Individual Reading with Feedback is done 1:1. If you have a small group, take advantage of using breakout rooms. Read the type of error correction prompts described.
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Book: Read on My Own: 1st Read
Standards
Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills to decode words in context.
Reader Goals
I can sound out words that I do not know.
Target Words
Decodable words: tells, her, class, Arctic, circle, polar, go, north, circled, by, swirl, top, Earth, thump, asks, rocks, over, dirt, next, crunch, far, pond, track, marks, bend, snarls, blends, last, quick, pass, luck, trot, firm, think, rush, bends, shore, sniff, hush, smells, fish, plop, splash, back, flash, swims, block, so, he, still, must, hungry, fur
Helpful Hints
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- Read the title to readers and Say
Look at the picture on the cover. The title says Where are the Polar Bears. Let’s predict the topic of the book from the pictures and the title. - Ask
What do you think the topic of this book is?
(polar bears)
Where do you think our guides, two student conservationists, will take us to learn about a polar bear?
(Maybe to the Arctic. I know polar bears live in the Arctic and I see a very cold place with a lot of snow and ice in the picture.) - Connect the title to the pictures: Ask
What does the title have to do with the illustration?
(The title lets us know the characters are looking for polar bears because the title is a question asking “Where are the Polar Bears?” Maybe they are hard to find because of all the snow and ice.) - Think aloud: Say
I see two characters, maybe Datiz and Peg, in the spaceship. Maybe the spaceship helps them travel anywhere in the world. I see a lot of ice, snow, and some water. So I think they are in the Arctic Circle, which is at the top of the globe. The Arctic Circle is very cold and full of ice. Polar bears and other animals live there. The title says Where are the Polar Bears?, so I think the characters have gone to the Arctic Circle to see polar bears. But I don’t see any polar bears in the illustration. I wonder where and how they can find the polar bears in the Arctic.
Guide
- Ask
Who are the characters?
(Datiz and Peg) - Model a think-aloud: Say
So it is Datiz and Peg who traveled to the Arctic Circle to find polar bears. I think this book will give us some information about animals in the Arctic Circle, especially polar bears. - Say
Now read the book on your own and find out what happens.
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If your reader makes an error on reading a word, here are two strategies we recommend.
- Adapt sound-by-sound blending strategy
: As you point to each letter, have the reader sound out each letter and then blend the sounds together.
Example – sounding out the word Arctic
Sound the letters ar with the bossy R pronunciation.
Sound the hard sound of the letter c.
Blend the letters ar and c.
Sound the letter t.
Sound the letter i.
Blend the letters t and i.
Sound the hard sound of the letter c.
Blend the letters t, i, and c.
Blend the letters altogether.
- Call attention to the error
Example – sounding out the word north
Reader: (reading the word north as nort)
Teacher: (covering the letters th in the word north) What letter would you expect to see if this word says nort?
Reader: letter t.
Teacher: (pointing to the letters th in the word north) But we have the digraph th. What sound does the digraph th make?
Reader: /ð/ or /θ/.
Teacher: In this word, the digraph th makes the quiet sound. What’s the quiet sound of the digraph th?
Reader: /θ/.
Teacher: Then this word ends with the /θ/ sound. Can you read this word again?
Reader: north.
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- Interpret the map with readers: Say
This map shows us the map of the Arctic Circle. - Read the label to readers and Ask what they see about the Arctic Circle from the map
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- Read and Discuss the Arctic Facts with readers
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What did you learn about the Arctic from the book?
What questions do you have about the Arctic?
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- Review the glossary with your readers: Say
Let’s review some of the words we read in the book. - Read words in the glossary and have readers repeat after you: Read the meaning of the words to readers
Example
Let’s review the word Arctic Circle. Repeat after me: Arctic Circle. It means the top part of the globe, where the sun disappears in the winter and stays all night in the summer.
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