Structured literacy PLD in School ~ 2023/2024

Use module 1 from Teacher only days 2023 - in SchoolDrive folder.

Lesson progression

Check out-  The Great NZ Handwriting challenge

Make sure tamariki use a spelling hand(sounding out the phonemes)  and writing hand.

When making sounds ask - is it a Stop sound or Stretchy sound? Stop sounds cut when nose is blocked.

Cut the fluff, keep the stuff! 

Chin your work - when kids hold up whiteboards.

/s/ = sound bar. eg. /k/ is the sound for -ck

When the s is trapped between 2 vowels, it makes a /z/ sound

REVLOC

These are the 6 different syllable types children will learn.

84% of words fit a spelling pattern. Use Etymonline for explanation.

C = Closed syllables

Are the most common.

Closed - is there a consonant to the right of the vowel? YeS? It’s trapped/closed in, so can only make the short sound

O = Open syllables

Open - is there a letter to the right? No? It's free to shout it's own name!

FLOSS (This is a closed rule pattern)

Is it 1 syllable

Is it a short vowel

Does it end in f, l, s, or z

If there's 3 ticks then you double to last sound!

Eg hill

Exceptions to the rule

Function words (if, yes, of, is)

Different language - chef

Slang - gal

Shortened - bus

Dictated sentences

Read, repeat x 2, take away and they write

Zip it when kids are writing - don't create extraneous cognitive load with your voice.

Save the praise for when they're not holding something in their working memory.

If they can't hold it in working memory, then the sentence is too long.

Prompt - go back to the beginning and read what you have written.

Consonant clusters - otherwise called blends

'Move it' matts - sound boards.

-ck Longer spelling of /k/

Use the longer spelling right after a short vowel, eg. dock

Not after a consonant, eg. pink

-tch longer spelling of /ch/

Use longer spelling right after a long vowel.

Eg. ditch, lunch

Consonant Digraphs

ch has 3 sounds - don't need to do this with tamariki!

/ch/ - chin

/sh/ - champagne - French

/k/ - Christmas - greek

th

unvoiced - think

voiced - this

Consonant digraphs 

c or k?

e = Silent e
The e powers up the vowel so that it gets to say it's long name.

Gentle Cindy 

Do the g first, after you've covered it in your scope and sequence.

 

Gentle /g/

ge = gem

gi = giant

gy = gym

Cindy /s/

ce = cell

ci = city

cy = cycle

LSRASV - Longer spelling right after short vowel

-ge /j/

huge

large

hinge

cage

-dge /j/

fudge

badge

ledge

Eg. hedge The job of the /d/ is to keep the vowel short.

Schwa
The Schwa phonics sound (/ə/) is the name of a vowel sound that is found only in unstressed positions in English. It is a sound that is pronounced when the lips, tongue and jaws are relaxed. The most common vowel sound is the sound /uh/, which is what we call schwa. A schwa is a vowel sound in an unstressed syllable, where a vowel does not make its long or short vowel sound. Eg. sister

v = vowel teams
Paint Day - /ā/

ai - in the middle or beginning of a word
ay - only at the end

Goat in the Snow - /ō/

oa - in the middle or beginning of a word

ow - only at the end

See the sea - /ē/

ee - 👀

ea - 🌊

No rule for this /ē/, only way to learn this is orthographic mapping. Lots of exposure. 

Bright Tie - /ī/

igh -  trigraph, this one is more common. 

ie - tie

No rule for this /ī/, only way to learn this is orthographic mapping. Lots of exposure.