Reading Skill Book 1, Lessons 2 6

Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MDPresentation 7

Rev.1-19-2012

Reading – Skill Book 1, Lessons 2 – 6

[25 minutes]

Materials

Large letter charts for lessons 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Teacher’s Manual

Suggested Teaching Methods

Lecture
Demonstration

Essential Presentation Elements

Trainees have learned how to teach Chart 1. This session identifies the ways in which the remaining charts differ.

Note to Trainers: Do not teach the charts in their entirety as was done with Chart 1. This session should provide a quick overview of the chart items that differ from Chart 1. You should spend only 10 minutes on the charts.

Lesson 2

Point out that the chart format is identical to Chart 1 (picture, letter superimposed on picture, word).
Tell trainees how this chart differs from Chart 1:
people are doing things (jumping, kicking)
chart introduces verbs that end in “–ing”
for these pictures, they will ask students “what is she (he) doing?” instead of “what’s this?”
Explain that in some cultures, touching or pointing to body parts is not polite. Use the illustrations book, a doll or a picture dictionary.

Lesson 4

This chart focuses on the vowels
Decoding vowels is the most difficult phonics task for students throughout the process of learning to read
Mention that pronunciation of short vowels is very difficult for most students; this will be addressed in some detail on Day 2 of the workshop

Lesson 5

Differences on Chart 5:
“x” is the end sound instead of the beginning sound
“q” is taught in combination with “u”
digraphs are introduced

Lesson 6

This lesson establishes several key concepts for reading:

Point out that this chart does not contain pictures
Letters now appear alphabetically
“Sounding out” words is introduced
Teach only the first line on the chart to demonstrate
how to teach “capital” letters
how to blend letter sounds to read a new word (Ann)
Indicate whether a name is a man’s name or a woman’s name (students from other countries would not necessarily know this)
Tell trainees that students begin silent reading in this lesson
Tell trainees that instructions for teaching the story appear on page 137

Have tutors pair off and practice teaching Chart 6 to each other. Do not spend more than 10 minutes on this.

Use the final 5 minutes to discuss the group exercise, address any questions.