Each group meets twice a week for thirty minutes. This is ongoing and after students have learned their sounds, they then work on writing sentences using words they have learned.

• Spend some time assessing each student's individual reading level.
• Place students into groups of no more than nine students.
• Each group should be similar in letter names and sounds.
  • Each child needs a white board, eraser, and dry erase marker. If you do not have access to these materials, laminate plain tag board, use kleenex or felt for an eraser, and a crayon.

1. Place whiteboards or laminated tag board, erasers, and dry erase markers on the rug.
2. Have each student sit next to the board.
3. Students divide the board into four squares with two lines in each square.
4. Begin with the letter s.
5. Teacher writes capital s on board and lower case s on board.
6. Teacher makes the sound of s and puts hand in front of mouth.
7. Students make the sound of s and put hand in front of mouth.
8. Next, teacher writes the word sad.
9. Teacher asks where is the s sound in the word.
10. Is it at the beginning of the word or the end of the word?
11. Teacher models the beginning of the word and puts an s on the first line.
12. Continue with these seven words:
    • soft
    • as
    • his
    • this
    • so
    • see
    • miss
13. Teacher checks by looking at each board and models on her board to show the correct placement of the letter.
14. If a student can spell the whole word, let them spell.

• I have used this program for many years and I love it! 
• My students have learned how to spell and have learned all their letters and sounds. 
• YouTube Video: Spelling Through Phonics By The McCrackens is easy to use.
• You only need basic supplies to implement this program and the
  • Book: Spelling Through Phonics
  • This book is a must have in the primary classroom.

• YouTube Video: Spelling Through Phonics By The McCrackens
• Boo: Spelling Through Phonics