LESSON PLAN
The Foundational Skills Lesson Plan makes it easy to plan your tutoring session. Sections include:
  • Letter/sound drills
  • Letter dictation
  • Word build
  • Word dictation
  • Reading a decodable text
  • Sentence dictation
  • Phonemic awareness exercises
PHONICS: LETTER/SOUND DRILLS & DICTATION

For the letter/sound drill sections of your lesson, use the Fundations® cueing system. Note: Practice letter/sound pronunciation, including clipping those consonants, with the OG Card Deck App (free).


Watch letter/sound drills in action >
WORD BUILD

For the word build and dictation sections of your lesson, use the word lists linked below.
Use magnet boards, small sticky notes with a manila folder, or Really Great Reading's free online tile board.
READ A DECODABLE TEXT

Read a decodable text that supports additional practice in the skills covered above with your letter/sound drills and word build. Click the button below to access free online decodable texts.
Watch reading a decodable text in action >
PHONOLOGICAL AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

Use the appropriate pages from your Heggerty "Primary Phonics" manual. Scaffold as needed.

Email julie.claywell@r2sasheville.org to reserve a copy of the Heggerty "Primary Phonics" manual from the R2S resource library.
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Use Really Great Readings free tile board to build words on-screen with your student during virtual lessons.
WORD DICTATION

Procedure:                                    
  1. Tutor says, "My word is ________. Now you say it."
  2. Student repeats the word.
  3. Student taps out the word.
  4. Student writes the word.
SENTENCE DICTATION

Procedure:                                    
  1. Tutor says, "My sentence is ________. Now you say it."
  2. Student repeats the sentence.
  3. Student writes the sentence.
Lead students through an editing process afterwards (may not be appropriate for all ages/ability levels at first.)
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Watch helpful tutorial videos on the Heggerty Phonemic Awarness Youtube Channel.