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Transfer Phonics Small Group Progressions - Example

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Isolated Lessons and Across Lit. Components

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Whole Class Word Study: K-2 Planning for Transfer

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1. What do I see? Think? Wonder?
2. What more do I want to know about my learners? What assessment will I gather?

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Images of using Morphology Tools with Students

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Images of using Morphology Tools with Students

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"Finally, a book that has the power to stop the literacy pendulum swings! In Shifting the Balance, Burkins and Yates skillfully explore 'balanced literacy' and 'the science of reading' to find the sweet spots where they overlap, connect, and actually complement one another. The result is a resource that raises our level of instruction while helping children discover and reap the joyful rewards of reading."

"What are the research-based, critical elements for teaching reading? In Shifting the Balance, Jan and Kari give you the information, classroom examples, and tools to help you make the best decisions around six key shifts for instruction. After reviewing the misunderstandings, the science, and the needs of your students, you will be able to audit your current practices (individually, in a PLC, or system-wide) to provide responsive and effective literacy learning for all your students."

"In Shifting the Balance, Jan and Kari invite us to reflect and reexamine our beliefs about teaching reading. They gently nudge us to rethink and possibly adjust our early literacy practices. Jan and Kari have taken on this controversial topic by embracing vulnerability and modeling what it means to be truly reflective practitioners. This book is a must read for new and veteran teachers!"

"In Shifting the Balance, Kari and Jan have masterfully dispelled many of the myths and misunderstandings associated with reading instruction. Additionally, they offer classroom teachers and coaches six simple, practical shifts that have the power to transform the way we teach children how to read. Indeed, balanced literacy and science do exist in harmony, and we practitioners can offer our children both concurrently. Thank you, Kari and Jan, for this important work that is sure to change lives!"

"In Shifting the Balance, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates provide a safe space for teachers to courageously examine some long-held balanced literacy practices and turn a critical eye to where those practices have gotten out of balance. If you're willing to be vulnerable and move towards resolving the gap between research and practice, this book provides actionable steps you can take to shift your thinking and bring instruction into alignment with the scientific evidence."

"Shifting the Balance is a welcoming opportunity to reexamine our familiar teaching practices. Without judgment, Burkins and Yates invigorate these practices by inviting educators to make scientific shifts in the systems that have been in place for years. This book will revolutionize reading instruction and in turn, the lives of countless students."

"This book speaks to teachers. It is overwhelmingly clear that Jan Burkins and Kari Yates have been and are immersed in the world of today's classrooms. Shifting the Balance will help many rethink instruction in ways that will support all students. In the current version of the Reading Wars, it is difficult for any of us to say we were wrong about some of our beliefs or practices. And thus, few do. However, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates have done just that. This is as commendable as it is unusual."

"This book found me at just the right time! Shifting the Balance gives voice to the questions I've had in my mind about Balanced Literacy and the Science of Reading and provides clear insights on how to connect the best parts of both to benefit early readers. Throughout the book, Jan and Kari confirm practices worth holding onto while providing actionable next steps I can't wait to implement with students to strengthen my reading instruction."

Dr. Jan Burkins was an elementary classroom teacher for seven years and a literacy coach for seven years. She has worked as a part-time assistant professor, a district literacy leader, and is currently a fulltime writer and consultant.

Kari Yates is an author, speaker, consultant and staff developer with a passion for helping busy literacy educators thrive. Her experiences include classroom teacher, special education, Reading Recovery teacher, elementary principal and district literacy coordinator.

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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

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Lucy Calkins and Colleagues Units of Study

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Home / Our Series - Phonics

To create these new phonics units, Lucy and her coauthors have drawn on all that they know from decades of teaching reading and writing in thousands of classrooms across the world, and they've relied on proven, research-based practices-especially on the work of Isabel Beck, Donna Scanlon, Pat and Jim Cunningham, Rollanda O'Connor, Marilyn Adams, Tim Rasinski, Donald Bear, Wiley Blevins, and the late Marie Clay.

The new Units of Study in Phonics, Grades K-2:

provide a lean and concise instructional pathway in phonics that is realistic and doable, and that taps into kids' skills and energy for tackling the fabulous challenge of learning to read and write,

introduce high-leverage phonics concepts and strategies in a way that keeps pace with students' reading and writing and helps them understand when, how, and why they can use phonics to read and write,

offer delightfully fun and engaging storylines, classroom mascots, songs, chants, rhymes, and games to help students fall head over heels in love with phonics and to create a joyous community of learners,

align with state-of-the-art reading and writing workshops for a coherent approach in which terminology, tools, rituals, and methods are shared in ways that benefit both teachers and kids.

In the hurly-burly of classroom life, every minute you spend on one subject is less time spent on another subject. Lucy and her coauthors aim to protect time for authentic reading and writing, while also helping you teach a rigorous, research-based phonics curriculum.

Units of Study

Small Groups to Support Phonics

Resource Pack & Mentor Texts

Online Resources

WATCH A SAMPLE MINILESSON VIDEO

Purchasing Options
Ordering Guidance:
Each teacher will need one set of Units and one Resource Pack. (Note: The Resource Pack materials for each grade level are extensive and come packed in two boxes.) In addition, schools will need to plan for some other resources including a stuffed elephant or lion (Mabel and Rasheed-our K and grade 1 mascots) for each classroom, plus some other classroom materials, such as white boards and magnetic letters, that many classrooms already have. For a complete list of resources, see inventory/shopping lists: Grade K, Grade 1, and Grade 2.

