Preschool + Pre-K Phonics Curriculum Unit 2 Explore the Alphabet Curriculum

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Are you wanting an alphabet curriculum that will build strong beginning readers? The Empowering Little Readers Pre-K Phonics Curriculum has everything you need to teach explicit daily phonemic awareness and phonics lessons in Preschool, Pre-K, or Transitional Kindergarten (TK). The Pre-K Phonics Curriculum was designed with best practiced from the Science of Reading in mind to give your students a strong foundation in the alphabetic principle.

Pre-K Phonics Unit 2: Explore the Letters includes 22 weeks or 110 days of phonics instruction. This preschool + pre-k phonics unit will focus on letter sounds and learning how sounds make up words.

This unit is fully differentiated! Students who need more support will continue working on letters and sounds, while students who are ready will begin decoding, reading, and writing.

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Pre-K Phonics Curriculum Unit 2: Explore the Letters includes daily instruction in:

• Phonological and phonemic awareness
• Whole group alphabet lessons
• Music and movement
• Student independent practice
• Differentiated small group options to scaffold or extend the learning

In the Preschool + Pre-K Phonics Curriculum, students will work with Letter Lion, the official mascot of the Empowering Little Readers Pre-K Phonics Curriculum. In Unit 2, Letter Lion will be learning to read right along side your students!

Preschool + Pre-K Phonics Unit 2 Includes:

• 110 Daily Lesson Plans
• Daily Student Printables
• Alphabet Motions and Posters
• Alphabet Mouth Formation Cards
• Original Phonics Songs
• Alphabet and Beginning CVC Decodable Readers
• Scaffold + Extend Small Group Activities
• Mascot
• 11 Alphabet Centers

How does this unit work?

Students will review two letter sounds a week for two weeks. On the third week, students will focus on phonemic awareness and learn how those sounds can be used to make words. Students who are ready will begin reading and writing CVC words, while students who are not will continue to focus on the letters and their sounds.

The 11 alphabet centers included are:

1. Alphabet Smash
2. Alphabet Build
3. Alphabet Build and Cover
4. Alphabet Search and Find
5. Beginning Sounds Cover by Code
6. Beginning Sounds Spin and Cover
7. Letter Sounds Magnet Match
8. Beginning Sounds Sorts
9. Search the Room
10. Find and Dab Beginning Sounds
11. Cut and Sort Beginning Sounds

Take a closer look at the lessons:

Each component of the Pre-K Phonics Curriculum lesson plans was designed to pack as much impact as possible into your day.

• Phonological and Phonemic Awareness – These are quick phonological and phonemic awareness routines that will only take minutes each day.
• Whole Group Lesson – The whole group lesson is short, around 5 minutes each day. Students will be introduced to the sound and the letter that makes the sound.
• Music and Movement – Daily original songs are included for each letter and each letter pair.
• Student worksheet – A short daily student practice worksheet is included to reinforce the letter in print.
• Optional Small Group Activities – Short small group lessons are included to scaffold or extend the lesson. For scaffolding, students will focus on the mouth formation and sound of each letter. For extending the learning, students will begin using concepts of print as they read alphabet decodable readers.

Pre-K Phonics Unit 2 Scope and Sequence by Week:

1. m,a
2. s, t
3. Making words
4. f, b
5. c, r
6. making words
7. l, p
8. o, d
9. making words
10. g, n
11. w, i
12. making words
13. h, j
14. k, review
15. e, v
16. making words
17. z, y
18. x, review
19. u, review
20. making words
21. putting it all together
22. putting it all together

7 heart words are introduced in this unit for students who are ready:

the, I, see, my, like, to, look

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Can I use the Pre-K Phonics Curriculum units with my preschool, transitional kindergarten, special education, or kindergarten classroom? Yes! These phonics lesson plans would work well for preschool, pre-k, transitional kindergarten, or in a special education setting. They will not cover an entire Kindergarten scope and sequence, but would work well for Kindergarten phonics intervention.

Would the Pre-K Phonics Curriculum work well in a homeschool setting? Yes! These lesson plans are designed to be easy to follow and include everything you need. They would work well in a homeschool setting.

Do I have to follow the Pre-K Literacy Curriculum lesson plans exactly? No, I know that there may be more included than you have time for. Please feel free to break up the day or pick and choose the activities that would be the most meaningful for your class.

Does the Pre-K Phonics Curriculum align with the Science of Reading? Yes! The Empowering Little Readers Pre-K Phonics Curriculum was designed with best practices from the Science of Reading in mind. Unit 2 will match up with the scope and sequence of my Prereaders Science of Reading unit.

Are the lesson plans or materials editable? No, i’m sorry, these are not editable at this time.

Are these lesson plans included in any of your other resources? Yes, the Pre-K Phonics Unit 2 is included in the Pre-K Phonics Curriculum for the Year.