Phonics Suite's Phonics Blitz
Phonics Blitz is a set of 50 intervention lessons for students in grades 4–12. The lessons help students who are unable to effectively read complex text. Blitz is designed specifically for students who read less accurately than expected because they lack key foundational skills. The primary focus of the lessons is phonemic awareness, phonics concepts, and essential word-attack skills and the net effect of these lessons is faster and more accurate reading of complex text.
This fast-paced, age-appropriate instruction re-teaches key skills essential for close reading and good comprehension. The approach is mature, engaging and motivational for older students. Not all students qualify for these lessons; the instruction is specifically for students who struggle with reading multisyllable words and words with advanced vowel patterns. This is phonics recast for older students. By the 9th hour of instruction, students are reading academic words like drench, pledge, and prompt and by the 13th hour of instruction students are reading words like astonishment, sentimental, and kinetic. Phonics Blitz lessons are often completed in just 4–12 weeks.
The Phonics Blitz Teacher's Guides provide teachers with all the lessons they need to effectively teach Phonics Blitz. All the lessons are built for the teacher, and include a thorough explanation of the concepts, routines, and procedures. The lessons are easy to follow so they can be taught by a wide range of educators, not just seasoned literacy professionals and phonics specialists. For those unfamiliar with teaching phonemic awareness and phonics, the guides include incremental professional development for each lesson.
Bring your reading intervention lessons to life and reduce teacher prep time with Phonics Blitz Online, our new interactive teaching tool! This web-based companion to Phonics Blitz (2nd Edition) can be used with an interactive whiteboard, LCD projector, or standalone computer. This set of virtual manipulatives will engage students of all ages with its fun, interactive lessons and reading support!
Student set includes 2 books (25 lessons each) with oral reading passages and student activities. The practice activities follow a standard Orton Gillingham scope and sequence. The activities are engaging, mature, and move at a pace that is appropriate for students in grades 2-12. There is a high concentration of academic vocabulary and students learn how to read the complex multisyllable words that they encounter across the curriculum.
The Student Phonics Kit is an essential part of Phonics Suite instruction. Students use the magnetic letter tiles and SyllaBoards to practice the phonics concepts taught in the lessons. They use the calculator and colored pencils as they track errors and chart their fluency rate and accuracy during oral reading. The Student Phonics Kit can also be used by tutors working with one or two students or with other phonics-based programs.
