Segmenting Routine:
Silvia, Kindergarten, Unit 4 Lesson 8
Melanie, Kindergarten, Unit 7 Lesson 1
As you watch this video, notice…
How Silvia ensures all students get maximum participation through whole-group practice, while also checking for understanding for individual students
How Silvia differentiates the lesson by giving volunteer students a chance to independently segment a word for the class before the whole-class attempt
How both Melanie and Silvia provide explicit Instruction through quick instruction and crystal clear models, including finger visuals
How Melanie notices and provides quick, anonymous corrective feedback when students make a common error segmenting “skips”
How Melanie scaffolds instruction for diverse learners by overemphasizing the mouth placement for different phonemes
How Melanie scaffolds instruction for diverse learners by incorporating a visual hand movement (closed fist) to signify the blended word