Lesson Model Video: Sound/Spelling Review
The teacher reviews previously learned sound/spellings. Notice her explanation of the three “sounds” for the inflectional suffix ed and the order of frequency of those three “sounds.”
University of Washington CBM Growth Calculator
The University of Washington CBM Growth Calculator supports the Digital Graphing of ORF Scores HOW lesson in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, pp. 349-354.
Lesson Model Video: Blending Long E spelled ee – First Grade
In this video, the teacher has students blend words with the ee spelling for Long E. Notice how the teacher uses two fingers under the ee spelling to reinforce the grapheme having two letters.
This lesson aligns to Step 3 (Blend Words) of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Sequence shown in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, p. 175.
PreK-12 Literacy Links
Consult these sites for the latest information about and resources for research-based literacy instruction.
National Center on Improving Literacy
University of Oregon – Center on Teaching & Learning
Lesson Model Video: Reading Words for Automaticity
In this video, the teacher has students practice reading decodable words and sight words to develop automaticity. Notice how she uses the read-spell-read instructional routine for reviewing the high-frequency words.
This lesson aligns to Step 4 (Build Automatic Word Recognition) of the Explicit Phonics Lesson Sequence shown in the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook. (Page. 175 of the updated second edition.)
