Beginning of the Year, Kindergarten

CCSS: ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.C Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.D Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

30 Minute Reading Instruction Block with Differentiated Instruction (Small Groups) and Stations

Instruction

Time

Class Configuration

Teacher-Led Instruction

90 Minutes
Daily

30
Minutes
Daily

Whole Group

Phonemic Awareness:
Blending & Segmenting word
parts & sounds in words
Phonics & Fluency:
Letter-sound correspondence
Blending words
Choral reading decodable
book
Vocabulary & Comprehension:
Explicit vocabulary
instruction
During reading strategies
Post-reading strategies

60
Minutes
Daily

Differentiated Instruction
(Small Groups)

Student Centers

Group 1: Begin by segmenting

sounds using Elkonin Boxes and
then focus on blending and
segmenting syllables.

Center 1: Elkonin Boxes segment

words individual sounds

Group 2: Begin with shared

reading of the decodable book
then focus on identifying
individual syllables instead of
individual sounds coupled with
blending and segmenting with
some fluency.

Center 2: Syllable Split split syllables.

compound, two-, or three-syllable words
into individual syllables. Reform words
out of split words.

Group 3: Begin with shared

reading of the decodable book
then focus on identifying
individual syllables instead of
individual sounds coupled with
blending and segmenting with
some fluency.

Center 3: Deleting Syllables delete

one syllable from compound, two-, or
three-syllable words and then say the
new word.

Group 4: Begin with shared

reading of the decodable book
minimal focus on blending and
segmenting with more attention
on fluency and comprehension.

Center 4: Jumping Syllables identify

individual syllables in two- or threesyllable words, manipulate the, and then
say the new pseudo-word.

Group 1 receives very explicit instruction along with a smaller group size to meet their intensive
intervention needs on a daily basis.

Beginning of the Year, Kindergarten

CCSS: ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.C Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.D Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Group 1 receives very explicit instruction along with a smaller group size to meet their intensive
intervention needs on a daily basis.