TXRL

Structured Literacy Block in Action:

1st Grade Reading Classroom

Literacy Block

Teacher's Story

Teacher shares her journey learning to read (2:03 min)
Teacher describes cycles of learning and coaching required to develop strong STR expertise (00:41 min)

Whole Group

Word Recognition

Students receive multi-sensory phonics lesson (3:30 min)
Students practice spelling phonetic sounds in whole group (1:54 min)
Students read phonics deck to gain letter-sound automaticity (00:28)
Students read sight word deck to gain automaticity (00:35 min)

Language Comprehension (Source: Kindergarten Classroom, Tomball ISD)

Teacher uses a text set (series on animals) during interactive read aloud to build oral language, knowledge and vocabulary.
- Part 1: Teacher activates background knowledge and prior vocabulary. (1:22 min)

Part 2: Teacher reads short section of insect book to extend knowledge and invites students to think about where they have seen certain insects. (00:25 min)
Part 3: Students share ideas using complete sentences to build oral language. (1:18 min)

Small Group

Data informs student groupings for small group instruction (00:43 min)
Monthly Istation results & MAP Literacy Benchmarks (image) inform student groupings for targeted instruction.
Students practice word meanings during small group instruction (1:17 min)

Goal Setting Cycle

Teacher explains making time for weekly goal setting check-ins (00:38)
Teacher describes the goal setting process (00:22)
Teacher shares impacts of effective goal setting cycles (00:34 min)

Personalized Practice Activities

Prioritize Grade Level Playlist & Adaptive Content

Extra Practice if Students Finish Playlist & Adaptive Content

Weekly Playlist - Grade Level Skills Practice

Teacher describes the playlist structure (00:36 min)
Playlist includes practice activities designed to develop word recognition and language comprehension skills.
- Sample word recognition practice activities:
  - Decodable word practice; (00:44 min); Decodable Reading Practice list (image)
  - Sight word fluency practice ( 00:36 min)
- Sample language comprehension practice activities: Listening to Story of the Week (00:49)

Adaptive Content - Algorithm Driven Practice

Hear about key features of effective adaptive content use and how it is implemented in this first-grade classroom (1:39 min).

Listening/Reading Bins - Based on Student Data

Learn about Listening/Reading Bins (1:47 min).
Researcher describes the value of decodable books and when to transition to grade level texts (1:21 min).
Hear about the benefits of listening comprehension for pre-readers (1:27 min).
Explore a "Fluency Structured Partner Reading Routine" (document).

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