CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTRUCTION
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EMERGENT |
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| sound awareness | alphabet instruction | concept of word | concepts & vocabulary | writing |
| listening games | singing songs while tracking letters | pretend reading | read alouds | pretend writing |
| rhymes & ditties | name games | memory reading with finger pointing | story retellings | "invented" spelling [developmental] |
| syllable clapping | recognition & matching games | work with sentence strips and word banks | drama | picture captions |
| beginning sounds | matching upper/lower case | picture captions and dictated stories | concept sorts | journal writing |
| ending sounds | beginning sound picture sorts | informational books | centers.... |
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BEGINNING |
| fluency | comprehension | word study | writing |
| choral and echo reading | read alouds | words in context | story-based dictation |
| re-reading | book introductions | word banks | personal message |
| partner reading | webbing/mapping | sorts -- picture/word | word-study based dictation |
| expert reading | drama/puppetry re-enactment | concept sorts for vocabulary | imitation writing |
| taped reading | story illustration | push & say it for phonemic awareness | pattern writing |
| reader's theatre | retellings | word study games | story structure models: circle/cumulative |
| INSTRUCTIONAL |
| reading for fluency | word knowledge | reading & writing | listening comprehension |
| poetry reading | word hunts | strategies BEFORE -anticipation guides -KWL -making/checking predictions |
awareness of author/illustrator |
| timed readings | word & writing sorts | strategies DURING -literature maps/webbing -questioning |
connection to personal |
| re-reading | word play and reading strategies | strategies AFTER -responses -compare/contrast -examine strategies used |
vocabulary discussion |