Symbol Imagery
Leveling
Phonics
Air Writing
Ground Rules for Error Handling
100
Student can't hold an image of a letter in his mind. Student can't easily substitute letters and sounds in and out of words, and read them.
Which students need Seeing Stars the most?
100
* Fountas and Pinnell assessment * Student writing samples * Listening to students read * Other assessments
How do you know where to start?
100
ou as in ouch oi as in coil aw as in saw
What are vowel digraphs?
100
Start with letters and sounds that they already know. Introduce one new sound. Have them draw their boards. Have them choose a color for their pen.
How do you set the stage for air writing?
100
* What are you picturing for the second letter? * What letter do you see after the "l"? * When I say slip, what is the last letter you picture?
What language helps students correct their own errors?
200
* What letter do you see in the second position? * What's the first letter you picture? * Take the "t" off the end, and tell me what letters you picture.
What kinds of questions check on good imagery?
200
* Doesn't know short vowel sounds. * Confuses the sounds "i" and "e". * Knows about ten consonant sounds. * Just starting to blend two letter words. * Concepts of print firm.
What are signs of a reader who needs to start at the beginning of the scope and sequence?
200
When c is followed by i or e it sounds like S. When the c is followed by o, u, or a, it sounds like K.
What is the "c" rule?
200
* Sound it out! * Remember, your second letter is an r. * No, that's not right. That's the wrong letter.
What is the wrong language to use for air-writing?
200
* Sound it out. * Remember the letter was "s". * You didn't get that quite right.
What shouldn't you say?
300
Air write l, i, p, s. Erase the l, and put a pips. Erase the p and put an s.
What language stimulates decoding (reading) words?
300
* Answers are super quick and accurate. * "Reads" on the imaginary white board without writing them. * Looks at you like you're an idiot.
What are signs that it's too easy?
300
th, ch, and sh.
What are consonant blends?
300
Student writes the letters within the white board, and from top to bottom.
What is the correct way to write the letters?
300
* When a student spells "sip" instead of sib, say, "Good job with the s and the i. When I say sip, what letter do you picture after the "i"? * Say what the student did correctly first. * Prompt student to compare given answer with the correct answer.
How do you error handle?
400
* Student looks frustrated, puts head down on the table and asks to go to the bathroom. * Student gets more than two out of ten of the words wrong in the chain. * Tone of lesson is painful.
What are signs it's too hard?
400
Incorrect letter formation - show the student the letter first. Student is frustrated - use few letters, don't use letters they haven't consolidated.
How do you scaffold a lesson if the student is frustrated?
500
* Student looks up, possibly closes eyes in that imagining kind of way. * Student self-corrects without prompting. * You only need to error handle a couple of words. * At the end of the lesson, student says, "I love reading with you!" * Teacher feels clarity about what student knows and doesn't know.
What are signs that the lesson is just right?
500
What letter do you see first? What letter do you picture second? What letter do you see after the "o"?
What language helps to prompt imagery?
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