Phonics Help
© 2019 by Heidi Anne Mesmer from Letter Lessons and First Words. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Letter Lessons Cycles 2 and 3 Weekly Lesson Template Subunit: Lesson #: Letter/Sound Focus:
All Alphabet Review (Rehearse) 5 min.
Hear-It (Analyze) 5 min.
Target Letter Activity (Analyze) 7–9 min.
Spell-It (Synthesize) 5 min.
Read-It (Apply) 5 min.
M o
nd ay
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List New Letters Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Pattern & Content Words:
Tuesd ay
Activity: Activity: Activity: Activity: Title:
Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Pattern & Content Words:
W ed
nesd ay
Activity: Activity: Activity: Activity: Title:
Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Pattern & Content Words:
© 2019 by Heidi Anne Mesmer from Letter Lessons and First Words. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
All Alphabet Review (Practice) 5 min.
Hear-It (Analyze) 5 min.
Decode-It (Analyze) 10 min.
Spell-It (Synthesize) 5 min.
Read-It (Apply) 5 min.
Thursd ay
Activity: Activity: Activity: Activity: Title:
Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Pattern & Content Words:
Frid ay
Activity: Activity: Activity: Activity: Title:
Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Words/Notes: Pattern & Content Words:
1 All ABC Review Activities: ABC Rings, Bingo, Go Fish! Find-It, Alphabet Arc, Sing and Point with Alphabet Chart
2 Hear-It Activities: Silly Sentences, Tommy Tiger, Breaking Pictures, Picture Sorts, Which One? Share a Sound, Mother May?
3 Target Letter Activities: Matching, Scavenger Hunt, Letter Dominoes, Draw a Sound, Picture Sorts, Letter Sound Match, Pick-up, Hopscotch, Slap-It
4 Spell-It Activities: Tracing letters, Air writing, Letter Bank, Dictation with Dry-Erase
5 Read-It Routine: Book Walk, First Read (Teacher, I read/you read, Choral), Second Read (Independently), Praise and Practice, Reread—POINTING IS THE POINT.