Jolly Phonics
Level 1
Course Content:
This course is intended to teach the 42 sounds of English introduced through stories, actions and songs, along with their formation. With this code knowledge, they are taken through stages of blending sounds together to read words and identifying individual sounds in words to spell them.
Methodology:
- Flash Card Presentation
- Games
- Exercises
- Role Plays
- Question and Answer Sessions
- Reading decodable readers and books
- Reinforcement of letter sounds using literacy games and activities
- Periodic assessment and review
Contents of the Program:
- Introduction of 42 letter sounds-stories, actions and songs.
- Letter formation of 42 sounds-prewriting skills and writing skills
- Building phonological and phonemic awareness
- Concept of vowels and consonants
- Consonant blends
- Teaching blending to read words
- Teaching segmenting to spell words
Level 2
This program is designed to follow on from beginner’s program and intended to teach and build children’s vocabulary and reading skills by providing them with the knowledge of alternative spellings and introduce them to creative writing.
Contents of the Program:
- Revision of 42 letter sounds
- Continuation of building phonological awareness
- Consonant blends
- Tricky words-reading and spelling
- Consonant blends
- Independent reading, shared reading and guided reading
Methodology:
- Dictation of words
- Tricky words-reading and spelling
- Difference between letter names and letter sounds
- Reading words, phrases and sentences
- Reading decodable readers and books
- Reinforcement of letter sounds using literacy games and activities
- Periodic assessment and review
Level 3
Methodology:
- Dictation of sentences
- Reading words, phrases and sentences
- Reading decodable readers and books
- Reinforcement of letter sounds using literacy games and activities
- Periodic assessment and review
Contents of the Program:
- Picture and text comprehension and composition
- Introduction to creative writing
- Dictation of words and age-appropriate sentences
- Independent reading, shared reading and guided . reading