In a complete phonics lesson of 30–40 minutes, which activity would typically not be included?

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should implement this program?75.Which of the following is not one ofthe strands in Scarborough's Reading

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Rope?76.How can code-emphasis or phon-ics-emphasis instruction be used mosteffectively?

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77.Which word group might a teacher in-clude in a lesson focused on identifica-

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tion of consonant blends?78.Which word group might a teacher in-clude in a lesson focused on reviewing

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consonant digraphs?79.In a complete phonics lesson of 30-40minutes, which activity would typicallynot be included?

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The National Reading Panel Report research shows that ALL students need at least 90 minutes of uninterrupted reading instruction each day to become strong readers, and that this instruction must be systematic, explicit, scaffolded, and differentiated across the classroom.

Teachers should be teaching reading to all students using the Comprehensive Core Reading Program that is on the level of the majority of children in the class. An initial lesson from the Comprehensive Core Reading Program is usually 30-40 minutes each day of the required 90 minute uninterrupted reading block.

For the remainder of the block, the teacher should differentiate instruction focusing on the need of students using the Comprehensive Core Reading Program or Supplemental Reading Program. This differentiated instruction may be on grade level with special attention to the needs of each student.

In addition to the 90-plus minutes, the classroom teacher, special education teacher, or reading resource teacher should provide immediate intensive intervention to children in need (as determined by a diagnostic assessment). Find more detail here: Elementary Reading/Literacy Block Reboot from Just Read, Florida!

Expectations of the reading block

Scientifically based reading instruction includes explicit and systematic instruction in the following areas:

  • Oral language
  • Phonemic awareness
  • Phonics
  • Fluency
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension

Differentiated reading instruction

Differentiated reading instruction is:

  • Teacher-led
  • Individual or small group
  • Matching instruction to diverse needs
  • Flexible

Characteristics of differentiated small groups

  • Students grouped based on reading assessment data
  • Texts from a variety of sources, including numerous leveled books
  • Decoding and comprehension focus
  • Systematic word study
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing

90-minute reading block template

This sample class has five small flexible groups that are formed based upon ongoing assessment results. The teacher meets with three groups daily during sessions 1, 2, and 3. While not working with the teacher, students will be working in small groups at literacy centers.

Small group size can vary, but the immediate, intensive intervention group should be no larger than 3-5 students.

InstructionRange of TimeClass ConfigurationExamples of Teacher-Led Activities
  25-45 minutes Whole Group Work with Core Comprehensive Reading Program (CCRP)
Initial 90+ minutes daily

Phonemic Awareness

  • Segmenting sounds
  • Blending sounds

Phonics & Fluency

  • Sound-letter relationships
  • Blending & decodables
  • Dictation & spelling

Vocabulary & Comprehension

  • Robust vocabulary instruction
  • Pre-reading strategies
  • During reading strategies
  • Post reading strategies
Total Time: 45-65 minutes Small Groups (Group 1-5**) Group 1: segment sounds with Elkonin boxes
15-20 minutes* M T W Th F Group 2: word building with letters & pocket charts
Session 1 1 4 2 5 3 Group 3: review complex blending strategies
Session 2 2 5 3 1 4 Group 4: reread the decodable book
Session 3 3 5 4 2 5 Group 5: choral reading of a new poem
Immediate Intensive Intervention 20 minutes   M T W Th F Work with Supplementary Reading Programs (SRPs)
3x per week 1   1   1

Group 1 also needs iii, which requires work on the following skills in addition to work with Elkonin boxes:

  • phonemic segmentation with mirrors
  • common syllable patterns with spelling
  • reading a decodable book at instructional level

Many traditional children's games and activities promote visual perceptual and visual motor skills. Some examples are puzzles, cutting construction paper with scissors, and card games such as Go Fish, Memory Matching, and Slap Jack.

What is true about the relationship between reading and spelling Letrs?

Research has shown that learning to spell and learning to read depend on much of the same underlying skills. It's understanding and applying the relationship between letters and sounds that makes a good speller and an even better reader.

What is a major instructional focus for students at the consolidated alphabetic phase?

In the consolidated alphabetic phase, children develop an increasing automatic sight word recognition, orthographic mapping, syllable patterns, morphemes and demonstrate advanced phonemic awareness, including deletion, substitution and reversal of phonemes.

Do students with solid phonics skills tend to recognize sight words more quickly regardless of how regular the words spelling are?

Students with solid phonics skills tend to recognize sight words more quickly, reguardless of how regular the words' spelling are. kasey has solid phonemic awareness and knows all 26 letters. Her phonetic spellings of speech sounds are logical, but she is just learning to spell words.