Literacy, Learning and Leading

Coweta County School System

It’s an EXCITING time to be an EDUCATOR

in the Coweta County School System!

More professional development training in reading, writing, and literacy integration is needed to ensure quality instruction in implementing the new Common Core Georgia

Performance Standards. ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH

Remember our survey results

A consistent phonics program is needed throughout our school system for students in kindergarten through 3rd grades.

ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH

Now what?The survey results show a need for:•A unified framework•Professional development and training•Literacy materials to support student learning

Get Ready Kindergarten! We have some exciting

resources to share!

CCGPSPhonological Awareness ELACCKRF2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). a. Recognize and produce rhyming words. b. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. d. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in

three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

e. Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

Phonics ELACCKRF3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decodinga. Demonstrates basic knowledge of one-to-one letter sound correspondences by

producing the primary or many of most frequent sounds for each consonant.b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spelling (graphemes) for the five

major vowels.c. Read common high-frequency words by sight.d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters

that differ.

How does phonics fit with Café?

EXAMPLE SCHEDULE Café Strategy Mini Lesson 1 - 9:00-9:15

Daily 5 Independent Work Time - 9:15-9:30

Café Lesson 2 /Phonics Lesson - 9:30-10:10Word Work - 10:10-10:35

Café Strategy Mini Lesson 3 - 10:35-10:50Daily 5 Independent Work Time - 10:50-11:05

County Phonics Website

Shopping place for• Multisensory activities• Word Work

Help us create this shopping place!

SNAPSHOT OF RESOURCESshort i

Phonics Tools-Word Work for Daily Five

Click here for Flipchart Materials

Click here for Phonics/Word Work Materials

Click here for Differentiation Materials

Click here for Resource Materials

Week Phonics Skill Recipe for Reading

Corresponding Page

R4R Skills preview,

review and maintain

Corresponding “Red Words”

Phonological Awareness

First Week of School

Teach strokes for writing letters (pull down, push

across, curve around, slant) Assess-GKIDS

Baseline

c, short o, I, a GRASP Screener

(documents)

Week 2 Cc - Cat p. 35 c, o, a, d, Color words a. Recognize rhyming words

Week 3 Short Oo- Octopus

p. 36 c, o, a, d, g,m Color words a. Produce rhyming words

Week 4 Short Aa- Apple p. 37 c, o, a, d, g, m, l, h

Number words a. Count syllables in spoken words

Week 5 Dd- Dog(Begin dictation with letter sounds and words only)

p. 38 c, o, a, d, g, m, l, h, t, i

Number words b. Pronounce syllables in spoken words

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayPhonemic Awareness

IntroduceLetter

Demonstrate letter formation

Sand/ Shaving Cream/ Gel Bags

Multisensory Experience

Make a list of words that begin with letter sound

Word Work

Phonemic Awareness

Review letter cards

Sand/ Shaving

Cream/ Gel Bags

Screen & Green

Blending board

Back to Back

Red Word

Word Work

Phonemic Awareness

Review letter cards

Sand/ Shaving

Cream/ Gel Bags

Screen & Green

Blending board

Flipchart

Red Word

Word Work

Phonemic Awareness

Review letter cards

Sand/ Shaving Cream/ Gel

Bags

Screen & Green

Blending board

Vowel Intensive Drill

Red Word

Word Work

Vowel Intensive

Kagan Structure

Boggle Game

Letter Tiles

Dictation

Word Work

A Menu to choose from…

A week at a glance… Daily Routine:

• Great transition into phonics mini lesson

T: How many letters in the alphabet? K…T: What are the two kinds of letters? K…T: What are the vowels/consonants?

**ABC Song by Dr. Jean/ You Tube ABC Raphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd8agfCf71s

Discuss rhyming, recite nursery rhymes and work on other phonemic awareness activities like isolating beginning/ mid/ end sound.

Monday•Phonemic Awareness

•Introduce Letter

•Demonstrate letter formation

•Sand/ Shaving Cream/ Gel Bags

•Multisensory Experience (think pair share)

•Make a list of words that begin with letter sound

•Review Anchor Chart for Word Work (Daily 5). Students complete Word Work then celebrate!

Tuesday•Phonemic Awareness

•Review letter cards

•Sand/ Shaving Cream/ Gel Bags

•Letter formation using house paper- Screen & Green

•Blending board

•Back to Back

•Red Word

•Review Anchor Chart for Word Work. Students complete Word Work then celebrate!

Wednesday•Phonemic Awareness

•Review letter cards

•Sand/ Shaving Cream/ Gel Bags

•Screen and Green (front & back)

•Blending board

•Flipchart

•Red Word

•Review Anchor Chart for Word Work. Students complete Word Work then celebrate!

Thursday•Phonemic Awareness

•Review letter cards

•Sand/ Shaving Cream/ Gel Bags

•Screen and Green

•Blending board

•Vowel Intensive Drill

•Red Word

•Review Anchor Chart for Word Work. Students complete Word Work then celebrate!

Friday• Phonemic Awareness

• Vowel Intensive Drill

• Kagan Structure

• Boggle team game

• Letter Tiles (practice identifying letters/sounds and building words)

• Dictation (example)

• Review Anchor Chart for Word Work. Students complete Word Work then celebrate!

Procedure, Procedure, Procedure

• Read Daily 5 for how to create anchor charts and set procedures for Word Work

• Don’t be scared! Take your time teaching procedures!

• Work smarter not harder (share, share, share)

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