Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Fall Focus of Instruction & Materials

Group 1: Benchmark First Sound Fluency Benchmark Composite Score Focus of Instruction: ●​ Blending phonemes ●​ Segmenting phonemes

Group 2: Benchmark First Sound Fluency Below Benchmark Composite Score Focus of instruction: ●​ Sound and word discrimination ●​ Syllable blending ●​ Rhyming/Alliteration

●​ Decoding ●​ Encoding Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On level or Beyond Level Readers and Lessons ●​ Wonders Classroom Lesson Library ●​ Wonders Research and Inquiry Lessons ●​ Wonders Extend and Connect Lessons ●​ Wonders Extended Writing Lessons ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Decodable ●​ KPALS materials ●​ Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fingers ●​ White boards, erasers, letter tiles, magnetic letters ●​ Reading Software ●​ Wonders Digital Activities Group 3: Below Benchmark First Sound Fluency Benchmark Composite Score Focus of Instruction: ●​ Letter identification ●​ Letter-Sound correspondence ●​ Blending phonemes Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Wonders Decodable Readers ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ KPALS materials ●​ Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fingers ●​ Alpha Arc, letter tiles, magnetic letters ●​ Tactile supplies for tracing letters

●​ Blending onset and rime ●​ Matching initial sounds ●​ Letter-Sound correspondence, including dictation ●​ Phoneme isolation Instructional Materials:

●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Wonders Decodable Readers ●​ Word and Phrase practice for Sight Word Fluency ●​ KPALS materials ●​ Initial sound picture sorts ●​ Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fingers ●​ Alpha Arc, letter tiles, magnetic letters ●​ Tactile supplies for tracing letters)

Group 4: Below Benchmark First Sound Fluency Below Benchmark Composite Score Focus of Instruction: ●​ Letter identification ●​ Sound and word discrimination ●​ Syllable blending ●​ Rhyming/Alliteration ●​ Blending onset and rime ●​ Matching initial sounds ●​ Letter-Sound correspondence ●​ Phoneme isolation

Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group Approaching Level Lessons ●​ Wonders Decodable Readers ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ KPALS materials ●​ ERI Kit ●​ Initial sound picture sorts ●​ Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fingers ●​ Alpha Arc, letter tiles, magnetic letters, tactile supplies