FLEX! Stompin' on Sight Words With Dinosaur Stories! Level 1 Unit 1

***UNIT 1 ***
In this 4 week- (monthly) FLEX class, learners will learn skills and strategies to identify, listen, read, spell and write sight words at the Kindergarten level using Nearpod, working at their own pace in each lesson. Sight Words are any words a reader can identify automatically. That includes words beyond the regular sight word lists. This class will teach students skill and strategies on how to help students read these words with more automaticity.

By the end of this 4 week, FLEX course, learners will have acquired 20 new Kindergarten sight words. Each week's lesson will include an interactive lesson, including teacher instructions, and teacher videos to help guide the learner through their lesson.

Each section of this course will include 20 new / different words from Kindergarten Sight Word Lists. We will focus on 5 new sight words per week.  

List of each month's course are listed below. Each lesson will utilize the app, NEARPOD. Nearpod is a free app that is accessible on a different device, or split screen on a computer. Nearpod is required for this FLEX course. Each Monday, a link for the lesson will be posted on the classroom page and messaged to each student. These links will be Self-Paced, (each student can work at their own pace, or review the lesson as many times as they choose).

Course Outline: At the beginning of each class, learners will engage with the words and our weekly story using a matching game. Learners will look for words or characters they recognize. 

Learners will then learn each sight word, one at a time. Learners will focus on listening to the sounds in the words. Learners will practice segmenting the sounds using sound boxes and practice blending the sounds together. Learners practice identifying sounds and sound patterns in words using multi-sensory strategies (including different movements). Learners will practice spelling and writing the words, while identifying different spelling and sounds using Orthographic mapping (a skill to build strong decoding skills).

Leaners will listen to a story based on our favorite Dinosaurs, using fun and silly characters. Learners will identify current or past sight words within the story. Learners are invited to read with the teacher or listen to the story. Teachers will ask comprehension questions about the story throughout the lesson. 

At the end of class, learners will participate in a "Time to Climb" racing game, answering comprehension questions from the story read during class. Learners will finish class with a class cheer, cheering everyone for a great job done in class. 

Here is a list of focus words for each week. 

Weekly Word Sets
Week 1: to, have, is, play, come
Week 2: on, be, big, one, has
Week 3: you, are, this, for, here
Week 4: can, the, say, bye, were

At the end of each week, the teacher will post practice sheets for each of the words practiced during the week for further review! This is a fun, interactive class that teaches us to explore about dinosaurs and their homes while learning our sight words!

A new FLEX section (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) of this class with new words, will be posted at the beginning of each month. Look for a new  section each month.