Reading Strategies & Activities Resource Book

1 Reading Strategies & Activities Resource BookFor Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Including Dyslexia 2002 University of Texas System/Texas Education 2004, 2002 The University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency CC-BY-ND-NC InternationalThese materials are copyrighted by and are the property of The University of Texas System and the Texas Education Agency. They may be reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative ( ) Interna-tional License. To view a copy of this license, visit obtain a license to use the materials in a manner not specified above, contact CitationUniversity of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts.

2 (2004). Reading Strategies and Activities Resource book for students at risk for Reading difficulties, including dyslexia. Austin, TX: AwarenessPhonemic Awareness trategy Set Outline I.) First Sound Lesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Isolating First Sounds in WordsLesson 2: Review Strategy Discriminating First SoundsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Matching First Sounds and Letters in WordsII.) Blending Onset-RimeLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Blending Onset-RimesLesson 2: Review Strategy Segmenting and Blending Onsets and RimesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Integrating Onset-Rime and First Letter IdentificationIII.

3 Blending Phoneme by PhonemeLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Blending Phonemes in WordsLesson 2: Review Strategy Blending Phonemes Using ManipulativesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Integrating Letter-Sound Correspondence and Blending IV.) Segmenting Sound by SoundLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Segmenting Sound by Sound: Elkonin BoxesLesson 2: Review Strategy Segmenting Sound by Sound Using FingersLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Segmenting Sound by SoundV.) Deletion and SubstitutionLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Deletion and Substitution of Initial SoundsLesson 2: Review Strategy Deletion and Substitution of Final SoundsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Deletion and Substitution of Medial Sounds78-111213-1617-2223-2829-3233-3738 -4243-4647-5152-5758-6263-6667-7172-7677 -8182-85 TABLE OF CONTENTSR eading Strategies and Activities : A Resource book for Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Including Dyslexia3 TABLE OF CONTENTSA lphabetic UnderstandingAlphabetic Understanding Strategy Set Outline:I.

4 Letter SoundsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Producing Letter SoundsLesson 2: Review Strategy Review a New Letter Sound with Previously Learned Letter SoundsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Matching Letters and SoundsII.) Decoding Regular WordsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Blending CVC WordsLesson 2: Review Strategy Silently Sounding out Words and Reading Words OrallyLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Manipulating Sounds in WordsIII.) Spelling Regular WordsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Tracing and Writing a New Letter-Sound CorrespondenceLesson 2: Review Strategy Spelling Words Using Given Letter SoundsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Segmenting Sounds and Spelling WordsIV.

5 Reading Irregular WordsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Introduction to Irregular WordsLesson 2: Review Strategy Spelling and Reading Irregular WordsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Discriminating Between Irregular and Regular Words in Word ListsV.) Sentence Reading with Regular Words and One Irregular WordLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Reading Regular and Irregular Words in Word ListsLesson 2: Review Strategy Reading Sentences with Regular WordsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Reading Sentences with Regular Word and Irregular WordsFluencyFluency Strategy Set OutlineI.

6 Letter SoundsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Identifying Letter SoundsLesson 2: Review Strategy Increasing Accuracy and RateLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Introducing New Letter SoundsII.) Regular Word ReadingLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Identifying Regular WordsLesson 2: Review Strategy Increasing Accuracy and RateLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Rapid Word Identification TABLE OF CONTENTSR eading Strategies and Activities : A Resource book for Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Including Dyslexia48687-9091-9394-9697-99100-10210 3-106107-110111-114115-118119-121122-124 125-127128-131132-136137-141142143-15215 3-159160-166167-170171-174175-178 III.

7 Irregular Word ReadingLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Identifying Irregular WordsLesson 2: Review Strategy Increasing Accuracy and RateLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Rapid Word IdentificationIV.) Fluency in Connected TextLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Partner Reading with GraphingLesson 2: Review Strategy Repeated Reading (Tape Assisted) with GraphingLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Repeated Reading with Hot Timing and GraphingVocabularyVocabulary Strategy Set OutlineI.) ExamplesLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy ExamplesLesson 2: Review Strategy Generalization ExamplesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Examples in SentencesII.

8 SynonymsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy SynonymsLesson 2: Review Strategy Using Synonyms to Complete SentencesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Synonyms in Original SentencesIII.) DefinitionsLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy DefinitionsLesson 2: Review Strategy Using Definitions to Answer QuestionsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Definitions in Original SentencesIV.) ElaborationLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Describing Vocabulary Through ElaborationLesson 2: Review Strategy Elaboration in SentencesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Elaboration in Self-Generated SentencesV.

9 ContextLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Teaching Identified Vocabulary Through ContextLesson 2: Review Strategy Teaching Unidentified Vocabulary Through ContextLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Using Original Context to Explain WordsComprehensionComprehension Strategy Set OutlineI.) Literal ComprehensionLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Direct QuestionsLesson 2: Review Strategy Direct Questions In IntervalsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Direct Questions In Longer PassagesTABLE OF CONTENTSR eading Strategies and Activities : A Resource book for Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Including Dyslexia5179-184185-189190-193194-201202 -208209-216217218-221222-224225-227228-2 31232-236237-239240-243244-247248-250251 -254255-259260-263264-268269-272273-2772 78279-282283-285286-289II.

10 Story RetellLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Introduce Retelling SentencesLesson 2: Review Strategy Retelling ParagraphsLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Retelling PassagesIII.) Story GrammarLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Introduction To Story GrammarLesson 2: Review Strategy Story Grammar Prompts And PracticeLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Independent Practice With Story GrammarIV.) SequencingLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy Finding A Story SequenceLesson 2: Review Strategy Matching SequencesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Solo SequencingV.) Main IdeaLesson 1: Initial Instructional Strategy DefiningLesson 2: Review Strategy Thinking StrategiesLesson 3: Expansion Strategy Daily Guided PracticeVI.