Let’s Move to Teach Phonics, Decoding, 4/24/2020

or Sight Words!

First Grade Teachers! Objectives

u Introduce colleagues to instructional strategies related to teaching phonics,
decoding, and sight words

Let’s Move to
u Engage colleagues in professional growth and provide teachers with an
opportunity to try new strategies to improve student learning

Teach Phonics, Standards

u CSTP 6.2 Establishing professional goals and engaging in continuous and purposeful

Decoding, or Sight
professional growth and development
u CSTP 6.3 Collaborating with colleagues and the broader professional community to support
teacher and student learning

Words!
u NBPTS focus: Proposition 4 – Teachers use feedback and research to improve their practice
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APRIL 24, 2020 u Teacher Leader Model Standards: Domain 2 – Assists colleagues in accessing and using
research in order to select appropriate strategies to improve student learning

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Let’s Share! Strategies

u What did you find difficult
about learning sight words
or decoding words when
you were in school?
American Sign Heidi Songs Fluency & Fitness
Language • Speed up learning • Whole class engagement
u What do you find difficult • Fine and gross motor skills comprehension and
memorization
• Burn off extra energy and
wiggles
• Focused listening,
about teaching phonics, watching, and
concentration
• Learning with simultaneous
multisensory techniques
• Exercise and learn

decoding, or sight words? • Sing and move to learn • Sing and move to learn

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American Sign Language What it looks like in the

classroom:
u Stimulates brain development 1. Choose an age appropriate song
u Enhances and accelerates vocabulary and language skills 2. Slowly and clearly teach the song being sure all are following along
u Increases phoneme segmentation fluency 3. Explain and teach the signs to ASL songs
4. Work on any difficult parts with the children to develop proficiency
u Develops fine and gross motor skills
5. Rhyming requires more preparation. Have some rhymes ready for
u Stimulates memory retention and recall examples
u Develops confidence 6. Talk, chant, or sing the song a cappella
u Fosters enthusiasm for learning 7. Sing the song slowly, speeding up the tempo as skills develop
u Helps to develop focused listening, watching, and concentration 8. Celebrate their success each step of the way
skills 9. Repeat songs often
10. Encourage practice at home

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Example:
Finger spelling: when Hey, Hey, Hey
you use the ASL manual
alphabet to spell words I’m Happy Now
either in conjunction
with spoken word or
sound or silently.

For example, you can

finger spell ‘cat’ C A T or
you can just sign the
letters and see if the
children can understand
the word.

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Hey, Hey, Hey Song – Heidi Songs

Teach long vowel sounds
u Kids sing and move along as they learn to read
u Children use multiple senses simultaneously to practice the material
u Children need to simultaneously use as many of their senses as they can
when they practice
u Using multisensory teaching in the primary classroom speeds learning
comprehension and memorization for all levels of students
u When a child is taught using simultaneous multisensory techniques,
multiple messages are sent out to the brain at the same time. This
means that you are using multiple pathways in the brain to reach your
students. If one pathway to the brain is blocked (as in a learning
disability), there are other alternatives. If a child cannot learn
auditorialy (by just listening), he can still learn through another available
pathway.

Hey, Hey, Hey Song Video

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Now you try it! Fluency and Fitness

High Frequency Word - do
u Review topics appropriate for first grade
u Even the shyest of students BEG to play!
u Your whole class will be fully engaged while learning together.
u Students have fun, they don’t realize they’re learning!
u Incorporates more technology into your daily schedule to help you
become a 21st century classroom
u Burn off that extra energy and help students get the wiggles out
u Encourage students to exercise and get up and move more

Heidi Song - do Video

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Fluency and Fitness – Now you try it!

Sight Word Review Fluency and Fitness – Decoding

Sight Word Fluency & Fitness Video Decoding Fluency & Fitness Video

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What are your thoughts on the References

three instructional strategies?
u Which have you tried before in your classroom? u American Sign Language
u What were the results from using this strategy or strategies? u Heidi Songs
u Fluency and Fitness
u Which would you like to try in your classroom?
u What would you hope to see as a result of using this strategy or
strategies?

u Exit Ticket

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