Identifying Missing Foundational Skills in Reading and Writing

What do we want for our children?

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How do kids learn to read?

Important Note Word documents of the next few

slides/examples will be available to participants so they can be modified to best fit individual needs.

Assessment Scale 3: I can all by myself! 2: I am learning to 1: I need to learn

Morning Messages

Marvelous Monday Tangled Tuesday Wacky Wednesday Thinking Thursday Fabulous Friday

Predictable Charts An apple is red. Johnny An apple is smooth. Charlene An apple is wormy. Leslie An apple is juicy. Matias An apple is good. Oishani

Word Wall Words everybody first there who friend

Chants found at: http://

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Making Words

Word Relationships

act

art

dart dare

care

cart dear

clear

smear

Word Sort and Transfer

art care dear dart dare clear

cart [fare] smear

[part] [bare] [fear]

[smart] [flare] [gear]

Making Words

a e h r t

Making Words: a e h r t at hate earth

hat heat heart rat hear

rate ear

Bats! Strange and Wonderful Wri7en by: Laurence Pringle

Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson

When daylight comes, bats need a roost a safe place to sleep. Flying fox bats often hang from high tree limbs, out in the open, but most bats roost in caves, mines, buildings or hollow trees. Some rain forest bats make

their own shelters. They chew partway through the veins of several leaves, causing the leaves to droop. This forms a tent-like space in which a colony of bats sleep.