PHONICS INSTRUCTION: How I Teach Explicit Phonics in My Classroom

Wondering how to teach phonics in your kindergarten, first grade, or second-grade classroom?! In this video, I walk through the phonics lessons I teach throughout the week so you can see the format. Feel free to grab ideas or use the entire layout in your classroom. Just watch the video to see how it works :)

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Susan Jones

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[gracehernandez]

Thank you so much. It’s amazing to see how we still have teachers who have a true passion for teaching kids.

[tanyakopp]

It's always nice to see how someone else does things. Can't wait to switch it up a bit! Great video!

[IntrinDesign]

Thank you so much for posting this!! Our daughter is a fast learner and I really have wanted to get her excited about reading / writing and phonics and this has some awesome concepts and an easy consistent lesson plan, thank you thank you!

[roselynroderick]

Wow, you are awesome!!! You are really helping me big time, as I am a first-year teacher in first grade; I should have been watching you since August! Please keep posting instructional example videos like this, it is super helpful and motivating of what I can do to teach and have fun while teaching! Thank you!!!! ✨🤍😃

[lavernhollis]

Good morning. Thank you for some good, concrete examples of explicit phonics instruction ideas. Many of my students struggle with blending so this post is a big help to me. Thank you once again.☺

[omprakashbista]

Thank you very much for sharing the amazing techniques.

[amajors]

Would love to apply this to my own children. Thank you for the informative video!

[aliciajimenezramirez]

You are such an incredible teacher!!!! Many thanks

[steven]

Thank you! Love your content!!! This was helpful

[danthayliakeetso]

Thank you- this helped with new ideas to implement with my class.

[bobmarkov]

Really amazing, thank you for share this video, exactly what I needed

[jasmarkov]

Great, thanks for sharing this video, I really needed this

[kathywagner]

I have your Phonics Poem Bundle and your Phonics Game Bundle. They are both AMAZING to use in my classroom for phonics instruction!!! They definitely keep my students engaged! Thanks for sharing! I love your weekly videos! They inspire me!

[neilmiles]

I love your videos they are so helpful. I'm a parent trying to help my struggling 2nd grader. He struggles with reading and phonics.

[raulrivera]

Thanks, very interesting. You explain everything based on your own experiences and everyday activities and techniques in the classroom. I'm an ESL teacher and I think that teaching reading to children has a whole world of methodology that applies to it just like ESL and it also takes experience to be able to do it well.

[toschaferguson]

This was incredibly helpful.
I literally watched it four times

[kristinsteiber]

Another thing I do when teaching phonics with my students is we will have an anchor chart paper up with whatever we are working on, example Sl blend...then as my students are reading independently or working in reading groups if they find a word that matches the specific week skill they write it on the anchor chart (as long as that word is not already on the list). At the end of the week we read all the words they found.

[sherrysterling]

Thank you so much for the explanation of how you taught explicit phonics for first graders! I have your Phonics games, and this makes so much sense. I will be getting the poems next! Thanks again!!!! :)

[Mplatz]

What are your thoughts on teaching the 6 syllable types? I teach first and we are revamping our phonics instruction. We use lessons based on Orton Gillingham techniques and teach the rules of syllables - closed syllables, open syllables, magic e, soldier rule, long spelling after short vowels, etc. I've got your poems and your print and play phonics games. They are great! Thanks for the video!

[mrs.vshore]

Love this lesson! Where can I find the phonics assessment that you use?