Struggling to keep your small group literacy instruction both engaging and effective, especially for reluctant readers? Small group instruction is key—it allows you to tailor support, build connections, and meet each student exactly where they are. Reignite the flame with high-impact, science-based strategies that work!
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Leave this session equipped to turn your small groups into dynamic literacy powerhouses where all students' skills and enthusiasm soar!
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2:
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
b. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
d. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words.
e. Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3:
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
c. Read common high-frequency words by sight.
d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.4:
Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Foorman, Barbara; et al. (2016) Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
Castles, Anne; Rastle, Kathleen; Nation, Kate (2018) Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert