My last post was about using the Quick Phonics Screener to find where students have reading deficits. If the QPS doesn't show any deficits, that's fantastic! The next step would be to work on accuracy and fluency in reading. (That's another post!)
More than likely, if a child was already struggling in reading (as indicated by DIBELS scores or by teacher observation) something will show up in the QPS. That's where to start! Quite often, there will be others with the same deficit, and you can group these kids together as a phonics "break out" group. Of course, with older kids, it's best to use fancy words like "word study group" or even "linguistics".
There are TONS of free resources on the internet that will help you out.
One of my favorites is from University of West Virginia. (West Virginia - Reading First) This site has complete lessons from the warm up, phonological awareness/ articulation, letter/ sound correspondence, blending routines, word work, dictation, and reading text that focuses on the skill. They also include word lists and texts for practicing!
Another great site for resources is The Florida Center for Reading Research. I could spend hours on this site exploring everything! Once you've figured out which skill needs work, just find an activity to go with it, and there you go!
There are also tons of materials on Teachers Pay Teachers as well as Teachers Notebook. I'm sure you'll be able to find plenty of ideas on Pinterest as well. Here's a link to my Pinterest board on Word Work.
Don't forget these important parts of any phonics lesson:
- Goal
- Review
- New Concept
- Word Practice
- Dictation
- Word Meaning
- Text Reading
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