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A few of you know I’ve been working on a completely new integrated phonics system, so once your students can speak and listen with the main Genki English curriculum it’s really easy to teach them to read.
The programme is still going to take quite a while to finish, but the first part of the workbook is just about ready. So in the spirit of “it’s better out there than stuck on my hard drive” I’ve made it ready for you to download!
Download the Genki Phonics Workbook (pdf)
To get the most out of it you really need to follow a good phonics lesson plan (like on the forum), but even without that it’s better than 99.9% of the other phonics worksheets / workbooks out there on the internet!
What do you think?
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9:51 pm on January 31st, 2010
WOW, WOW and WOW! I love it! Great stuff! This is just what I needed and I can’t wait to use it!
I really almost hate to ask this, but would it be possible to have it in a different font? I am guessing that you chose this type of writing because it is easier for small children to write, but if my students wrote like this on a test in my Japanese junior highs, they would be marked WRONG. (please don’t let me get started on how I feel about this…I had to mark a lot of students wrong for writing words like Wednesday if they didn’t write the capital letter like 2 Vs as opposed to one “small mountain” in the middle.
11:59 pm on January 31st, 2010
Glad you like it. It might be possible to do a different font in the future. But the font used here is the Sassoon Primary font, which is generally agreed to be one of the best fonts to use with writing. It would be very difficult to come up with another font that is as good!
7:36 am on February 1st, 2010
YEAHHHHHH! Thank you! This looks so beautiful on first sight. The kids will love it. I think I’m going to print out the first page (orange cover) on hard paper.
I wanted to continue phonics after having had a long break. But it ended up in a few tears, so I stopped right away and decided to wait until I can do them in a intensive course during holidays, or till this one comes out.
Wow now I can start cause I can see how they will love it and how it won’t take too much time of a lesson to do one page.
I really like this font. Though what gumby says makes me worry. I can’t believe that a different writing would be marked as mistakes. How horrible. I would love to teach my kids cursive writing, and they really want to learn it, so we are doing at least their names. This font I think is a good alternative.
I can’t wait to print it out.
1:52 pm on February 1st, 2010
Outtasight! Great stuff. And perfect timing as I’m introducing phonics to one of my afternoon groups when school returns next week.
Being totally incompetent I couldn’t find the lesson plan referred to in your post. Any other definite clues as to where to find it on the forum? Thanks.
2:15 pm on February 1st, 2010
hey! this is great man! it’s colourful, fun and packed! i hope u dont mind me trying it on the kids. will give u feedback. insyaAllah.
2:25 pm on February 1st, 2010
Not had a chance to look at this properly yet, but, man, I’ve been waiting long enough! It’s just bound to be good – it has that Genki seal of approval!
I’m still shocked at gumby having to mark kids wrong for writing normally…..
4:33 pm on February 1st, 2010
Part way down this page: http://genkienglish.net/clipart/forum/viewtopic.php?t=676&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
4:37 pm on February 1st, 2010
You can’t imagine what great timing you have!! One of my adult students just asked me to do phonics with her and this is just great for using it with her! Perfect!! Thanks a million
4:59 pm on February 1st, 2010
Yeah, it was not fun. I didn’t have much say because the students were repeatedly told to watch their letters, particularly (W,M,I,K)before the test. When I helped for the beginning English class I had to use white-out on all the capital K’s because the handouts I had did not have the ‘correct’ writing.
Students in my school learn written English ‘officially’ in junior high and spend a lot of time on penmanship.
Of course this doesn’t mean that all teachers need to follow these rules. Some rules were made to be broken. However if these rules are the norm, it’s something elementary teachers need to consider.
5:35 pm on February 1st, 2010
Great. Thank you.
2:58 am on February 2nd, 2010
I’m so thrilled it’s FINALLY here!! I have been waiting!!! It’s really super. I love the format, the colors, the words chosen.
A question: why aren’t there more pictures for “i” like pig or pink or fish? I know you aren’t finished but the first pages seem done except this one.
Anyway, it looks fabulous!!
Thank you.
3:23 am on February 2nd, 2010
Thank you for your hard work. I printed off the first few pages and gave them to my 6 year old son who has learnt jolly phonics at primary school. He immediately took my 4 year old daughter off and started teaching her to read and write, so you have definitely succeeded in making it child friendly – I didn’t tell him how it worked and he was using it perfectly! I like the clear lay out. Shame my english class is too young for it.
4:26 am on February 2nd, 2010
I kept the keywords to only the initial sound. That way it’s easy to remember, you see the SSSSuperhero and it has to be “s”. “Pig” I can’t use in many countries anyway!
4:26 am on February 2nd, 2010
Cool.
10:30 am on February 2nd, 2010
Wow! Thank you, Richard!
I have never learnt phonics systematically by myself, but by reading the instructions you wrote in red on page 2, I think I understand how to use this course. I like the way you add one sound each time.
Really great!
I’ve seen through the pages and it’s like seeing Genki English from all angles. Very interesting!
As to the font, I have never had problems like what gumby said. (I used to be a JHS teacher.) I don’t know, but maybe it depends on what kind of letters are required in entrance exam of senior high school in the area?? My daughter will enter JHS this April, then I will know the answer.
3:23 pm on February 2nd, 2010
Thanks for these. I started straight away with “S” last night in one of my classes, and it went down pretty well. Once we’ve worked though the first few, I think we’ll be able to do a lot with them!
9:00 pm on February 2nd, 2010
Richard,
NOW I think it would be great to have the phonics cD.
Do you have any plans to make one in the sequence of the letters appearing in this book?
I just printed out the whole book for 6 students. It looks so beautiful. I’m starting tomorrow. My daughter can’t wait.
5:46 am on February 3rd, 2010
RE: Phonics CD. This is what I was planning to do with my studio time in the UK over Xmas! Needless to say it didn’t get done!
Instead what I plan on doing is just using the normal GE songs with the vocab from the book. Then for graphemes that don’t have much (e.g. “o”) I’ve got a couple of new songs, for example the “i” song I did last year.
Plus I also intend to finish the Phonics & Funk songs, as long as my eyes keep getting better!
11:40 pm on February 3rd, 2010
This looks fantastic…
You know what would be awesome? If you could add phonemic characters!!!
That would help us teachers pick them up AND really really help the kids with their dictionary work!
1:46 pm on February 4th, 2010
great looking book Richard, won`t get the chance to use it myself (leaving shortly) but I have passed it to my Home Room Teacher who was very pleased.
7:33 am on February 5th, 2010
Wow…I used to hate phonics, but I’m beggining to understand phonics and how it works.
Your explanations and illustrations are quite clear! I just LOVE the work sheets!!!
Thanks Richard!
Nena
10:14 am on February 5th, 2010
Hi Jonathan, thanks for the reply. One of the coolest things about phonics is that you don’t need to teach any other phonetic characters at all. The kids go straight from speaking to reading, just like magic!
11:48 pm on February 7th, 2010
This book is really something!!!When I began to look through it, I just had a feeling, that I’m in a Fairy Land, that all those letters, animals, fruit could speak!!! I felt myself like a happy kid willing to study, though I’m a teacher already))) Richard, such books are like a key to a child’s heart? it’s a great way to make learning interesting and fun!!!)) Thanks
11:53 pm on February 8th, 2010
I have added a comment on the forum, but just wanted to say here too a BIG THANK YOU RICHARD!!! The workbook looks great and I imagine the end programme will be excellent!! Great job!!