Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Winter/Spring Focus of Instruction & Materials

Group 1 : Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Benchmark NWF-CLS

Group 2: Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Below Benchmark NWF-CLS Focus of Instruction: ●​ Identifying initial, final, and vowel phonemes ●​ Building automaticity with phoneme segmenting and blending ●​ Letter-sound correspondence, including dictation ●​ Wonders decodable texts ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fingers ●​ Elkonin boxes with letter tiles ●​ Phoneme segmentation activities ●​ KPALS materials Group 4: Below Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Below NWF-CLS Focus of Instruction: ●​ Identifying initial, final, and vowel phonemes ●​ Building automaticity with phoneme segmenting and blending ●​ Building automaticity with letter sounds Instructional Materials: ●​ 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 Instructional Materials:

Focus of Instruction: ●​ Decoding (Acquisition, Automaticity, Application) ●​ Writing ●​ Vocabulary instruction ●​ Sound by sound blending

Instructional Materials:

●​ Wonders decodable texts ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Extended Writing ●​ Research & Inquiry ●​ KPALS materials ●​ Software ●​ Wonders Digital Activities ●​ Wonders Classroom Lesson Library Group 3: Below Benchmark Phonemic Segmentation Benchmark NWF-CLS Focus of Instruction: ●​ Building automaticity with letter sounds ●​ Decoding Instructional Materials: ●​ Reading Street Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ KPALS materials ●​ Elkonin boxes with discs or pushing up sounds with fingers ●​ Alpha Arc, letter tiles, magnetic letters ●​ Tactile supplies for tracing letters