English Raven Phonics Builder 1 – Teacher’s Guide
Summary
This Builder kit covers the consonants s, t, b in initial position, and the short vowel "a" in initial and medial positions. Each lesson progresses through Phonemic Awareness, Writing Practice, Letter/Sound Identification and Application, and finishes with a Picture-Wordfind application activity designed to consolidate the sounds studied in that lesson and review/re-apply the letters studied in previous lessons. Note that each lesson introduces new vocabulary that contrasts and differs from the words forming the focus of the lesson. These words then appear in following lessons, creating a flow on effect where "new" vocabulary is likely to at least appear familiar to the students.
Lessons 1 through 3 deal with consonant sounds s, t and b in initial position. Lesson 4 introduces the short vowel "a" as an initial sound, then combines with previously studied consonant sounds to focus on short "a" as a medial sound in simple monosyllabic words. Lesson 5 is designed to review and consolidate the entire Builder 1 Kit, and includes an "open word-find" as a checking tool to see how much material the students have retained.
