Open Court materials:
1. Framework for Effective Teaching Kindergarten Sounds and
Letters (Teacher's Guide)
2. Pickled Peppers: A Collections for Young Scholars Book (student
text)
3. Exploring Letters and Sounds (student consumable)
4. Overview (Frameworks)
5. Home/School Connections
6. Learning Framework Cards
7. Teacher Tool Cards:
- Rhymes and Games
- Songs
- Classroom Support
8. Wall Sound Cards
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Storycrafting manual
can be used for students retelling of
stories and discussion of characters, prediction
and story order
Previously Published
Data
1.) After the book's introduction in the Guided
Reading group, have students read independently first and help them solve
any challenges. They then take turns reading with a partner; partners are
switched and read to three times. Each student then reads to the teacher
(hence the phrase, "Read to three, then to me!"). Have students place their
Guided Reading book in their personal book box to be used at a later time
for independent reading.
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1. Exploring
Letters and Sounds workbook activities
2. Teacher observation
Previously Published
Data
1.) Constant assessment of reading enables
placement of students in appropriate groups with appropriate developmental
lessons. Running Records: Running records provide a "window" into what
students are doing as they read a text.
A precise record enables the teacher to:
Identify the reading behaviors the student can
control Does the students re-read single words, groups of words? Does the
student appeal for help from the teacher?
Identify the developing level of control of effective
reading strategies Does the student correct his/ her own error behavior?
Identify what kinds of information the student
uses as he/ she reads text
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Do error substitutions make sense?
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Do they sound right?
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Do they look right?
Consider if the student can check one kind of
information with another Does the student check substitutions with each
of the cues?
Calculate the text difficulty for the student
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Is this text too hard/ easy for this student?
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Does this text provide instructional opportunities?
These detailed observations provide information
for accurate and precise teaching decisions tailored to the students' specific
needs. Students may be given specific individual support or students with
similar needs can be grouped and given useful and relevant guidance. For
example, if some students are having difficulty making meaningful predictions,
the shared reading strategy could be used with a particular focus on generating
substitutions which are meaningful Teachers could ask questions such as:
What else would fit there that would make sense? Try that again and think
' What would make sense?' Does that make sense? Take a Running Record a
few days after the Guided Reading book introduction in order for the assessment
to be authentic. In determining appropriate guided reading levels, a 95%-100%
accuracy indicates the text is easy. Between 90%-94% accuracy indicates
it is at an instructional level. Beyond those percentages the text is difficult
for the students.
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