Teacher Center: Explicit Phonics Lesson

Welcome to another video of our Series: Teacher Center!

In these videos we use metacognition at its best! 

In today's "Teacher Center" video, we will be watching Whitney teach an Explicit Phonics lesson. Enjoy!

We provide 5 things for you in our new Teacher Center videos:
1) Watch good teaching
2) Discuss what is being done/seen
3) Hear about the choices made when the lesson was planned
4) Hear about the choices made during the teaching
5) Discuss what ideas could be improved upon in the future or in different circumstances.

What a great way to learn from each other!  We hope you will share in our learning and be metacognitive with us about teaching!

Thank you Whitney for letting us into your classroom.
We are blessed to see you teach!

Resources Mentioned in the Video...

🔗 ch/tch Lesson in the Video

🔗 Phonics Lessons and Resources

🔗 Multisyllabic Word Reading

Teacher Center: Tier II Fluency with Phrasing Intervention Lesson

Welcome to another video of our Series: Teacher Center!

In these videos we use metacognition at its best! 

In today's "Teacher Center" video, we will be watching Whitney teach a TIER I fluency lesson using Phrasing. Enjoy!

We provide 5 things for you in our new Teacher Center videos:
1) Watch good teaching
2) Discuss what is being done/seen
3) Hear about the choices made when the lesson was planned
4) Hear about the choices made during the teaching
5) Discuss what ideas could be improved upon in the future or in different circumstances.

What a great way to learn from each other!  We hope you will share in our learning and be metacognitive with us about teaching!

Thank you Whitney for letting us into your classroom.
We are blessed to see you teach!

Organizing a Positive Reward System in the Classroom

Managing a whole class, group, and individual reward system can be easy! Let us give you ideas on how! Keeping kids engaged and motivated to work hard is important.  In today's video we give you some fun and easy ways that don't "break the bank" as well!  Here are some ideas for you straight from Whitney's classroom.

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The Purpose of Reading: Pronunciation versus Meaning

In this video we discuss the purpose(s) of reading and how reading acquisition occurs.  We then dive deep into the difference between pronouncing words (word reading or decoding), meaning of words (vocabulary), and meaning of text (comprehension) and the different things teachers must do for each of these different reading purposes.  

When we as teachers understand the differences within the purposes of reading we then can be  clear on what to do to help when a student struggles. Our students can overcome the difficulties associated with reading. Teaching and helping readers, especially struggling readers, is our favorite thing! 

How to Organize a Focus Wall in the Classroom

Don't miss this one! Whitney shares her focus wall with us and gives great ideas for making your own focus wall meaningful and useful to you and your students! 

Nonsense Word Fluency: What and Why

Questions about Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)?  We have answers in today's video!

NWF is an assessment we use to see how well students are applying their phonics blending or decoding skills.  We will help you understand NWF so you can use it as a meaningful and valuable assessment in your classroom.

Classroom Set-up Tips: Do it once to last all year!

Who is teaching students in a classroom this year?! For those that are, classroom set-up tips are handy to help save you time and money! Use these tips to save you time now and in the future.  These tips are things we have found to help us do things once and they last so we aren't constantly re-doing them all year long.

Enjoy! 

Academic Language Stems - TALK, TALK, Talk!

2020... the year of COVID-19, online learning, and more! We've had to step back for a little while due to busy lives and we hope to be more regular beginning today! First, we hope you're finding ways to have joy and happiness in your teaching experience! Hopefully this video, filmed awhile ago 😅, gives you some hope and light in your lives. Talking, in any platform of teaching, is amazing!

Talk, Talk, Talk! In today's video we talk about the importance of talking in the classroom! We need to be giving our students lots of opportunity to talk in the classroom using academic language stems. Oral language is the foundation of all literacy!

For help within your classroom, check our our "Let's Talk! Academic Language Stems" resource!

Teacher Center: Tier 2 Fluency Intervention

Welcome to the SECOND video to our new Series: Teacher Center!

In these videos we use metacognition at its best! 

In today's "Teacher Center" video, we will be watching Whitney teach a TIER 2 Fluency intervention focusing on Phrasing. Enjoy!

