Well...this summer I am working with a PRECIOUS K-1 child to help accelerate her reading process. I am so enjoying her and wanted to share with you all! Her mom emailed me right before we got out for the summer asking if I could help her with reading. So we set up a plan for 10 learning sessions (an hour each time), I loaded up my reading basket with books, and then I was off to the dollar store! I am so hooked on the dollar store! Here are some of the goodies I use for my lessons...
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| I usually begin with getting to know you activities/sight word checks and running records to find out what my student already knows. Once I've determined the instructional reading level... I head straight to my predictable readers to find books that will build on what the child already knows! We start with a little word work/writing review to warm up our lesson. Then we move into reading familiar books for fluency practice. After that, I take a running record of the book that was read the lesson before (only 1 reading). Then we write a story in the art pad about that book. This is partner writing (the child chooses our color for the day...she has a pen and so do I), next, we take that same sentence to a sentence strip and do a cut-up sentence puzzle! Great for phrasing and fluency practice! I place it in an envelope for her to practice later. We conclude our lesson with the introduction of a new book (which will be the running record book for the next session). |
Her Kinder teacher filled me in on her reading levels/needs so I had a head start before our first session together. I completed a Predictions of Progress Sheet and made a copy to give her parents at our first session. I've given you a "sample" Predictions of Progress to help you see how I would use it! Each lesson incorporates reading of familiar texts (to build fluency/phrasing /expression), word work activities, new books for instructional teaching opportunities, assessment with a running record to monitor reading behaviors and progress, and writing. Here are pics of the freebies below! I made them in color and b&w. Hope you can use them! Thanks friends and happy tutoring!-Yvonne
