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Reading Program Goals: Visual Math Hands-on projects Foundational Skills Whole Brain Learning Zoma Creative
Reading Program
Goals: Visual Math Hands-on projects Foundational Skills Whole Brain Learning
Zoma Creative
Zoma Creative 2017-2018Reading Program
Monday ThursdayNO CLASS Sept 7 Letter Construction
Sept 11 Active Reading: Highlighting Sept 14 Vowel Monsters
Sept 18 Active Reading: Mnemonics Sept 21
Sept 25 Active Reading: Doodles Sept 28 Story Starters
Oct 2 Board Games: vowels Oct 5
Oct 9Thanksgiving
(No class)
Oct 12 Parts of Speech
Oct 16 Reading Comprehension 1
Board Games: a
Oct 19 Text features
Oct 23 Board Games: e Oct 26 Pen Pals
Oct 30 Listening stations Nov 2
Nov 6 Sequencing Stories Board Games: i
Nov 9 Poetry
Nov 13Remembrance Day
(No class)
Nov 16
Nov 20 Sequencing StoriesBoard Games: o
Nov 23
Nov 27 Board Games: u Nov 30
Dec 4 Reading Comprehension 2
Zoma Creative 2017-2018Reading Program
Successful Project Reading and Writing
Monday Thursday
NO CLASS Jan 4 Homeschool Newspaper
Jan 8 Research Project Jan 11 Homeschool Newspaper
Jan 15 Reading Comprehension 3
Research Project
Jan 18 Homeschool Newspaper
Jan 22 Research Project Jan 25 Homeschool Newspaper
Jan 29 Research Project Feb 1 Novel Study
Feb 5 Pop Up Books Feb 8 Novel Study
Feb 12 Reading Comprehension 4
Pop Up Books
Feb 15 Novel Study
Feb 19 Pop Up Books Feb 22 Communication Skills
Feb 26 Pop Up Books March 1 Communication Skills
March 5 Reading Comprehension 5
March 8 Communication Skills
March 12 March 15 Communication Skills
Monday ThursdayApril 2
Easter Monday (No class)
April 5
April 9 Double Vowels April 12April 16 Reading Comprehension 6 April 19April 23 Double Vowels April 26
April 30Field Trip: Centre for
the Salish Sea
May 3
May 7 Reading Comprehension 7Double Vowels
May 10May 14 Sequencing Stories May 17May 21
Victoria Day(No class)
May 24
May 28 Reading Comprehension 8 May 31June 4 Sequencing Stories June 7
June 11 Reading Comprehension 9 June 14June 18 June 21
Zoma Creative 2017-2018Reading Program
5 minute detectiveAdventures of a cardboard boxBoard GamesDictationEssay writing workshopFilm English Communication SkillsGriffin and SabineCursive Workshop PracticeHighlight letters/wordsHomeschool blog/newspaperLetter ContractionLetter PersonalitiesMagazine collagesParts of SpeechPen PalsPoetryReader’s theatreReading to AnimalsResearch projectStory StartersVowel monstersCommunication SkillsStamp it Out
Developmental Patterns for Reading
Level 1 Listening to stories, looking at books, stories in your own words, phonemic awareness, naming words.
- sight words- phonics clues (long and short sounds)- language cues (syntax, semantics, vocab)- invented spelling “concept of a word in text”
Level 2 Tracking while reading, memorizing words, recognizing and naming words, letters and sounds.- vowels- digraphs- word families- rhymes- ing, es, ed, s
Zoma Creative 2017-2018Reading Program
Level 3 Strategies for decoding, reading independently, self correcting, thinking and imagining while reading, skimming, scanning, memorizing
- double vowels- silent e- blends
Level 4 Reading a variety of texts and genres, making connections, reading for enjoyment, varying reading rate,
- possessives- capitals- compounds- contractions
Level 5 Evaluating and understanding a rand of texts, understanding how to use written language to convey different ideas.
- abbreviations- hyphens- root word- affixes- irregular plurals- thinking skills
Reading Rates
Grade Words Correct per minute
1 50-752 90-1203 110-1354 115-1455 125-1656 1777 1918 2059 21910 233
Zoma Creative 2017-2018Reading Program
Reading Class Schedule
Duration Monday Thursday
10 min Large Group Activity:- read aloud- shared reading- shared writing
GrammarWord Study / VocabSpellingPunctuation
40 min Reading Stations Writing Workshop
10 min Refection and Discussion for reading
Refection and Discussion for writing
Reading Stations: - listening station activities- phonics and word study activities- reading with a goal- sequencing texts and pictures- printing and cursive writing- computer/iPad station
Writing Workshops: - creative writing- research- interview- pen pals (letter writing)- poetry- theatre
