Reading Aloud to Students Daily Read aloud to students a minimum of twenty minutes a day. Students listening comprehension often exceed their reading comprehension by one or more grade levels. Reading aloud builds vocabulary and expands prior knowledge. Choose from different genres and use a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. Direct Instruction Daily Instruction may be related to literary constructs, reading comprehension, grammar or any other language arts component.
Direct instruction includes active and passive practice.
This is teacher to student time, not seatwork, the teacher moves from child to child checking understanding and enriching or remediating as necessary. The phonics mini-lesson should last ten to fifteen minutes. Students need to understand and know how to use the alphabetic code including the exceptions. Students can choose from book boxes that are placed at their tables or class library selections. Guided Reading Daily Small group or individual reading with teacher supervision at the student's instructional level.