We provide 5 things for you in our new Teacher Center videos:
1) Watch good teaching
2) Discuss what is being done/seen
3) Hear about the choices made when the lesson was planned
4) Hear about the choices made during the teaching
5) Discuss what ideas could be improved upon in the future or in different circumstances.

What a great way to learn from each other!  We hope you will share in our learning and be metacognitive with us about teaching!

Thank you Whitney for letting us into your classroom.
We are blessed to see you teach!

Teacher Center: Tier I Comprehension Strategy Visualize Lesson

Welcome to our new Series: Teacher Center!

In these videos we use metacognition at its best! 

We provide 5 things for you in our new Teacher Center videos:
1) Watch good teaching
2) Discuss what is being done/seen
3) Hear about the choices made when the lesson was planned
4) Hear about the choices made during the teaching
5) Discuss what ideas could be improved upon in the future or in different circumstances.

What a great way to learn from each other!  We hope you will share in our learning and be metacognitive with us about teaching!

In today's "Teacher Center" video, we will be watching Whitney teach a TIER I comprehension lesson using the strategy visualize. Enjoy!

Thank you Whitney for letting us into your classroom.
We are blessed to see you teach!

Progress Monitoring: What it is and Why we use it in our classrooms

In this video we will help you know what progress monitoring is and why we do it.  Knowing this may help you understand why you should fit it into your weekly schedule as an important part of your data gathering routine.

What is Explicit Teaching and Practice within the Gradual Release Model

This is one of the biggest teaching tips we can give any teacher about improving student learning and, when done well, it will save you time!  Once you understand what explicit teaching is and how the Gradual Release Model can work for you, you will be hooked! It truly is the best way to teach all the components of literacy!

Enjoy the video!

Comprehension Instruction: What is it and why do we teach it?

Let us help you understand what to do DURING reading to help you and your students make deep meaning from text!  Reading comprehension instruction is important to understand in order to help make your reading and teaching meaningful!  We include information about discussion, strategy instruction, metacognition, Jottings, and skills versus strategies.

Enjoy the video!

Jottings

Reading Components

Comprehension Lessons

Comprehension Resources

(Strategy Posters, Graphic Organizers, Trackers, and more!)

How to Work SMARTER, NOT HARDER!

Enjoy our six tips of ways to work smarter, not harder!

Read! Read! Read! Ways to have your students practice the prosody fluency elements!

Let's Teach Fluency!

Let's Practice Fluency!

K & 1 Dibels Progress Monitoring

Oral Reading Fluency Progress Monitoring

Check out all our fluency resources HERE!

How to Teach Fluency Using the Prosody Elements

Do you want to get your kids to read faster? In this video we show you how!

Resources:
Reading Components
Let's Teach Fluency
Let's Practice Fluency
DIBELS Progress Monitoring
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Dibels Progress Monitoring

7 Tips for When a Lesson Goes Wrong

Everyone has those bad days when you get to the end of a lesson and the kids did not seem to have learned anything. It has happened to all of us! We have some tips for what you can do when this happens. These tips may even help prevent lessons from going wrong in the future! It is our hope that you can learn from our mistakes and don't have to learn the hard way.

How to Get Kids Talking in Your Classroom

Drawing students' names from a "stick jar" is a common way to have one student talk. But, are you using "sticks" effectively in your classroom? Watch today's video to find out!

We all know that providing students the opportunity to talk in the classroom is critical. So, in today's video we give you some researched, effective, and simple tips to get your kids talking!

 

If you missed our, "3 Ways to Get Kids Quiet" video, check it out here!

How to Teach Phonics to K, 1, 2

We are always asked to model phonics lessons, so here you go!  In this video we teach a mixed vowel CVC phonics lesson using one of our explicit lessons (see links below).  We take you through the steps of the lesson and provide you with some of the thinking and prompts along the way.  Enjoy this teaching demonstration by Angie and Whitney!

Download our Phonics Resources:
FREE Mixed Vowel CVC Text and Lesson
FREE Phonics Lesson Card
Sound-Spelling Patterns
Digital Phonics with Decodable Text and Lessons! 
Decodable Texts and Lessons


If you missed our How to Plan a Week of Phonics, check out this video and previous post here...