DECODING CLASS SCHEDULE

MINUTES PER DAY

ACTIVITY

DESCRIPTION

MATERIALS

Daily Warm-Up

10

Warm-up

Daily activities that provide practice and review of the Decoding Strategy.

Skill Practice in Small Groups

40 

(2 rotations of 20 minutes each day)

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Station 1: 

Teacher-led Group

Station 2:

Para-led group

Station 3: Listening Center

Practice decoding and encoding multi-syllabic words using WordBuilder.

Game-based review of phonics patterns.

Students individually listen to audio books.

Repeated Reading for Fluency and Comprehension

10

Units 1-7: Oral Fluency Practice

Units 8-15: Transition to Silent Reading

Units 16-18: Silent Reading Practice

Students read aloud in carefully selected grade level texts using Choral Reading Activities.

Students switch to silent reading using individualized instructional level text and Strategic Rereading.

Teacher gradually raises the level of text for silent reading with ongoing use of Strategic Rereading.

End of Unit Activities

Assessments and Grading Conferences

Book Club

Skills assessments

(approximately every two weeks)

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One-on-one Reflective Learning Conferences

Once a month, students meet for Beyond the Book Club.