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CONTENT 3.3 The student will apply word-analysis skills when reading.
TOPIC: Reading
CONTENT
What do your students need to
KNOW?
All students should
understand
the need to apply word
analysis skills to decode
words.
DEMONSTRATORS
What do your students need to be able to DO?
Apply knowledge of regular and irregular
vowel patterns to decode words.
Apply knowledge of ambiguous vowel
patterns to decode words. (e.g., ou/ow,
oi/oy, oo, aw)
Apply knowledge of the change in tense (-ed),
number (-s), and degree (-er and -est) signified
by inflected endings to decode words.
Decode regular multisyllabic words in order
to read fluently.
ASSESSMENT
How will you assess what your
students ALREADY KNOW, and assess
WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED?
ACTIVITIES
HOW will you teach it?
Students will be given a pre-test to
determine their ability to decode regular
multisyllabic words. They will be given a
list of at least 20 words to read aloud. As
they are reading I will be looking at the
same sheet in order to mark any mistakes.
After completing the pre-test I will
determine how much instruction time is
needed in my classroom. Once I finish my
instruction on multisyllabic words,
students will be given the same word list
that they received before instruction to
check for growth. If any students are still
struggling, they will work one on one or in
small groups to continue instruction and
practice with decoding multisyllabic words.
For another post assessment, students will
read a short passage with the same
multisyllabic words to check for growth.
Warm Up Activities (Movement
Activities)
Syllable Hop
After receiving some instruction on
what syllables are, students will
participate in a syllable hop. Students
will spread out around the room and
wait for instruction. I will show a word
on the board, read it aloud, have the
students repeat, and then they will
jump according to how many syllables
are in the word.
Syllable Clap
Syllable clap is very similar to the
activity above, but instead of hopping,
the students can clap. This movement
activity can be done at the students’
seats; they do not have to spread out
for this one.
Lesson
Start the lesson out by teaching
students that words are sometimes
made up with different parts called
syllables. Explain to them that words
can be made up with two, three, or
more syllables. Write a word on the
board such as, football. Say the word
to the class. Then show them how they
can put their hand underneath their
chin. When they say the word, their
chin will hit their hand twice. That
means there are two syllables in the
word.
After the introduction write a list of 5
to 7 words on the board. Start out with
just two syllables and increase the
number of syllables by the end of the
list. Practice along with the students
using their hands to help them identify
the number of syllables in each word.
When the lesson is finished sit the
students down with any book and read
aloud to them. While reading, point
out examples of words with more than
one syllable. After finishing a few
pages, or a short book, have the
students buddy read the same amount.
While they are reading have the
students make a list of three two
syllable words, and three three syllable
words. This can be repeated the next
day with the student working alone to
assess what they have learned already.
DIFFERENTIATION
How will you meet the needs of
all students?
-Syllable Hop (See above)
-Syllable Clap (See above)
-While students are reading
independently, they will be self
selecting their books (teachers may
also choose to pick the books for
the students if the need arises)
-RAZ Kids read aloud-Students can
use the read aloud function of RAZ
kids to complete the assignment on
their own.
-While teaching, color the different
parts of the word to show the
syllables.
RESOURCES
Depending on how you want to teach and present
the information you will need:
-Smartboard or Whiteboard
-Book of the teacher or students choice
-Pre-Tests and Post Assessments to track growth
TEACHER NOTES:
The following is a great website for syllable activities and strategies:
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/syllable_games/