The SMART Approach is systematic (step-by-step), explicit (working one element at a time), and multisensory (incorporating visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic activities). From single letters, students are taught how to associate sounds with their visual counterparts and blend those letters to read and spell words. The SMART Approach starts with the most frequently used sounds in the English language, and expands by adding more complex elements.
Please refer to the documents below when helping your child at home. Next week, we will finish our review of consonant sounds (Poppers, Leakers, and Neighbors). We will begin our journey to Vowel Valley the following week. With Vowel Valley, we'll focus on a new vowel sound each week and then take a spelling test at the end of the week. I will send home a letter that explains our spelling tests at a later date.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
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