 1, Set 2, Set 3 -- Set 3 is for extra, unscheduled practice after Simply Classical Level 1 Phonics and Reading instruction is completed.
8. Phonics from A to Z -- Recommended reference book with book lists listed by sound per week. The book contains visual aids for teaching phonemes and more.
9. Suggested Supplement: Phonics Flashcards from Memoria Press
SC 2 Phonics, Reading, Spelling, Writing Intensive
1. Individual Lesson Plans with built-in VAKT lessons. Scroll down to Special Needs via the link. You will need both of these sets of lesson plans:
a.) Simply Classical Level 2 Phonics & Spelling Lesson Plans
b.) Simply Classical Level 2 Reading & Writing Lesson Plans
2. I Can Read It!
3. Core Skills Phonics 2
4. Phonics Flashcards
5. Classical Phonics
6. Simply Classical Spelling: Book One
7. To teach writing: a.) Simply Classical Writing: Book One (Bible Story Ed.) and b.) A Child's Garden of Bible Stories and c.) Individual Lesson Plans -- all in this link
8. Simply Classical Copybook: Book Two, Manuscript - this gives extra writing practice and coordinates with the Bible stories
The above Intensives will give you a streamlined focus for those years in which you must target reading more intently. For our full curriculum packages to teach all subjects in 34 weeks each year, see SimplyClassical.com.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via a new post in the Simply Classical forum or privately cherylswope@memoriapress.com.
Simply Classical Level 1 (SC 1) begins at the beginning with CVC words, such as "man" and "pig." The student reviews consonant and vowel sounds, begins reading every day, and learns consonant blends by the end of the year.
Simply Classical Level 2 (SC 2) reviews CVC, silent e, and consonant blends before teaching r-controlled vowels and working on reading fluency.
For more thorough placement assessments, see SimplyClassical.com.
SC 1 Phonics, Reading, Printing Intensive
1. Individual Lesson Plans with built-in visual-auditory-kinesthetic-tactile (VAKT) lesson plans. Scroll down to Special Needs via the link. You will need Simply Classical Level 1 Phonics and Reading Lesson Plans. (When you click on your choice of Digital or Print you may not see anything happen, but it will be added to your cart.)
2. First Start Reading Student Set Note that Book E was added to this set. We wait until Simply Classical Level 3 to teach Book E, so you might save this for teaching FSR E in the summer after SC 1 or in the summer after Level 2.
3. First Start Reading Teacher Guide A-D
4. Core Skills: Phonics K
5. Readers Fun in the Sun, Soft and White, Scamp and Tramp
6. Classical Phonics
7. Primary Phonics Readers Set 1, Set 2, Set 3 -- Set 3 is for extra, unscheduled practice after Simply Classical Level 1 Phonics and Reading instruction is completed.
8. Phonics from A to Z -- Recommended reference book with book lists listed by sound per week. The book contains visual aids for teaching phonemes and more.
9. Suggested Supplement: Phonics Flashcards from Memoria Press
SC 2 Phonics, Reading, Spelling, Writing Intensive
1. Individual Lesson Plans with built-in VAKT lessons. Scroll down to Special Needs via the link. You will need both of these sets of lesson plans:
a.) Simply Classical Level 2 Phonics & Spelling Lesson Plans
b.) Simply Classical Level 2 Reading & Writing Lesson Plans
2. I Can Read It!
3. Core Skills Phonics 2
4. Phonics Flashcards
5. Classical Phonics
6. Simply Classical Spelling: Book One
7. To teach writing: a.) Simply Classical Writing: Book One (Bible Story Ed.) and b.) A Child's Garden of Bible Stories and c.) Individual Lesson Plans -- all in this link
8. Simply Classical Copybook: Book Two, Manuscript - this gives extra writing practice and coordinates with the Bible stories
The above Intensives will give you a streamlined focus for those years in which you must target reading more intently. For our full curriculum packages to teach all subjects in 34 weeks each year, see SimplyClassical.com.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via a new post in the Simply Classical forum or privately cherylswope@memoriapress.com.