Here is the basic sequence:
Level 1: Letters of the Alphabet-- name, formation, and sound
Level 2: Short Vowels -- a, i, o, u, and e
Level 3: Long Vowels -- Vowel-consonant-e sounds and Vowel Pairs
Level 4: Vowels Controlled by r and l
Level 5: More Vowel Pairs
How are lessons taught?
-Lessons integrate auditory and visual review of letters/sound
-Spelling is done in conjunction with handwriting
-Grammar, punctuation, and the rules are taught
-Word decoding practice by playing a phonics game
-Doing worksheets that include phonics, grammar, punctuation, and language arts skills that will be in the story
-Teaching non-decodable words that will be in the story
All of this instruction and practice provides the preparation for success reading the story at the end of the lesson. Skills are also taught during oral reading of the stories.
What are the benefits of this program?
1. Orton-Gillingham based and compatible multisensory techniques help long-term retention (used by reading specialists and effective for dyslexia and language learning difficulties)
2. The sequence in which sounds are taught minimizes confusion
3. The phonics codes are presented in patterns that make sense of the rules
4. Strategies and techniques help solve difficulties with reversals, handwriting, spelling, retention, directionality, blends...
5. This balanced program that covers all of the bases: phonemic awareness, systematic and explicit multisensory phonics, reading, handwriting, spelling, and K-2 language arts
6. 50 colorful phonics games provide the necessary word decoding practice as sounds are taught
7. 5 Workbooks provide the phonics, language arts writing practice for reading success
8. Six volumes of phonetically sequenced stories Each story features words with the new sound for the lesson and has a few new non-decodable words that are taught in advance. The vocabulary is highly controlled and cumulative so students get continuous practice of skills taught to date. With thorough Go Phonics preparation and practice in advance, students have a more successful, meaningful reading experience.
What are the materials?
The Basic Kit: IMPROVED-2ND EDITION
- Teacher's Guide, Levels 1-5
- Assessments (printables on CD)
- 5 Workbooks*
- 5 Mini-book Masters* (Level 1 Alphabet)
- 4 Volumes of Decodable Stories (over 350 pages):
The Fat Cat, Sue and Joe's Pies, My Turn, Cooking on the Front Burner
- 3 Key Word Charts, 96 key words: alphabet, digraphs, trigraphs, phonograms
- Prefixes and Suffixes Chart
- Word Lists Book (over 140 lists)
- 108 Letter Cards (with head, belt and foot lines)
- Songs for Learning to Read -- songbook with audio CD
- 2 Level 1 games (also part of the 50 game set)
Add the Set of 50 Phonics Games for decoding practice:
50 Colorful Phonics Games (12 boards, 3 spinners, 50 sets of cards)
Game Rules Guide, card storage trays, game pieces (some assembly required)
*Teacher Edition: blackline master permission for on-site duplicating for multiple student---workbooks, mini-books, black and white key word charts
*Home Edition: has consumable workbooks
