Reading Strategy for First Graders

Teacher’s Guide

November 9, 2018

IST 699 Graduate Capstone

Dr. Donald Fischer

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Reading Strategy for First Graders

Designer’s Name: Nuong Nguyen

Teaching Method: Teacher-led instruction with student interactions

Time: 1 hour

7 Reading Strategies:

Module 1: “Eagle Eyes” (Look at the pictures) (8 min)

Module 2: “Lips the Fish” (Make the first phoneme sound) (6 min)

Module 3: “Stretchy Snake” (Stretch out the word and sound out each letter) (7 min)

Module 4: “Flippy Dolphin” (Change the vowel sounds from a short to a long vowel) (10
min)

Module 5: “Chunky Monkey” (Break words into chunks) (12 min)

Module 6: “Skippy Frog” (Use context clues) (9 min)

Module 7: “Tryin’ Lion” (Reread the sentences) (8 min)

Reading Strategy Names and Definitions: Brenda Tejeda

Learning Objectives

Given an example or reading selection, first-grade students will be able to apply one to two
reading strategies while reading with 100% accuracy. This applies to all of the learning
modules. (Applying)

Materials

 Laptop
 Projector
 Sensor Cam & Interactive Pen
 Smart Notebook Software
 Learning Modules
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Learner Prerequisite

Students should be able to identify the alphabet letters and sounds.

Target Audience

Learners are first-grade students, who are beginner readers.

General Layout for instruction for each module

 Pretest and Post-test will have the same questions

I. Pretest
II. Introduction
III. Activate Prior Knowledge
IV. Video modeling or introducing the strategy
V. Practice Problem
VI. Review
VII. Post-test

MODULE 1: EAGLE EYES

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Eagle Eyes” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge  Environmental Print (McDonald’s, Walmart, stop
sign, Gold Fish Crackers)
 Sorting Beginning Letter Sounds
Modeling Reading Strategy “Eagle Eyes” Video
Practice  Reading two sentences with pictures
 Sorting color words
 Fill-in-the-blank with one word (2 slides)
 Fill-in-the-blank with two words
Review 1. Look at the first letter and make the sound.
2. Look at the picture to help you.
3. Reread the sentence using the picture clues.
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Quiz 4 Questions
MODULE 2: LIPS THE FISH

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Lips the Fish” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge  Look at familiar pictures and identify the beginning
sound
Modeling Reading Strategy - Kids TV 123 “Phonics Song 2” Video
-“Lips the Fish” Video
Practice  Match beginning sounds
 Reading words and sentences
Review 1. Look at the first letter and get your lips ready.
2. Make the beginning sound.
3. Try guessing the word and ask yourself if it makes
sense.
Quiz 4 Questions
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MODULE 3: STRETCHY SNAKE

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Stretchy Snake” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge Look at familiar pictures and identify the beginning sound
Modeling Reading Strategy “Stretchy Snake” Video
Practice  Read three, four, and five letter words.
 Match words to pictures
 Use a magnifying glass to read words.
 Read “Pam Can!” Book
Review 1. Look at the word
2. Slowly stretch each sound
3. Blend the sounds together to form the word
Quiz 4 Questions
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MODULE 4: FLIPPY DOLPHIN

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Flippy Dolphin” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge Review long vowels.
Modeling Reading Strategy “Flippy Dolphin” Video
“When Two Vowels Go Walking”
Practice  Read words with vcv pattern
 Sort short and long vowels
 Fill-in-the-blank with short and long vowel words
 Read two vowels
 Fill-in-the-blank with words with two vowels
Review 1. When two vowels are together, the first one does the
talking and makes the long vowel sounds. (ea, ai, oa,
ue, ee, ie)
2. The silent e at the end makes the other vowel say its
name. (e_e, a_e, i_e, u_e, o_e)
3. “Flippy Dolphin”- Change the vowel sound if the
word does not make sense.
Quiz 4 Questions
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MODULE 5: CHUNKY MONKEY

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Chunky Monkey” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge Students find the word parts that are the same
Modeling Reading Strategy Modeling how to read:
-Onset and rime
-Suffixes
-Open and closed syllables
"Chunky Monkey” Video
Practice  Read and sort onset and rime
 Read and sort root words and suffixes
 Read open and closed syllables
Review Break up words by
-Word parts
-Onset and rime (c at)
-Root word and suffix (jump ing)
-Syllables (ban ner)
Quiz 4 Questions
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MODULE 6: SKIPPY FROG

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Skippy Frog” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge Questions
Modeling Reading Strategy “Skippy Frog” Video
Practice -Read sentences using context clues
-Read blends and digraphs
-Read words with prefixes
Review 1. Look for clues
2. Read the first letter, blend, digraph, or prefix
3. Use the meaning of the sentence to help you guess the
unknown words.
Quiz 4 Questions
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MODULE 7: TRYING LION

Pretest 4 Questions
Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the reading
strategy “Trying Lion” to help you read.
Activate Prior Knowledge Review all six reading strategies
Modeling Reading Strategy “Trying Lion” Video
Practice -Reread the sentences using multiple strategies

Quiz 4 Questions