PHONICS CLASS

Phonics is one key to the castle of reading! Let us provide you and your little ones with the rest of the keys so that they can reach the top of their phonics journey. They will be reading in no time! 
A Typical Day in Class
1st. 5-10 minutes: Children first line up outside the classroom and are ushered in by the teacher where they can explore different activities.

2nd. 10-15 Minutes: Students get a chance to discuss their homework with the teacher. The teacher encourages the students to ask questions or instructs the students on how to overcome mistakes made or evaluate if the student still doesn't fully understand the concepts presented.
3rd. 10-15 Minutes: Flash cards and word discussion. The teacher uses I Know English specially designed training cards to helps students completely understand phonics and their relationship to speaking words.
4th. 10 Minutes: Free time! Teacher allows students to take time for themselves to discuss, explore or simply digest what they just learned. The teacher may play music related to phonics or rhyming at this time. 

5th. 10-15 Minutes: Storytime/Role-play/Workbook. Students listen to and are encouraged to ask questions about the story/workbook activities. In role-playing, students pretend to be the characters and use the appropriate vocabulary and body language associated with their character.

6th. 5 Minutes: Clean up time. Teacher leads students in clean up time and manages to see things are put away in an orderly fashion. At the door, the teacher recaps with the students about what they practised and reminds then they must continue at home. Finally, salutations to the teacher and students are given, then students exit the class. 
Skills To Learn (Keys to the Castle!)
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  • Listening (phonology): Students will learn to listen to individual words and understand how their mouth: teeth, tongue and lips make sounds in words. 

  • Phonics: Students learning phonics simply apply meaning to sounds with written symbols. We use of a variety of methods to help your child remember, including: singing, rhyming, memory games, flash cards, spelling and many more. 

  • Sequencing: Sequencing involves understanding and predicting what sounds come in what order when saying a word. We do this through listening and reproducing sounds as well as identifying different sounds at different parts of words. 

  • Blending: Through out this stage students will blend 2 sounds, 3 sounds and even 4 or more sounds to make familiar words. Students at this stage in their development are very close to starting the reading class.