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Saxon Phonics Saxon Phonics

 Saxon Phonics Grade 1 students will:

  • participate in daily phonemic awareness skill building activities

  • learn a new letter, letter cluster, or spelling concept every day
  • participate in daily reviews of previously taught concepts to ensure sufficient exposure to, and mastery of, each concept
  • begin blending sounds to read and unblending sounds to spell after learning two letters
  • learn to spell by applying spelling rules rather than by relying only on memorization
  • learn common suffixes and selected prefixes
  • develop fluency by reading text (fluency readers) written with high-frequency words
  • receive explicit handwriting instruction (print)
  • be assessed regularly to monitor progress in phonics and spelling
  • participate in games and activities that motivate, reinforce, and remedia







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