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Connections to the Labs
Released along with this module is a separate package called Labs. This 60-minute block of daily instruction provides primary students with the opportunity to apply and enhance their module content, habits of character, and literacy skills through arts, dramatic play, building, and other hands-on experiences. There are four Labs for the rst module: Create, Explore, Imagine, and Engineer. The labs are directly connected to the content of the module and should be im- plemented alongside the integrated lessons.
Labs for this module focus on having students:
■ Learn to take care of classroom materials
■ Build social-emotional skills through playing and collaborating with classmates
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 Integrated Reading block, covering all Reading Foundations Standards and the Language Standards associated with spelling. Research and Standards-based instruc- tional 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 student’s Phase of Reading and Spelling Development. The Skills Block includes one 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 having students:
■ Review spelling patterns, skills, and knowledge from rst grade, such as analyzing, decoding (read), and encoding (spell) one- and two-syllable words containing long vowel spelling pat- terns such as “ai,” “ie,” and “igh,” and with in ectional endings -s, -ed, -es, and –ing.
■ Review the important understanding that every syllable in a spoken word contains a vowel sound (either long or short) and that the vowel sound can be “shown” in print by a letter or a particular pattern of letters.
■ Review most syllable types (closed, open, CVCe, vowel team, and vowel-r) taught in rst grade.
■ Finally, as a result of a sharpened focus on uency, students become more aware of the elements of uency as they read aloud, including rate, phrasing, and expression.
Refer to each unit overview for more detailed information regarding that unit, including information about what to prepare in advance and extension opportunities.
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Module 1: Overview