Small Group Reading for Advanced Beginning Readers Using the Science of Reading

This ongoing class is for young readers. 

Each class will contain 6 sections:
1. We will learn or review a letter digraph, diphthong, and/ or combinations. 
2. We will practice segmenting and spelling words with our target sound. 
3. We will skim the passage and highlight our weekly sound.
4. We will read the passage, stopping to use decoding strategies of unknown words. Each passage will be 10-15 sentences.
5. We will read the passage again for fluency. Students should be prepared to read out loud by themselves, with a partner, or trio.
6. We will answer the comprehension questions based on the passage. 

I will send a weekly printable each Sunday evening with our story passage. You may print this paper so your student can work along side me. I will also be presenting the same printable using Google Slides. 
In this class, we will be using proven strategies from the Science of Reading research. This means that we will be learning to decode and improve spelling based on vowels, syllables, and phonics knowledge. 

I am a certified EC-6 Texas teacher, but do not have Special Education or Reading Specialist qualifications. 

Check the list below for what prior knowledge your student should have to be successful in this class. This class is NOT for absolute beginners, but for those ready for the next step in their literacy journey.

***Students in this class should know:
-all uppercase and lowercase letters
-how to blend short vowel CVC, CCVC, CVCC words comfortably. 
-25-50 age appropriate sight words. 

***Students should be familiar, but not necessarily proficient with:
-digraphs th, sh, ch, wh, ph
-vowel teams and diphthongs: ee, ea, ie, ow, aw, au, VCe, etc. 

We will be practicing these sounds each week as part of our weekly skill. 
Students may join and leave at any time. Each week will have a focused lesson and the strategies will be taught or reviewed each week.

Our weekly skill will be practiced as followed:

1. Week of June 12
Digraph th and vowel team -ee

2. Week of June 19
Digraph sh

3. Week of June 26
Vowel team -oo

***OPTIONAL CLASS DURING WEEK OF JULY 3
REFUND MAY BE AVAILABLE

4. Week of July 3
Long a spelled -ay/ -ey

5. Week of July 10
Digraph ch

6. Week of July 17
Vowel team -ea

7. Week of July 24
Digraph -ck

8. Week of July 31
Vowel team -ai

***DAYTIME CLASSES MAY BE MOVED TO EVENING DUE TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE

9. Week of July August 7
Vowel team -ie (long i)

10. Week of August 14
Vowel team -ie and -y (long e)

11. Week of August 21
Digraph ph

12. Week of August 28
Long i spelling -igh

13. Week of September 4
Chunk -all

14. Week of September 11
Endings -ing

15. Week of September 18
Long a spelling -eight