Jolly Phonics--S!

SAS uses Jolly Phonics to introduce the letters and sounds for reading and writing. It uses the synthetic phonics method of teaching the letter sounds in a way that is fun and multi-sensory. Children learn how to use the letter sounds to read and write words. 

The five basic skills for reading and writing are: 1. Learning the letter sounds 2. Learning letter formation
 3. Blending
 4. Identifying sounds in words 5. Spelling the tricky words 

Each sound has an action which helps children remember the letter(s) that represent it. The letters have not been introduced in alphabetical order. The first group (s, a, t, i, p, n) has been chosen because they make more simple three-letter words than any other six letters. 

 We started with Ss this week, and the students have been involved in many fun activities including learning the song, action and story for Ss, painting wooden snakes, practicing our 5 color S’s, coming up with words that start with S, eating gummy snakes, learning a sandwich poem, and making our first feely shape S. 

 The favorite activity was looking at a REAL snake skeleton from the science lab upstairs in the high school and drawing our own! Look at our amazing snakes! I loved hearing the discussion as we observed!