Introduce Reading Connected Text

Get your scholars ready to read their first story...with a little assistance, of course. Projecting the short story (included) for all readers to see, point to each word so they can sound it out together. The strategy here is not to have them shout out the word as soon as they know it; require that learners wait until you say, "what's the word?" before reciting it. Prepare kids for more difficult words. Once they finish, have them read through it again more quickly. Point out that the first word has a capital letter and the sentence ends in a period. 

Concepts

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periods, end punctuation, reading connected text, reading fluency, sounding out words, decoding words, uppercase letters, the alphabet, speed

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Additional Tags

accuracy, fluency, speed, capital letter, connected text, ending punctuation, first word, period, sound out, beginning of sentence, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

K - 1st

Subjects

English Language Arts

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

30 mins

Instructional Strategy

Choral Response

Year

2007

Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-SA: 3.0