LANGUAGE ARTS: Competencies
The following reading programs are ones that I have become familiar with and have learned by substituting and through developing and implementing my own lessons.
For each reading program below I've developed two lesson plans at different grade levels to showcase my understanding and implementation of the different strategies and techniques each program has to offer.
Rubgy: Literacy by Design
Kindergarten Lesson: Who Am I?
Techniques used:
2ND GRADE LESSON: Cast Your Vote
Teaching Styles/Techniques used:
-Group work
-Individual work
-Inclusion modfications/adaptations
-Differentiated Activity: Grouped by ability
-Phoneme segmentation and blending
-Making Connections: Text to Text, Self, and World
-Pair work
-Turn and Talk
-ELL student support integration
Houghton/Mifflin: Invitations to Literacy
1st Grade Lesson Plan: Unexpected Guests: There's a Dragon in My Sleeping Bag!
4th Grade Lesson: Super Sleuths; Jane Martin: Dog Detective!
Making Meaning Reading Comprehension Program
3rd Grade Lesson Plan: Have You Seen Bugs?
5th Grade Lesson Plan: Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Wilson Language Basics: Fundations
Kindergarten Mini Lesson:
2nd Grade Mini Lesson:
D'Nealian Handwriting:
There are many advantage to using this handwriting technique here are a few:
-It will eliminate the b-d reversal problem.
-It aids reading by giving immediate letter to word associations in drill and practice work. This helps build basic vocabulary. Reading and writing are thus correlated, not separated subject skills.
-Learning is accomplished on a continuum, without a serious break in the development process. 87% of D'Nealian lower case letters are the same as their cursive version. Children easily move into cursive writing when ready.
D'Nealian Kindergarten Handwriting Activity:
ANIMAL ALPHABET
| coloringpage_animalalphabet_dnealian.pdf | |
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D'Nealian 1st Grade Handwriting Activity:
DAYS OF THE WEEK
| handwriting_days_of_the_week_dnealian.pdf | |
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