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The parts of an RF plan in sequence are:
Drill ->Blend - Segment ->Decode -Read-> Spell
How many syllables does the word monogram have?
3 (mo-no-gram)
Rajat has just reached a reading level of 4.0. What RAZ levels would be just right for him to read independently?
U
A _______is related to symbols. It is the symbol or the letter in written form that represents a certain sound.
grapheme
Factors that determine a fluent reader are:
Speed, Accuracy and Prosody
What are consonant diagraphs? Give 3 examples.
These are two consonants joined together
Eg: sh, ch, th, ph
Define PPA.
It is a child's ability to hear, identify and manipulate sound
Define Syllabification.
It is the process of chunking long words into smaller pieces. Also known as decoding.
What are three stages where I can assess my student’s learning in RF?
During every lesson I teach
At the end of every set of sounds (Eg after s blends)
At the end of every Unit (4-6 weeks)
State 3 criteria to make the ‘spell’ section of my RF plan strong.
Do my words here have a mix of new and old sounds?
Do my students know all the sounds they need for this?
Are as many students as possible getting to practice?
Are my instructions for this section clear so students know exactly what to do?
What steps must a student follow to read the word "administration"?
a. Read a small part of the word.
b. Underline it and keep it in your mind.
c. Read the next part of the word and try to join the parts together.
The dog is playing with a ball
What steps must a student follow to read this sentence?
a. Underline your sight words
b. Segment the shorter words
c. Decode the longer words
d. Read the complete sentence
Students in Meera Didi's class are in an RF lesson. She has written down some sounds and words on the board. They are listening to her say sounds and then they are joining them to make words.
They are also looking at the different words and breaking them down into smaller chunks to identify separate sounds they know.
1- Which part of the lesson is this?
2- What feedback will you give to the teacher to make this part stronger?
Blend-Segment
During blend segment, students will only hear the sound and not see them
Manish hears his teacher say the sounds m-a-n and says that it makes the word ‘man’. He gets excited when he realises that man can become pan if he replaces /m/ sound with /p/ sound
What has Manish acquired through his RF classes?
In his paper, when he sees the word man, he gets stuck. What does Manish need to work on?
Phonemic and Phonological Awareness
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room for one class come by play
Identify the sight words in the group.
What are sight words?
How do we teach sight words?
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Sight words; provide an excellent base for reading at an early age. They are called sight words because some of them can't be sounded out, and need to be learned by sight. It is a list of frequently used English words compiled by Edward William Dolch.
Some procedures/methods to teach sight words are:
Point and repeat
Listen and point
Listen and spell
Find from among words