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Grade 1: Module 3: Overview
Connections to the Reading Foundations Skills Block
The Reading Foundations Skills Block is an hour of instruction that teaches students how to crack the alphabetic code. This block supports reading and writing conventions necessary for student success in the Reading Block, covering all Reading Foundations Standards and the Language Standards associated with spelling. Research and standards-based instructional practices are designed to support teachers as they teach students how to read, write, and analyze words. Built-in instructional supports and resources provide teacher guidance for di erentiation in both the whole and small group settings based on each students’ Phase of Reading and Spelling Development. The Skills Block includes 1 hour of instruction: 15–20 minutes of whole group and 45 minutes of di erentiated small group instruction.
Skills Block lessons for this module focus on teaching students:
■ Closed syllable, VCCV (vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel) words
■ Open syllable words
■ CVCe (consonant, vowel, consonant, silent “e”) words
■ Identifying vowels and vowel sounds in order to divide words into syllables
■ Begin decoding two-syllable words that include taught syllable types
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