K/1 Reading with Mustangs

So, what am I going to do?  I’ve put a lot of time & research shopping into developing a lesson plan with materials & activities that I know will encourage my boys in reading.  It was important to continue the same approach as WP with different types of material that corresponded a little better & met the needs of my boys more specifically.  I wanted:

• A workbook for phonics & sight word study
• Readers that correspond to the phonics focus
• Sight words that correspond to the reading
• Handwriting that reinforces phonics & sight word concepts
• Hands-on activities & games to reinforce all the above as well as grow a love & interest for reading

Here is my scope & sequence for using both Explode the Code Books 1 & 1.5:

Week	Book:  Lesson	Focus
1	1 : 1	-at
2	1 : 2	a (-n, d, m, p, nd)
3	1 : 3	a (consonant endings)
4	1.5 : 1	review:  a
5	1 : 4	i
6	1.5 : 2	review:  i
7	1 : 5	review a, i (end in s)
8	1.5 : 3	review:  a, i
9	1 : 6	u
10	1.5 : 4	review:  u
11	1 : 7	review:  a, i, u
12	1.5 : 5	review:  a, i
13	1.5 : 6	review:  a, i, u
14	1 : 8	e
15	1.5 : 7	review e
16	1 : 9	review:  a, i, u, e
17	1.5 : 8	review:  a, i, u, e
18	1 : 10	o
19	1.5 : 9	review: o
20	1.5 : 10	review: e, o
21	1 : 11	review:  ALL
22	1.5 : 11	review:  ALL

Originally, I was hoping to just add the 11 lessons of book 1.5 for review before moving on, but after comparing the books I realized that the 1/2 books are slightly more difficult & my boys really need just as much practice of the “easy” stuff as they do the other.