As a Kindergarten teacher, I have begun to realize the main need of most children this age is effective reading lessons. Along with the whole group lessons, small groups are critical at this age. We must have the ability, resources and knowledge to move our students forward to become more fluent readers as they expand and grow academically. This blog is created to collect ideas and resources from other professionals to become a more effective teacher and create engaging small group and whole group lessons.
I am a former Kindergarten teacher and I currently teach First Grade and I agree that using a variety of instructional groupings is important to best serve struggling readers. It is important to asses each student to find out each student's strengths and weaknesses in order to design lessons that will improve their reading
ReplyDeleteMy instructional groups consist of three different groups. I try to group them by the ability to apply the knowledge of the content. I like for my students to be able to build off of each others knowledge of the content as well as learn from their mistakes.
DeleteAs a reading intervention teacher, I know that teaching students to read at an early age is very important. I have found that it is important to informally assess students and adjust instruction as needed. I have used resources from Reading A-Z to track students progress with letter and sound recognition. Also, Fountas and Pinnell have a benchmark assessment system that is wonderful to track reading progress. The district purchased Leveled Literacy Intervention systems for my school this year. The literacy lessons follow guiding reading levels. There are specific lessons and activities for students reading on level A all the way to students reading on level Z.
ReplyDeleteWe use the Reading Street curriculum, but do not follow it step by step. We teach standards, not a curriculum. I pull from outside resources to build my lessons. I have heard of Reading A-Z. Did you like it?
DeleteI use anything I can get my hands on that is age appropriate for my students. I use fluency passages, phonics flash cards, whole group white board writing of sight words, and Fry phrases.
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