Pre-reading phonics activity: making a chart of mid-word vowel digraphs

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This is a portion of a literacy block that includes reading, writing and spelling. Lessons are based on non-fiction texts about a variety of science topics. Students are making a chart of words that they encounter in a text about the parts of plants that familiar foods come from, with a focus on vowel digraphs, which prior assessment showed to be a learning need for these particular students.

Other components of this block include multiple readings of the text and interactive writing, using the words targeted in this lesson. I have incorportated technology and service learning into this literacy block by having students create Power Point presentations of high-frequency words that they use for practice and to share with other students.

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Student Group	Girl A	Activities/Lessons	Activities/Lessons
Grade	K
Profile	Friendly and cheerful Energetic and enthusiastic Speech/language difficulties Short /disorganized attention Impulsive Below K in literacy and math skills	Walk and count sidewalk lines Skip after 3 lines	Say the names of selected letters while tracing them on textured cards. View and say selected letters on Starfall's interactive alphabet.
Objectives For Student(s)	Follow oral directions	Self-control Follow directions Counting objects
	Write name		Independant and guided practice
	Learn letter names and sounds	Make letters out of clay. Lesson Plan	Practice continuous sound letters and their sounds L, m, n, s
	Attend to lessons		Say the sounds and names of presented letters
Standards		CA.M.K.NS.1 Students understand the relationship between numbers and quantities	CA.ELA.K.R.1.6 Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet
Objectives For Teaching	Implement strategies and use multi-sensory input to help Student A focus on the lesson and remember previous lessons.	Strategy to enhance internal behavior regulation
Resources			Textured alphabet cards
Technology			Starfall interactive alphabet
Research Links		A Synthesis of Research on Reading