CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTRUCTION

   

EMERGENT

   
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....
   

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