The unique approach of these 1st grade homeschool activity lessons and teacher books has helped make Saxon Phonics a best seller.
The Saxon Phonics 1 Student Workbooks and Reader provide the student with his or her own set of grade appropriate practice workbooks and reader materials with which to review the concepts being taught. The set includes a two-part student workbook, a colorful alphabet strip with D'Nealian style letters on one side and block style letters on the other, student readers, a complete alphabet set of letter tiles, and an irregular spelling booklet.
Phonics One begins by teaching a new letter or letters every day, then reviewing those letters for as long as necessary. First-graders learn two letters, then begin blending words together to read, and unblending words to spell. As the children progress, they are given small take-home books (readers) that contain words with sounds they can blend.
Comprehension tests are provided to monitor progress. Games and activities are provided to motivate the children having the least success.
Each day the children review all previous learning and have a homework page for continued reinforcement. Spelling rules are taught so the children learn to spell by using knowledge instead of memorization only. Common suffixes and a few prefixes are taught. 140 lessons. © 1996. |
