January 2019 Teacher Support Group

Tools for the Discussion...

1. Read this article prior to the discussion
2. Note taking page (We will have copies for you at Angie's house.)
3. To be given our "Do" teaching resource, you'll need to either attend the meeting at Angie's house or watch our Facebook live video! If watching the video, please like our Facebook page and share the video.

November Teacher Support Group

November 2018 Topic: Reading Comprehension - What Every Teacher Needs to Know

Tools for the Discussion...

1. Read this article prior to the discussion
2. Note taking page (We will have copies for you at Angie's house.)
3. This month, to be given our FREE "Do" teaching resource, you'll need to either attend the meeting at Angie's house or watch our Facebook live video! If watching the video, please like our Facebook page and share the video. We will send you a link to our free "Do" resource.

Multisyllabic Word Reading Strategy

WHY By 5th grade, multisyllabic words make up most of the words in texts students encounter. In order for students to be able to fluently read and comprehend text, we must explicitly teach them how to read multisyllabic words. Decoding and fluency are prerequisites for comprehension. Decoding instruction often stops after 2nd grade, but text gets more complex and decoding of multisyllabic words needs to be taught explicitly beginning in 2nd grade and continuing through the elementary grades. WHEN About 20 minutes a day, everyday with at least 50% of the time spent on text reading! 1st grade: By the end of the year your students will be reading multisyllabic words with two syllables. Whenever there is a multisyllabic word that fits your sound-spelling focus within your decodable, teach your students the multisyllabic word reading strategy. 2nd grade: All year, during sound-spelling focused phonics lessons, pull multisyllabic words from the text and blend those words. By mid-year, start putting more emphasis on decoding multisyllabic words. Pull multisyllabic words from your main selection as well as decodable readers. 3rd – 5th grades: Multisyllabic word reading will be the primary focus of your phonics lessons. Sound-spelling focus will have been mastered by most, so focus on multisyllabic word reading, pulling words from the texts you use in your class.

April Teacher Support Group

To see our previous teacher support group discussions, click on the "Teacher Support Group" link to the right under our Topics section. Angie's husband, who is a LCSW licensed clinical social worker, will start our meetings with a "be well" message. (He will not be able to attend in April.) Angie will help you learn and Whitney will provide you with some tools to help you do what you learn.

April Topic: "Jottings" An effective strategy for note taking to facilitate meaningful discussions and increase reading comprehension. 

Tools for the Discussion...

1. Read prior to the discussion (Click here for the article.)
2. Note taking page (Click here for the note taking page.)
3. This month, to be given our FREE "Do" teaching resource, you'll need to either attend the meeting at Angie's house or watch our Facebook live video! If watching the video, please like our Facebook page, share the video on Facebook, and make a comment or ask a question. We will send you a link to our free "Do" resource.

Variant Vowel Phonics Lessons and Decodable Passages

Variant Vowel spellings can be tricky to find multiple decodable passages to engage students in reading the sound-spelling patterns. For that reason, we have included a lot of passages in this variant vowel pack. 12 passages, in our long vowel pack, have been the most we have written in a download. In this download we wrote 28 decodable passages! We've provided hard and easy versions of each spelling to allow for multiple grade use and differentiation. Look at our pacing below. 

Enjoy! Click here to check out the resource.

Example Lesson Cards

Example Decodable Passage

Clink link below for link to video...

 Phonics Video Link!

March Teacher Support Group

If you missed our February or January discussions, catch up with us this month! Angie's husband, who is a LCSW licensed clinical social worker, will start our meetings with a "be well" message. Angie will help you learn and Whitney will provide you with some tools to help you do what you learn.

RESCHEDULE FOR MARCH 29!

March Topic: Repeated Readings: The Good and Unintended Messages 

Tools for the Discussion...

1. Read prior to the discussion: Addressing Unintended Instructional Messages About Repeated Reading by Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher 
2. Note taking page (Click here)
3. This month, to be given our FREE "Do" teaching resource, you'll need to either attend the meeting at Angie's house or watch our Facebook live video! If watching the video, please like our Facebook page, share the video on Facebook, and make a comment or ask a question. We will send you a link to our free "Do" resource.

February Teacher Support Group

If you missed our January discussion (click here to watch the video), catch up with us this month! Angie's husband, who is a LCSW licensed clinical social worker, will start our meetings with a "be well" message. Angie will help you learn and Whitney will provide you with some tools to help you do what you learn.

BE WELL FEBRUARY!


FEBRUARY LEARN AND DO!

February Topic: COMPREHENSIVE READING MODEL

Tools for the Discussion...
Read prior to the discussion: Teaching Reading Sourcebook - Comprehensive Reading Model Chapter
Note taking page (Click here)
Literacy Grouping Quick Steps
Comprehension Strategy Trackers (Click here)
Reading Elements "Drill Down" for Assessments Guide (Click here)
RTI Phonics Intervention Grouping Spreadsheet (Click here) - You Can copy and save the document to your Google Drive. This format could be used for any reading element needed intervened.

Be Well. Learn. Do. TEACHER SUPPORT GROUP

Here are the videos from the night... first time Facebook Live video ROOKIES! :)
The first video is sideways and so we had to stop the video and then start again. Some of the "Be Well" portion was cut out. The "Learn" section discussing the article found below starts around 19:00 in the second video. Enjoy! (PRESS THE VOLUME/SOUND ICON TO UNMUTE.)


We are excited to announce our monthly teacher support group meetings! Angie's husband, who is a LCSW licensed clinical social worker, will start our meetings with a "be well" message. Angie and  will help you learn and Whitney will provide you with some tools to help you do what you learn.

January Topic: Learning is the Goal of Literacy
Article for Discussion: What if "Just Right" is is Just Wrong? The Unintended Consequences of Leveling Readers , Hoffman, 2017  (Click the link.)

Tools for the Discussion:
Note Taking Sheet (Click here.)
FREE Reciprocal Teaching Bookmark (Click here.) 
Reciprocal Teaching Mega Pack Link (On sale, just for you!)
Text Level Conversion Chart

We would love to have you at Angie's house, but we know that's not possible for everyone. To make it easier for you, we will be doing a Facebook live stream video as well.  Make sure you are following us on Facebook for announcements of future meetings.

Let us know if you have any questions!