Course Information
This course is created for teachers.
Do you want to know how to use phonics to teach English? Do you want to have a set of materials that you can use to support your phonics lessons? The complete course cover more than 40 sounds in the English language in four different levels. Sign up here to get started!
In this course, you will learn:
- What is phonics
- The basic letters and sounds in the English language
- Phonics vs a whole language approach
- How to use sound buttons to teach
- How to teach high frequency words
- How to evaluate your students’ reading
- How to do a class shared reading
- How to do a class shared writing
Right On Top Phonics (ROTP) is written for young learners who want to learn English as a foreign language. There are many fun and developmentally appropriate activities to make the lessons meaningful and authentic for students. There are also a lot of learning materials for subscribers of the course. These include:
- Syllabus and weekly scheme of work
-Lesson plans
- Phonics songs and nursery rhymes
- Mnemonics
- Flashcards (templates)
- Games
- Worksheets
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Course Content
Pre-lesson – About Sharon Ngoi and Right on Top Phonics
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, you will be introduced to Right on Top Phonics (ROTP) and your facilitator, Sharon Ngoi.
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0H 10M
1.1 – What is Phonics?
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will see how to use phonics as a system for beginning readers and know the letters and sounds of the English alphabet.
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0H 10M
1.2 – Penmanship
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will look at penmanship and how to write the lowercase and uppercase letters of the English alphabet.
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0H 05M
1.3 – Limitations of Phonics
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will get to know some basic alphabetic principles and some inconsistencies in the English language.
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0H 10M
2.1 – The letters and sounds in the English Language
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will get to group the letters into 8 sets and differentiate vowels and consonants sounds.
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0H 10M
2.2 – Activity Chart of 36 Letters
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will do a simple activity to remember the 8 sets of letters and articulate the vowels and consonants (voiceless, voiced, and other) sounds.
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0H 15M
2.3 – Reading Words in the 8 sets
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will revise the vowels and consonants (voiceless, voiced, and other) sounds and read words in ROTP 1A and 1B with a focus on the middle and ending sounds.
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0H 20M
3.1 - Syllables in a Word
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will learn how to separate a word into its syllables and count the number of syllables in a word.
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0H 10M
4.1 – Phonics and Whole Language Approach
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will explore the how to use both phonics and a whole language strategy to model and use English for communications.
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0H 25M
4.2 – Commonly Asked Questions
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, some commonly asked questions about phonics will be answered.
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0H 20M
5.1 – Sound Buttons and Evaluation
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will see how to use sound buttons to represent the sounds in words that are decodable.
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0H 20M
6.1 – High Frequency Words
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will differentiate sight words and high frequency and to know that some of these words are decodable, while others not.
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0H 10M
6.2 – Strategies to Teach High Frequency Words
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will discuss some strategies that can be used to teach high frequency words to our students.
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7.1 – Evaluation Set 1 to 4
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will use a list of words to evaluate the ability of our students to read decodable words from ROTP Sets 1 to 4.
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0H 10M
7.2 – Evaluation Set 1 to 5 & Some HFWs
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will use a list of words and captions to from ROTP Sets 1 to 5 with the high frequency words (e.g. to, the, no, go) to evaluate the ability of our students to read.
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8.1 – Class Shared Reading – The Hat (A Phonics Reader)
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will examine how different types of books and texts can be used to support both the phonics and whole language approaches. We will read a book with decodable words for students to practise blending and reading.
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8.2 – Class Shared Reading – Mama Went Walking (A Book For Enjoyment)
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will look at how to read a book with our students for enjoyment and the learning points and activities we can spiral from the story.
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0H 20M
8.3 – Class Shared Reading – I Walk With Vanessa (A Wordless Book)
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will explore how we can use a book without words to support the learning of English in our classrooms.
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8.4 – Compare the Benefits of the Three Genre of Books
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will explore and compare the benefits of reaching the three different genre of books – a phonics reader, a story book and a wordless book.
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8.5 – The Reading Process and Setting Up a Reading Corner
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will discuss what to do before, during and after the class shared reading. We will also look at how we can set up a reading corner in the class.
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9 – Class Shared Writing
You need to complete previous lesson/activity before proceeding to this.In this video, we will learn how to do a class shared writing activity with your students.