First Grade PALS Skill-Based Groups Lesson Routines

New Letter Sounds

This letter’s sound is: ________. Say it with me: ___________. Your turn: _______________.

Phonemic Awareness Mini Lesson (If needed) 3-5 minutesSay it, Tap it, Map it, Write it

Say it: say the word and students repeat the word.

Tap it: students tap the sounds in the sound boxes.

Map it: students push discs into the individual sounds boxes.

Write it: students write the word in the elkonin boxes.

Say the Sound

Say the (letter) sound

Sounding Out Watch and listen as I sound out this word. /aaat/. See how I stretch the word by saying each sound without stopping between sounds? Watch me again: /aaat/.

Stretch it with me: ______________ Your turn: ____________________ Practice for fluency (***)

Sounding Out When I touch the dot under a letter, you’ll say that letter’s sound. Keep saying that sound until I touch the dot under the next letter.

Read It Let’s read the word fast: mit Practice for fluency (***)

New Word Box: Sight Words The word is: was Say it with me: ___________. Your turn: _______________. Read all the sight words. Practice for fluency (***)

Read the Sentences and Stories We have practiced reading sight words and sounding out words in this story.

Let’s read the sentences in the story.

Re-read for fluencyFluency Routine Now let’s read this list of

_____________________ fast. Let’s read these ________ again, but

this time I’ll change the order.

Your turn read the list of __________________fast.

Correction Procedure That sound is___________ That word is_____________ Go back three and read them all

again.