Lesson Plans

I can… decode words, read fluently, and spell words correctly!

On days school is in session, Title I Reading Intervention groups will be working with one of several programs- Sonday System, 95% Group, or UFLI.

Each Sonday System lesson is constructed to include: 

1. Read Sounds: A review of all sounds taught builds automaticity that provides a foundation for fluency and sets a positive tone at the start of each lesson. Shuffle the cards before each review to ensure that the students are reading each card and not memorizing the sequence of sounds. 

2. Spell Sounds: Dictating sounds requires students to identify and write consonants and vowels, blends, vowel pairs, and affixes while reinforcing rules and place value and incorporating multisensory practice. 

3. Read Words: Word lists and sentences in the Word Book reinforce previously taught material. 

4. Spell Words: Dictated words carry the power of the lesson for students and supply both diagnostic information and proof of effective learning for the teacher. Dictate as many words as possible in the time allotted, leaving time to dictate at least one phrase or sentence and to allow students to read aloud the words, phrases, and/or sentences written. Emphasis is on the sounds and rules most recently taught. 

5. Teach New Material: Students see, hear, repeat, and write the new element, then read and spell words incorporating that element. 

95% Group- Phonemic Awareness:

Students will use manipulatives to orally blend and segment words, add sounds, delete sounds, and/or exchange sounds within words. 

Each UFLI lesson is constructed to include:

1. Phonemic Awareness: blending sounds and segmenting words

2. Visual and Auditory Drills: giving sounds that letters make and identifying which letter(s) makes a certain sound

3. Blending Drill: Students construct a word by listening to sounds, then change one thing to make a new word (ex. thick to kick)

4. New Concept: Students are introduced to and practice reading and spelling a new pattern.

5. Word Work: Students use manipulatives to construct words and word chain into new words. 

6. Irregular Words: Students practice "tricky" words (ex. the, said...).

7. Connected Text: Students read and write sentences using the new concept. Then they read a decodable story.

Homework: none

Assessment: Ongoing assessments are embedded into the program, every two or three lessons. Benchmark assessments are administered at the beginning, middle, and end of the year.