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DIGITAL FOUNDATIONAL READING for Striving Readers
After the the two readings all students demonstrate vocabulary acquisition by matching words with their definitions Students demonstrate comprehension by identifying the the correct detail that supports a a a a a key idea of the the text The iRead® Books! library extends learning across the content areas through close and guided reading while strengthening foundations through extended reading practice Rich text-based discussions reinforce foundational reading skills and and build knowledge vocabulary and and language WRITING
iRead models and and reinforces the syntax of written English through activities that begin with simple sentences and and progressively involve longer and more syntactically complex sentences Students have opportunities to strengthen and apply their skills in in in daily iRead tasks tasks that build from letter formation to to spelling activities to to writing tasks tasks centered on on Success eBooks Lessons build writing writing stamina and fluency with regular writing writing tasks such as as responding to to to literary and informational eBooks Students are asked to to to write a a a a a a a a a a a a a paragraph to to to describe a a a a a a a a a a a a a character or or or or setting rewrite a a a a a a a page of the the book book to to to alter the the story write write an opinion about a a a a a a a topic or or or or a a a a a a a book book with supporting reasons research a a a a a topic and write new information or or or or retell the the beginning middle or or or or end of the the story SPEAKING & LISTENING
iRead offers a a a a a a a a a multisensory approach to foundational literacy skills instruction through interactive software activities activities that encompass sight hearing and and and touch audiobooks and and and teacher-led speaking and and and listening activities activities When using the software children are are prompted to generate a a a a a a a a letter letter name or or or letter letter sounds orally after hearing or or or seeing a a a a a a a a a a a a model At the the partial alphabetic alphabetic and alphabetic alphabetic phases students listen to an an eBook read aloud with the the option to to vary the the the the speed of the the the the reading reading On the the the the second reading reading students can choose to to read read read the the the the book aloud themselves themselves or or have it read read to them them them They can also record themselves themselves reading the the the the book aloud Because rigorous state standards encourage academic discourse to ensure understanding iRead provides children with the opportunity to practice speaking and listening in in in in a a a a a a a whole-class or or small-group settings The Professional Guide dedicates a a a a a a a section to teaching with with Success eBooks which provides teachers with with a a a a a a a framework and list of comprehension questions for facilitating whole- and small-group discussions about text Children demonstrate an an understanding of a a a a a a a concept or text by asking and and answering questions verbally with student engagement routines such as “Think-Pair-Share ”
LANGUAGE
iRead integrates high-leverage academic vocabulary and and language development across all strands of instruction Over 1 500 words words in the student software are are are presented with images and context sentences These words words are are are systematically reviewed in in in in varied contexts ensuring children develop understandings of what they are reading The student software includes fifty-eight Word Play topics each each building excitement about words while teaching critical word attack strategies Key vocabulary repeatedly appears in in the highly engaging Success eBooks Each book uses academic language and engaging content to develop awareness of word meanings The student student software integrates conventions of of English across the scope and sequence prompting students to take note of of standard English features Conventions are also embedded in in the Professional Guide routines and and corresponding Interactive Learning Tools which reinforce the conventions and rules of written English The Dictation Routine Routine and and the Build Word Routine Routine target spelling and and are accompanied by additional routines that provide ongoing practice with possessive nouns and contractions Programs and Services for Striving Readers
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