Monday, October 28, 2013

Websites and Tips to Remember

Websites
http://www.readworks.org
Read Works has full reading lessons on every concept. You can also download full reading passages on every reading level to assess different concepts.
http://www.interventioncentral.org
Intervention Central is a Response to Intervention website that features numerous assessment generators including Dolch Wordlist fluency, Letter Name fluency, Reading Fluency passages, and writing probes. School systems encourage teachers not to send AIMS Letter Naming home for additional practice. This website provides teachers with different invention central letter naming sheets to provide additional practice without an exact AIMS test.

Tips

  • After students finish PALS, go back over the letter sounds section and have students pair to add a letter naming activity. Some students pick up the sounds quicker than letter names.
  • When teaching letters/ letter sounds include a "Letter Toolbox" with 3D objects for each letter. (Apple for A, Banana for B, Ring for R) Have students identify/match letter cards to objects. When students have mastered the matching concept, begin building words using objects beginning sound.
  • Lexia has full lessons with activities for specific phonetical lessons and rules. You can pull specific skills for students to work on or let the program generate data based lessons from pretest results. 
  • After students have mastered multiplication flashcards, flip card over to answer side of the flashcard and cover the top number with your hand. Only show the bottom number and the answer. Have students decide what the top number is. Great way to create your own division flashcards for practice.

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