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My focus over these last few months has been on trying to enhance my Wilson Reading instruction in order to increase student engagement. This program is often very explicit and teacher-led which can make it difficult to allow for room to play. Below are just some of the "playful" activities I've tried to incorporate into these daily lessons. I would definitely say that the students are enjoying the ways in which I've tried to revamp these sometimes mundane tasks. At our last class meeting, I spoke with our colleague, Maddy, about this challenge that we often face when implementing the Wilson Reading program with our students. She shred several games that she created for her students to practice newly learned skills and concepts. I am excited to try out some of her great ideas!
This game is called ZAP. Students take turns pulling a stick out of the container and reading the word that is written on it. If the student picks a ZAP stick, they must return all of their previously picked sticks back to the container. I actually created this game for my Wilson lessons during a class I took one summer.
Sometimes, I hide the word cards around the classroom and have the students search for them before we sit down to read the words as a group.
My students sometimes struggle with maintaining their attention during the sentence reading activity. To increase their engagement, I typed up the sentences, cut them out, and added their names. Then the students took turns picking the sentences "out of a hat" and reading them aloud.
Another way I've tried to make sentence reading more engaging is by turning it into a game. There are 10 sentences on each page. Students roll a ten sided dice and read the sentence that corresponds with the number they rolled. Students continue rolling and reading until they've read all of the sentences. This is also a great way to work on fluency!
Colleague Posts:
I think it's great that you are trying to enhance the Wilson program to make it more engaging. The activities that you have created thus far incorporate movement, risk and excitement. I can't think of better ways to engage students. - Sarah
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