Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Winter/Spring Focus of Instruction & Materials

Group 1 : Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Benchmark NWF-CLS

Group2: Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Below Benchmark NWF-CLS

Focus of Instruction: ●

Focus of Instruction: ●

Identifying initial, fnal, and vowel phonemes ● Building automaticity with phoneme segmenting and blending ● Letter-sound correspondence, including dictation

Decoding (Acquisition, Automaticity, Application) ● Writing ● Vocabulary instruction ● Sound by sound blending

Instructional Materials: ●

Instructional Materials: ●

Wonders decodable texts

Wonders decodable texts

● Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ● Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fngers ● Elkonin boxes with letter tiles ● Phoneme segmentation activities ● KPALS materials

● Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ● Extended Writing ● Research & Inquiry ● KPALS materials ● Software ● Wonders Digital Activities ● Wonders Classroom Lesson Library

Group3: Below Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Benchmark NWF-CLS

Group4: Below Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Below NWF-CLS

Focus of Instruction: ●

Focus of Instruction: ●

Building automaticity with letter sounds ● Decoding

Identifying initial, fnal, and vowel phonemes ● Building automaticity with phoneme segmenting and blending ● Building automaticity with letter sounds

Instructional Materials: ●

Instructional Materials: ●

Reading Street Sound/Spelling Cards

95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ● Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group Approaching lessons ● 95 Phonological Awareness Kit ● KPALS materials ● ERI Kit ● Elkonin boxes with letter tiles ● Alpha Arc, letter tiles, magnetic letters ● Tactile supplies for tracing letters ● Initial sound picture sorts

● Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ● KPALS materials ● Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fngers ● Alpha Arc, letter tiles, magnetic letters ● Tactile supplies for tracing letters