The PHONICS Road to Spelling and Reading

Level Three

By Barbara Beers

A Complete PHONICS Package

Building skills in Spelling, Writing, Reading, Grammar, and Composition

A $343 Value

Designed to follow Level Two

1). Spelling Log/Building Codes - A comprehensive review of the 1000+ spelling words we have learned so far; then a continuation of about 350 new spelling words with Rule Tunes and all new Building Codes designed for cursive writing.

2). Framing/Framing Codes - A comprehensive review of all the parts of speech taught in Level Two with Grammar Tunes plus new Framing Codes; then new grammar structures with Framing Keys and many dictated sentences to write and analyze. Introduction and practice with the dictionary for identifying parts of speech for each word in the Spelling Log.

3). Designing Codes - The Journeyman begins learning some of the advanced tool attachments that will make him a skilled designer and finisher. This takes the form of detailed instruction in prefixes, base words, and suffixes of English. The student is introduced to the designing components that Latin has to offer English. We build another 400 words using these designing tools in notebook and game format.

4). Reading/Composition - The student will read-aloud Robert Fulton Boy Craftsman and Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin daily and learn various literary elements through dictation and composition activities.

The PHONICS Road to Spelling and Reading provides an enjoyable and fun presentation of the material, learning to build the English language in the same way a carpenter learns to build a house.

Throughout the study, the parent/teacher is the Foreman, guiding the student through various skill levels. The student is an Apprentice for the first three years, then becomes a Journeyman in the 4th year as he prepares for The LATIN Road to English Grammar.

The Apprentice begins by learning the tools of his trade - single vowels and consonants, vowel teams and consonant teams. After these tools are mastered, the Apprentice uses them to build words according to the Blueprints (spelling list). Along the way the Foreman shows that words are formed according to Building Codes (spelling rules). Rules are set to songs - Rule Tunes - for easy memorization.