New complex skilling rules, building of the knowledge of grammer, and application of rules and grammer in their writing.

Explicit teaches, opportunities to practice and review, continued opportunites to practice then apply in their writing and reading.

KG Unit 8

1. This Unit is focusing on KG students becoming more independent readers. During the Reading section in the Skills lesson, the focus moves from decoding individual words in isolation and now with reading full sentences. Students will also read Readers that are not fully decodable (include tricky words).

2. Warm-ups focus on letter sound correspondence with digraphs and short vowel discrimination. Basic code and tricky words are reinforced in student practice with the Readers.

• We must be clear on the difference between consonant clusters and digraphs.  

• We will not teach the term digraphs to students 

• Digraphs should be referred to as Letter Teams 

         ch sh th (unvoiced) th (voiced) qu ng

• As students read they ne

• ed to be able to separate letters into group of one or two and match each groups to with the appropriate sound. 

• Digraphs are in bold print on activity pages, readers and big books

• We writing digraphs circle them to identify letter teams  

• Warm- ups: 1st half segment consonant clusters 

                   2nd half letter sound correspondence 

• Decodable: Seth Begins lesson 9 point out digraphs and unfamiliar content 

          Lesson 9 :  Only teacher reads- follow guidance of the lesson

          1st read without stopping 2nd read- point the first letter in digraph and capital letters. 

• Students need to answer in complete sentences

• Writing- should not be undirected writing assignments (copying words, phrasing or sentences, dictation of decodable words)

• HFW: 53 words have been introduced 11 tricky words by now  after 3 new tricky words (down, of , out)  67 words

The Unit spelling alternatives using s, z, m, n, ng, and w. There is large amount of review within the unit. KIPPster will also implement writing using the spelling alternatives.

Within Unit 6, there is little new code knowledge taught in the is unit. Writing, grammar and more live with the lessons. Supports gaps

Students will be learning spelling alternatives based on sounds (code) that have been previously taught

Building on sounds that have already been taught

Knowing the sounds and when to add double the letter.

KG Skills Unit 7

This unit focuses on Diagraphs and Clusters. Students have been used to seeing 1 letter equaling 1 sound, and now they are seeing 2 letters make 1 sound. Students are still focusing on consonant sounds, and are beginning to focus on Decodable Readers. Students are also learning a multitude of Sight Words that they will see in Decodable Readers.

1. Students are grappling with new spelling alternatives.

2. They are continuing to engage with the Skills Readers to build their reading fluency and accuracy.

   • Students are building on their understanding of tricky spellings and how to identify them

   • The TEKS are assessed at the end of the unit by reading individual words and through story reading

Knowledge Unit 8 (2nd grade)

Big picture:

Students will learn about the controversy over slavery between the North and the South, which eventually led to the U.S. Civil War. They will learn about this war and how the end of the war also meant the end of slavery.

-Reviewing and reinforcing letter names and sounds

-Spelling rules

-Reading fluency

2nd Grade Unit 5

This unit is devoted to introducing spelling alternative for vowel sounds.

1. /u/ spelled u, o, ou, o_e

2. schwa

3. Tricky spelling

Working with consonant spellings and alternatives as well as consonant sounds. Students will need to understand that now the print they are seeing will correlate to one sound when reading.

Big picture is students will grapple with longer text, new sounds and more complex comp questions.

The arc of learning in this unit is being able to chunk the text, reinforce the sounds while also providing small group instruction to further master skills.

Skills 8

The big picture: Students becoming fluent independent readers, the unit begins with chaining to decoding through a reader, tricky and HF words, finishing with independent reading

The Arc: Its builds on students skills: sound correspondents, it covers digraphs, tricky words, with a review of rhyming words

Lessons spiral:

-letter sounds and names (warm up)

-rhyming word review

-story comprehension (demonstration story reading)

-oral reading decodable (small group and partner reading)