DLI 1st grade guide

DLI Literacy Block 1st Grade 85-100 minute Block

Standards and Components for Focus of Instruction

Literacy Component

Class Configuration

Range of Time

Standards

Components

95% Phonics Core Program ●​ Phonological Awareness

30 minutes

​ Foundations

•​ Reading 1.R. 2-4

●​ Phonics ●​ Spelling ●​ Handwriting ●​ Decodable

Wonders ●​ Big Book (Units 1-3) ●​ Shared Read (Units 4-6) ●​ Interactive Read Aloud

Whole Group Cooperative

●​ Speaking and Listening 1. SL. 1-3 ●​ Reading 1.R. 4-10

Groups & Partners

40-55 minutes

Language, Reading & Writing

●​ Anchor Text ●​ Paired Text ●​ Vocabulary

Wonders ●​ Reading/Writing Companion ●​ Extended Writing ●​ Grammar Lesson Bank

●​ Writing Standards 1.W. 1-5

Wonders ●​ Leveled Readers ●​ Decodables

Skill Based Instruction

30-45 minutes**

95% Phonics Core Review 95% Phonics Lesson Library 95% Phonological Awareness Kit PALS Early Literacy Software

●​ Skills for frontloading, reviewing or extending

Small Groups

*Handwriting embedded across writing and foundational skills ** School sites have discretion to adjust the minutes in small groups.

Updated 6.24.26