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Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 Big Question How can knowing letters and their sounds help us read? 1

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Fundations is systematic ~follows a very definite sequence for teaching ~follows a very definite procedure to teach concepts *Fundations is explicit ~teaches all concepts directly ~5 Units total 2

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Unit 1 ~Letter recognition a­z ~Letter formation a­z for lowercase letters ~Sound recognition ~Print awareness ~Word awareness *12 weeks 3

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Letter Recognition* 4

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Letter Formation* 5

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Unit 2 *4 weeks ~Letter formation A­Z for capital letters ~Letter sequence a­z ~Phonemic awareness skills *used to identify the beginning and ending sounds in words ~ Blending 3 sounds into words *tapping and blending words to read them * Kids are now beginning to read short words on their own!!!* *4 weeks m a t 6

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Unit 3 *6 weeks ~Blend and read more 3 sound words some of these words are called "nonsense words" ~How to segment or "pull apart" sounds in a word ~How to spell 3 sound words and write them ~ Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds m a t 7

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Spelling 3 Sound Words* 8

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Unit 4 *4 weeks ~Digraphs ­ wh, ch, th, sh, ck ~Blend and read more 3 sound words with digraphs ~Segment or "pull apart" sounds in a word ~Continue to spell 3 sound words with digraphs and write them *Unit 5 *6 weeks ~How to write short sentences. ( this becomes a review ) ~How to read sentences with fluency 9

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Writing Sentences* We use these frames to help students distinguish words and spaces between words. 10

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Reading Short Sentences* Rob sat in the sun. 11

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Reading Street is our reading based program that helps build comprehension skills, reviews phonics skills taught and helps improve writing skills . ~It consists of six units. Five units explore new concepts and the sixth unit is a review. 12

Reading Presentation.notebook April 10, 2019 *Some of the concepts that your Kindergartener will learn are... ~Comprehension skills ~Conventions ~Rhyming Words ~Syllables ~Writing ~Sight Words 13