The PHONICS Road to Spelling and Reading
Learning to build the English language in the same way a carpenter learns to build a house.
Setting the Foundations
- Apprentice learns 72 letters and letter teams
- Writing begins with simple figures
- Hear-Say-Write-Read® over 500 words
- Learn and practice 21 spelling rules with Rule Tunes®
- Progress from building words to building sentences
- Read 20 First Readers with fluency and illustrate
- Practice buildings paragraphs from sentences
LEVEL ONE
Adding Framing to the Foundations
- Hear-Say-Write-Read® 500 new words
- Add 9 new spelling rules with Rule Tunes®
- Learn parts of speech with Grammar Tunes®
- Analyze simple sentences
- Read aloud Little House in the Big Woods
- Literary & composition activities with the reader
- Learn connected cursive writing
LEVEL TWO
Adding Designing to the Framing
- All written work in connected cursive
- Journeyman reviews previous 1000+ words
- Hear-Say-Write-Read® 350+ new words
- Review grammar with Grammar Tunes®
- New grammar structures with Framing Keys®
- Learn the Latin style of English spelling
- Build 400 words with Latin components
- Reading & composition activities with Robert Fulton Boy Craftsman and Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
LEVEL THREE
Adding Finishing Elements to the Design
- Hear-Say-Write-Read® 600 challenging words with grammar and Latin applications
- Analyze & diagram complex sentence structures
- Build 250 words with Latin components
- Reading & composition activities with Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
- Merge all vocabulary, grammar, and literary devices to compose paragraphs
LEVEL FOUR