Guided Reading Level Pre- A Non-Reader This level is for students who know LESS than 40 letters and 0-4 letter sounds. Lesson Framework Working With Working with Working With Working with Books Interactive (5 minutes) Letters Names sounds Writing (3 minutes) (3 minutes) (3 minutes) (5 minutes) *Match letters to ABC *Name Puzzles *Clapping Syllables *Teaching Points… *Dictated Sentence Chart *Make with *Working with rhymes -concept of a word -Teacher decides the *Match upper and magnetic letters *Picture sorts -first/last word sentence lowercase letters *Rainbow Writing -concept of a letter -Students help by *Sort by shape of (Name tracing) -first/last letter writing the dominant letters (sticks, curves, -punctuation consonant sounds in etc.) -capital/lowercase each word on a *Letter/word letters sentence strip. association activities -Cut-up the sentence *Letter formation and have students put practice it back together. -Paper clip pieces together and send home with one student. Reading Behavior Look-For: **Students MUST be able to do the following to move on.** 40 one right FIRST model. to five least a simple name. across sounds. at left print. their lowercase least by of at and without follow directions. writer line identify letters Can Knows consonant upper Can Can name directionality Students Demonstrates
Guided Reading Level Pre- A Non-Reader This level is for students who know LESS than 40 letters and 0-4 letter sounds. Lesson Framework Working With Letters (3 minutes) Working with Names (3 minutes) Working With sounds (3 minutes) Working with Books (5 minutes) Interactive Writing (5 minutes) *Match letters to ABC Chart *Match upper and lowercase letters *Sort by shape of letters (sticks, curves, etc.) *Letter/word association activities *Letter formation practice *Name Puzzles *Make with magnetic letters *Rainbow Writing (Name tracing) *Clapping Syllables *Working with rhymes *Picture sorts *Teaching Points… -concept of a word -first/last word -concept of a letter -first/last letter -punctuation -capital/lowercase letters *Dictated Sentence -Teacher decides the sentence -Students help by writing the dominant consonant sounds in each word on a sentence strip. -Cut-up the sentence and have students put it back together. -Paper clip pieces together and send home with one student. Reading Behavior Look-For: **Students MUST be able to do the following to move on.** Students Can writer their FIRST name without a model. Can identify at least 40 upper and lowercase letters by name. Demonstrates left to right directionality across one line of print. Can follow simple directions. Knows at least five consonant sounds.
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