Word Work

Rhyme-a-lot Bot

Materials:

Rhyme Picture or Word Cards with Cycle focus words (one deck per pair of players in each microphase)

Late Pre-Alphabetic	Use picture cards provided in Skills Block Resource Manual
Middle and Late Partial	Use word cards with CVC words, including all short vowel sounds. Consider using 3-4 word families (e.g. -am, -an, -op, -it) to ensure there are rhyming word pairs.
Early Full	Use word cards with CVCC or CCVCC words with a final consonant blend. Consider using 3-4 blends (-end, -ong, -ank) to ensure there are rhyming word pairs.
Middle Full	Use word cards with one-syllable words that contain the r-controlled vowel patterns -ar, -or, and -er (spelled -er, ir, and -ur).

Fluency

Fishing for High-Frequency Words

Materials:

Late Pre-Alphabetic	Use high-frequency words that have been introduced along with letters d, f, l, y and k.
Middle and Late Partial; Early and Middle Full	Use high-frequency words that have been introduced up through, and including, the current cycle for each microphase.

Fluency Practice: Buddy Reading

Materials:

Directions:

Students work in pairs.

Student A reads aloud to Student B while they follow along for half the rotation time.
Then students switch roles. If a partner is not available, consider allowing students to read with a “Reading Buddy" stuffed animal or drawing.

Fluency Check-in

Materials:

Late Pre-Alphabetic and Early Partial	Fluency Check Bookmark A
Middle and Late Partial	Fluency Check Bookmark B
Full and Consolidated	Fluency Check Bookmark C

Directions:

All students rate themselves on how well they think they are doing with aspects of fluency by filling in the stars (1 = Need to improve . . . 4 = Got it!) and circle the aspect of fluency they will focus on improving.
Students completing Fluency Bookmarks B and C set a specific fluency goal, and students completing Fluency Bookmark C add a brief plan for reaching their goal

AIR

Wide range of independent reading texts for each student
Accountable Independent Reading (AIR) Response Bookmarks, differentiated by microphase below:

Pre-Alphabetic and Partial Microphases	Students in these microphases complete the AIR Response (A) bookmark for all texts.
Full and Consolidated Microphases	Students in these microphases complete the AIR Response (B) bookmark for informational texts and/or AIR Response (C) bookmark for fictional texts.

Directions:

Set Goals, Choose Book, Read, and/or Respond to Reading

Students independently read a text of their choice, based on interest and/or reading goals and set a goal for their reading, with teacher support.

Consider using the bookmarks linked above to track these goals.

Students completing AIR Bookmark A should circle whether their text was informational or fiction and fill in the stars based on how much they enjoyed the text (1 = Didn’t like . . . 4 = Loved it!). Then, they draw or write why they rated the text as they did.
Students completing AIR Bookmark B (informational texts) record the text’s title and author, then state what they think the author was trying to teach the reader, write a fact or two they learned, rate the text, and explain why they rated the text as they did.
Students completing AIR Bookmark C (fictional texts) record the text’s title and characters, briefly describe what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story, rate the text, and explain why they rated the text as they did. On AIR Bookmarks B and C, students choose the next text they’ll read, with the goal of reading a wide range of texts.

Writing

Materials:

Variety of paper (unlined, some lines and a box for an illustration, lined)
For some in the Pre-Alphabetic and Early Partial microphases, consider providing paper with a sentence starter or fill-in-the-blanks.

Directions:

Students continue writing from the modules, freewrite, and/or write to one of the following suggested prompts:

Skills Flex Video

Materials:

Directions:

Students watch the Skills Flex video assigned to their group and complete all activities as instructed by the onscreen teacher.

Microphase	Video
Late Pre-Alphabetic	Kindergarten, Module 2, Cycle 8, Lesson 44
Middle Partial	Kindergarten, Module 4, Cycle 20, Lesson 104
Late Partial	Grade 1, Module 2, Cycle 6, Lesson 34
Early Full	Grade 1, Module 3, Cycle 13, Lesson 69
Middle Full	Grade 1, Module 4, Cycle 20, Lesson 104

Grade K, Module 2, Cycle 8, Lesson 44