Are you looking to teach Science of Reading based curriculum for your Kindergarten or First Grade classroom? It’s easier than you might think! The Science of Reading Guided Curriculum provides the necessary materials to guide you through explicit instruction based on the best practices aligned with the Orton-Gillingham approach to instruction.
These guided curriculum units for the Science of Reading are designed to align with SOR research and incorporate best practices to ensure that your instruction times are both enjoyable and effective.
Each lesson has been scripted for you and provides 30 minutes of explicit instruction. This can be used with your whole group, small group, or individual student tutoring practice. We have taken the guesswork out of planning your lessons. Simply print and teach! It is that easy!
If you’re new to the science of reading, don’t worry! This science of reading guided curriculum has got you covered. With systematic and explicit lesson plans for every day of the school year, you can feel confident you are teaching reading in a way that is aligned to brain research.
HOW ARE THESE SETS OF SCIENCE OF READING LESSON PLANS FORMATTED?
✔️ Teaching Slides for Each Day of the Week (Over 170 Slide Decks per grade level)
Each lesson begins with teacher slides that replace the need for flashcards. (YAY). The teacher slides provide a review of the previously taught phonics skills, blending practice, and high-frequency word recognition. These foundational skills are spirally reviewed. So not only are students practicing the skills introduced for the week, they are reviewing previously taught skills from the previous 6 weeks!
⭐ What the Science of Reading Research Says: Scientific research tells us that students need at least 4-6 weeks of practice with letter sounds to build mastery. Some students who experience reading difficulties may need additional practice. These slides can be used in your small groups to build a proficient reader.
✔️ Speech-to-Print Daily Practice (34 weeks per grade level)
Students will hear a sound and recite the letter that represents the sound. For example: In the scripted lessons, the teacher says, “/m/” and the students respond, “m says, “/m/.”
⭐ What the Science of Reading Research Says: Students need multi-sensory learning in order to become proficient and fluent readers. Oftentimes, teachers see a disconnect between what a student can read and what a student can write. Reading and writing are reciprocal so they are taught together. This is what teaching for mastery means.
✔️ High-Frequency Words Taught with Phonics Practice
We have structured the introduction of high-frequency words to align with phonics skills. Students will learn to read most of the high-frequency words by decoding them. Students will also learn irregular words using the heart word method of instruction.
⭐ What the Science of Reading Research Says: Rote memorization of sight words is unsustainable and will take a toll on reading fluency around the 3rd grade. Brain research suggests teaching students to first decode and orthographically map words instead of memorizing them. Once students have been TAUGHT how to read these high-frequency words, these words will be reviewed each week until the high frequency words become words students can read immediately (or in other words, sight words.)
✔️ Daily Dictation of Sounds, Words, and Sentences (Over 170 suggested dictation lessons per grade level)
This is a perfect opportunity to work on handwriting. We have provided a set of dictation paper options that are designed to be laminated and reused each day. During your daily practice, you will see which students might need individual or small group support.
⭐ What the Science of Reading Research Says: Handwriting is important. Practicing the correct path of motion for each letter helps students learn more efficiently. Proficient reading and writing skills need to be practiced daily. These foundational literacy skills are essential for systematic instruction.
✔️ Decodable Readers (34 Decodable Texts per grade level)
Each week we have written a decodable reader that reviews the phonics skills practiced. There is also a page with the previous high-frequency words are reviewed and practiced for fluent reading. These decodable texts are used for the entire week and are available in three different formats:
⭐ What the Science of Reading Research Says: Early reading instruction states that students should spend the majority of their time in texts where they can read all of the words. This means early literacy instruction must include decodable texts where over 75% of the text is decodable. Skilled reading should not include the 3 cueing system that was used during guided reading. Instead, students should feel successful by reading books they can decode.
I have provided professional development to over 8,000 teachers and over 27 school districts on the Science of Reading research and the best ways to bring effective reading instruction to their own classrooms.
FOR ADDITIONAL DECODABLE TEXTS TO USE IN YOUR SMALL GROUP, YOU WILL FIND AN ADDITIONAL 175 DECODABLE BOOKS IN THIS LINK:
Here is what you will find in this Science of Reading Curriculum unit:
Download the preview and find a link to a FREE WEEK SOR lesson plan sample and the high-frequency word list for kindergarten.
Want to read up on the science of reading lesson plans? You can find these detailed science of reading articles:
I must have missed this in the webinar…
I notice that some of the books don’t have any “picture clues” – why is that?
YES! We want them to work on their decoding skills for these books. We want to see that students are able to isolate and blend sounds… that is why they are decodable books. Naturally, we also have guided reading books that offer teacher support that we use in instruction as well. I hope that helps.
Becky Gregory – August 8I would like to purchase this bundle but need to do it through a purchase order from my school. Is there anyway to hold the sale price while the p.o. processes? Thank you!
Deedee – August 10 Hi there! Yes, I can hold the price until Sept 1st. 🙂 Kathy – October 3When I bought this in June thru your blog , l didn’t receive any sight word lesson plans. Was that the only thing I was suppose to receive? I got a file with letters, blends and sight words.
Deedee – October 3You did not see the pages in the Read Me First file that gives you the lesson steps to follow? If you look on the pages (starting on page 9) it gives you specific, step-by-step lesson plans. Email me if you are stuck 🙂 deedee@mrswillskindergarten.com
Heather Baden – October 11Do you have any videos of the daily lessons? I missed the webinar and need some guidance on how it all works. Thanks for all you do!!
Deedee – October 20Hi Heather, Here is a link the webinar. You can view the replay 🙂 Not Your Mother’s Sight Words Webinar Replay
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