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Isolate Initial Sounds T, D, K, G
This Phonics lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments Please read the additional teacher instructions provided in gray throughout the lesson. Lesson covers the following sounds /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/.
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Isolate Final Sounds
RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.2.DRF.K.2.D Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
This phonics lesson covers the following sounds: /t/, /p/, /n/, /m/, /s/, /k/, /g/, /d/, /b/, /f/, /v/, /z/, /sh/, /ch/, /th/, /ng/. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students should practice answering questions without prompting or support. Additional teacher instructions are included throughout the lesson.
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Read High-Frequency Words
This phonics and word recognition lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. This lesson provides mini-concepts and skill developments for 24 high-frequency words. The words have been separated into groups of 3 and the order they are taught is at the discretion of the teacher. An extra practice table of high-frequency words is available in a separate file.
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Spell Sight Words
This writing conventions lesson focuses on spelling sight words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice spelling sight words that must be memorized because they usually do not follow any spelling rules. In addition to the lesson, there are nine pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Identify Characters in a Story
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on identifying characters in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
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Identify the Setting of a Story
K(7)(D) Describe the setting.
This Reading Comprehension lesson focuses on identifying the setting in a narrative story. The lesson is intended to be taught as a read-aloud, with Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews to be teacher guided. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments.
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Distinguish Fantasy Text from Realistic Text
This literary response and analysis lesson covers the distinction between fantasy and realistic text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will distinguish if the text is fantasy or realistic, based on whether an event can happen in real life or not. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Identify Major Events in a Story
This literary response and analysis lesson requires students to identify important events. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
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Identify the Parts of a Book
This craft and structure lesson is focused on identifying parts of a book. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the different parts of a book, including author and/or illustrator. In addition to the lesson, there are multiple pages of independent practice and review. Consider incorporating actual books from around the classroom. This will give you more of a variety of what the students will see.
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Compare Two Texts
This integration of knowledge and ideas reading lesson practices answering specific questions about a text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. This lesson contains who, when, and where questions. In Skill Development/Guided Practice, students are asked to tell which sentence they found the answer in. This prepares students to cite textual evidence.