Starting with this cycle, Story Reading tasks will no longer include purple correction text in the instructor pane for each word. Continue to correct students’ mistakes in the same way that the curriculum has called for thus far. The bullets below provide a reminder of how to do so.
General Notes on this Type of Task:
Sounding Out Slowly
- If the student says an incorrect sound, say: “This sound is /___/. What sound is it?... Read the word again.”
- If the student pauses between any of the sounds, use the steps in the flowchart to correct them.
- If the student’s finger stops beneath a small letter, or if the student reads a small letter, say: “Just read the big sounds, and skip any small ones, like this: /_____/. Let’s touch and read it together: /_____/. Good. Your turn by yourself…”
Blending
- If the student says the correct sounds for each letter but still fails to blend it into the correct word, that’s probably because they paused between sounds. Go back to the first bullet point in this list.
- If the student sounds out a word slowly well and still blends it incorrectly, say: “My turn to read it fast: __. Your turn to read it fast…”
Comprehension
- If the student fails to answer a literal (not inferential) question about the text, say: “Re-read this sentence to find out. Trace your finger back to the beginning of this. sentence. Go ahead…”
