Transcript Early Letter Name

The Beginning Reader
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Has a concept of word
Reads word-x-word
Uses context to help
Spells words by letter
names
• Is building a word bank
BEGINNING READER
• Rudimentary Concept
of Word (COW)
• Needs to go back to
beginning of line to
find a word
• Harvests 2-4 words
• Spells using beginning
and ending sounds
(bp)
• Firm concept of word
• Can easily identify a
word in the text
• Knows most of the
words in the text-learns new words
quickly
• Spells using all sounds
in the word (bop)
Diet
for the Beginning Reader
 Fluency
practice (rereading)
 Comprehension
 Writing using invented spelling
 Word Bank work - (adding words to
word bank and then working with those
words to make letter sounds explicit)
Text Beginners Can Read
• Choral Reading of
shared text
• Pattern books
(repeated words and
phrases)
• Rhymes
• Language Experience
• Dictations (p. 219)
Word Study/Spelling
Early Letter Name
• Use spelling
assessment
• Sort pictures by
beginning sounds
• Consonants first; then
blends & digraphs
• Draw and label
• Games
Letter Name
• Short vowel word
families
– Pictures
– Words
• Other CVC words
• Word Hunts
• Games
Daily Writing
• Model writing (following a book’s design or
theme)
• Journals (learning logs; response journals)
• Sustained silent writing
• Letter writing
Brown bear, brown bear
What do you see?
• Pattern writing
I see a red bird looking at
me.
What do I Read TO students?
• Read alouds on a theme
• Directed Listening Thinking Activities
(guided reading)
– Fiction
– Expository Text
• Charting students’ ideas
Practicum
• Work with a beginning reader
• Conduct a support reading activity
– Choral/echo reading
– Language Experience/Dictation
• “Harvest” words
• Design a support reading (word study)
activity