Letters to Little Words Guide
This “Letters to Little Words” Guide is set-up in a 4-day format to be completed in 36-weeks, a full school year. This guide schedules phonics practice, creative phonics activities, phonics workbooks, phonics games, letter and phonogram flashcards, basic informal spelling activities, handwriting, creative composition, interactive phonics worksheets, and teaching for basic lifeskills. This guide includes bonus handwriting originals, helpful weekly parent notes, instructions for use and teaching of materials within the program, and other additional helps and charts.
The different aspects of this program listed above use varying materials: student workbooks, interactive worksheets, hands-on games and activities, and crafts. The resources “Hands-On” Phonics Pack, Phonics Cards & Character Cards, and “Mac’s Make-Your-Own” Phonics Readers provide ample opportunity for game ideas, cut-and-paste practice, hands-on phonics games, sounding out letters and phonograms practice, and fun!
Concepts “Letters to Little Words” Covers:
Week 1: Alphabet & Life Skills – spelling their name
Week 2: Letter “A” & Life Skills – spelling their name
Week 3: Letter “F” & Life Skills – spelling their name; memorize their home phone number
Week 4: Letter “B” & Life Skills – memorize their home phone number
Week 5: Letter “M” & Life Skills – spelling their name; memorize their home phone number
Week 6: Letter “E” & Life Skills – teach how to answer the phone
Week 7: Letter “K” & Life Skills – practice answering the phone
Week 8: Letter “T” & Life Skills – teach how to make a phone call
Week 9: Letter “R” & Life Skills – create a phone number chart
Week 10: Letter “I” & Life Skills – emergency phone numbers
Week 11: Letter “P” & Life Skills – teach about liquid/solid measurements
Week 12: Letter “S” & Life Skills – liquid/solid measurements practice
Week 13: Letter “N” & Life Skills – teach the names of the days of the week
Week 14: Letter “O” & Life Skills – teach about how to use a calender & days of the week
Week 15: Letter “J” & Life Skills – continue practice using a calender & the days of the week; teach the names of the months in the year
Week 16: Letter “H” & Life Skills – continued practice of their knowledge of the calender & months in the year
Week 17: Letter “D” & Life Skills – continued practice of their knowledge of the calender & months in the year
Week 18: Letter “U” & Life Skills – continued practice of their knowledge of the calender & months in the year
Week 19: Letter “C” & Life Skills – continued practice of their knowledge of the calender & months in the year
Week 20: Letter “L” & Life Skills – teach about table manners
Week 21: Letter “G” & Life Skills – continued practice of their table manners
Week 22: Letter “W” & Life Skills – continued practice of their table manners
Week 23: Letter “Y” & Life Skills – continued practice of their table manners
Week 24: Letter “V” & Life Skills – teach student how to tie their shoes
Week 25: Letter “Z” & Life Skills – continued practice tying their shoes
Week 26 Letter “QU” & Life Skills – teach student what to do if lost & what to do in a public place
Week 27: Letter “X” & Life Skills – teach student about fire safety
Week 28: Phonograms “EE” & “OA” & Life Skills – teach student what to do in a tornado
Week 29: Phonograms “EAR,” “IR,” & “UR” & Life Skills – teach student about water safety
Week 30: Phonograms “ER” & “WOR” & Life Skills – teach student how to cross the street safely
Week 31: Phonograms “SH” & “TH”& Life Skills – teach student about strangers
Week 32: Phonograms “CH,” “PH,” & “WH”& Life Skills – teach student their home address & review of previous safety concepts
Week 33: Phonograms “AY,” “AI,” “OY,” & “OI” & Life Skills – show student where you live on a map
Week 34 Phonograms “AW” & “AU;” Phonics “KN” & “GN” & Life Skills – teach student how to use a can opener
Week 35: Phonograms “AR;” & Phonics “CK” & “NG”& Life Skills – review how to tie shoes, days of the weeks, and home phone number
Week 36 Phonograms “OR” & Phonics “TCH” & “DGE” & Life Skills – practice telephone skills & create a fire escape plan