Phonics Bundles for Grades K-2

School Supply Shopping List (not available from Heinemann)

Phonics Units for Grades K-2

Resource Packs for Each Grade Level

A Note About Resource Packs: The Resource Packs are composed of resources made from good-quality card stock, all beautifully illustrated and printed in 4-color. Resources include alphabet charts, many other types of other charts, letter cards, word cards, picture cards, printed copies of poems and songs, other cards such as onset rime cards and vowel picture cards, and much more-about 40 pounds of resources per grade level! (Note: Resources for each grade level come packed in two boxes.)

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Units of Study for Teaching Phonics Grades K-2

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Home / Our Series - Phonics To create these new phonics units, Lucy and her coauthors have drawn on all that they know from decades of teaching reading and writing in thousands of classrooms across the world, and they've relied on proven, research-based practices-especially on the work of Isabel Beck, Donna Scanlon, Pat and Jim Cunningham, Rollanda O'Connor, Marilyn Adams, Tim Rasinski, Donald Bear, Wiley Blevins, and the late Marie Clay.

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That we will learn from our mistakes

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That they leave knowing more than when they came in!

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helping students (many of whom are bilingual) understand the meaning of the words as well as the spelling patterns

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It is okay to be vulnerable and make mistakes - just try your best.

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We promise to help our learners progress, be it in small or great leaps.

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We promise to help our learners progress, be it in small or great leaps.

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That I will help you learn at your level.

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I will gather data to find out where my students are in their learning and I will facilitate lessons to help them grow as learners

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I will gather data to find out where my students are in their learning and I will facilitate lessons to help them grow as learners

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connections between own language system and English

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To help them be their best at whichever level they're at.

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To help them be their best at whichever level they're at.

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I try to ensure my lessons are accessible and fun

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I try to ensure my lessons are accessible and fun

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we promise to provide targeted instruction for their own needs

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providing access to instruction/academic language through content, language and culture objectives.

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Students will have ample time to explore and take risks on their own terms 

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Students will have ample time to explore and take risks on their own terms 

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Significance of word study for all learners.

Models and strategies for integrating word study into preexisting units.

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Take Away - importance of intentionally planning word walls.
Wants- developmentally appropriate scope and sequence for phonics and word study.

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G2 Got - ideas for building word curiosity

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G2 Got - ideas for building word curiosity

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Want develop scope and sequence

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Got: Language rich environment ideas.

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Gots: Importance of interactive word walls in other curricular areas

Wants: ideas for thinking about word study as beyond just the WTW program, but more of a holistic language-rich classroom

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Got: Word Study should be meaningful and promote inquiry so that students are developing theories and 'rules' on their own (not just being told)

Want - resources for where we can learn about morphology so that we are informed when teaching.

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GOT - This has got me excited about word study.
WANT - Ideas that I can use in the classroom.

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I got that word study is most powerful when it's interactive.

I want more ideas for ways to integrate word study into other lessons.

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Got: consistent planned instruction is a must  Want: a scope . sequence to refer to, so that we can target specific needs, set goals - and hopefully you can point us in the direction of good Tier 2 type of resources for students performing 2 levels below current grade level
G2

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Gots - the importance of word study at this age and grade level
Wants - a scope a sequence, developmental benchmarks

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I want to look for ideas for interactive word walls and other ways to create interest & curiosity in words.
I got from our session the importance of looking at focusing on vocabulary, morphology, and phonics/phonemics as I plan for our word study units.
G3

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Incorporating word study and word exploration into morning meeting.

Still working on balancing a wide range of needs/levels in one class.

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Phonics Small Group - Spelling Patterns for Long O 

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Phonics Small Group - Spelling Patterns for Long O 

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Phonics Small Group - Homophones (There, They're, Their)

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Phonics Small Group - Homophones (There, They're, Their)

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Accuracy Reading Strategies Additional Chapter 

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Investigation Lesson we walked through together

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Investigation Lesson we walked through together

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Got- implement class investigation based on core group trend
Wants- time...

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Got: making theories based on student questions

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I got some great ideas for looking for transference and guided practice. Lots of good ideas that I can start implementing.

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Perhaps using the Word Study folder in 365 to document Word Study lessons, anchor charts made within the different WTW groups with the purpose to share the awesome ideas and for next years teachers to work off of.

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3 Recommended Assessments

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Flyleaf Publishing decodable books provide beginning and struggling readers with abundant opportunities to transfer their newly acquired phonics knowledge to meaningful, engaging, and complex narratives, informational texts, and poetry. Our research-based instructional materials support teachers in explicitly guiding students to develop the skills and habits of competent readers. Our decodable books can authentically stand up to the rigors of both foundational skills and close reading instruction, making them a unique and invaluable resource for teachers and for students, who deserve the guidance that will enable them to become accurate, fluent, comprehensive, and joyful readers.

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decodable books and research-based instructional materials for prek

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Decodable Books: Research Based Readers - Flyleaf Publishing

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Engaging, meaningful, decodable books with fine-art illustrations tied to a systematic phonics scope & sequence.

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Use regular editing and reflection time to reinforce phonics skills in WW

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Keep it manageable, I don't have to do everything in TC or every suggestions every day. I can be intentional about what I choose. And I was to explore the TC decodables.

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Using phonics time to revise writing based on the skill being taught

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phonics features, self-generated list of patterns taught - edit writing 

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phonics features, self-generated list of patterns taught - edit writing 

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incorporating phonological awareness, especially for language learners

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Simple

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Make a Copy before planning.

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from Vocabularians (2015)

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Filled with ideas to explore...

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Got- don't over think things
Wants- to explore TC scope and sequence and CCS

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connections to concept related vocabulary in socials studies and science units - morphology eg. history/historic/historian etc. 

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connections to concept related vocabulary in socials studies and science units - morphology eg. history/historic/historian etc. 

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