Advanced Phonics/Reading/Writing
HERO Class Syllabus for 2008-2009
Course Text: Learning log used for daily dictation ($5.00 fee)
Course Instructor: Debra Olson
Email: debra.mn@embarqmail.com
Course Description:
This class is a continuation of the Beginning Phonics course using the tools we learned and applying them in this class. This course will focus on the same skills (phonogram sounds and weekly spelling tests) as the early classes except at a faster pace. More sentence writing and oral reading will occur than the other two phonics classes. This class is for the advanced reader who needs a little more help with their phonics and writing skills. There will be a $5.00 fee for a learning log used for daily dictation. (This is a year long course).
Supplies
Grading Information:
The students will be graded on attendance, participation, and performance. Grades will be based on percentage. To get 100%, the student would have to never miss class, get 100% on all the spelling tests, and participate as much as possible. Participation is when the student is showing interest, paying attention, and engaging in writing. Performance involves showing knowledge learned(quiz scores, memorization of the 70 phonograms, and homework sentence writing). The total percentage grade from attendance, participation, and performance are added together and then the three percentages are divided by three to get the final percentage grade.
Grading Scale:
Participation: 0% to 100%
Performance: 0% to 100%
Guidelines for Success:
· Class participation Students are encouraged to participate in class dictation and phonogram memorization activities. Following directions and rules are also very important.
· Class attendance Students are strongly encourage to attend class each week. The student will miss out on dictation and possibly a quiz.
· Written Assignment Criteria As the year progresses, sentence writing will be given out for homework. Plus the students will need to study for weekly spelling quizzes and memorizing the phonogram sounds.
· Late Work If the work is not turned in on the due date, it may be turned in the next class time for a 50% grade, after that the grade becomes a 0%.
Class Assignment Schedule Once spelling quizzes start up, students will need to study each week the dictation words they learned for a quiz the following week. Parents will be informed by a note when this takes place.
