Tutor Resources Focus Skills

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1		Directions: Click on the + box to the left of each row to show a list of resources for that focus skill.	Answers to worksheets can be written on whiteboards or blank sheets of paper. The sections listed for Room 114 may have additional resources that could help. Talk to staff or lead tutors in Room 114 if you are looking for additional resources.	Select worksheets are available in 114. Access the rest on-line or request hard copies.
2	Grade Level:	Focus Skill:	Resources:

3	PK (Preschool) Reading
4		Star Kindergarten Readiness Skills	KLiteracyIndCCSS (2).pdf
5		* General resources for reference.	Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten? Prepare Them With These 20 Skills : General resource to refer to
6			Overview of Letter Names and Sounds \| Reading Universe Overview on teaching beginning sounds/letters with video clips to illustrate and suggested activities and games.
7			Letters and Letter Sounds - YouTube Khan Academy Kids. Use this site to introduce/practice each letter you are working on, there is a short 30 second video for each letter
8			How Now Brown Cow: Phonological Awareness Activities \| Reading Rockets
9			44 Phonemes English.pdf
10			Phonemic Awareness Teaching Strategies.pdf
11			UFLI-Scope-and-Sequence-5-21-2 (1).pdf : Suggested order to teach beginning literacy skills
12			UFLI-Foundations-Decodables-ALL.pdf : Resource with decodable text for phonics scope and sequence to teach beginning literacy skills. Read short decodable passage, draw a picture on a white board or paper to accompany it. Roll and Read Dice activity to accompany each skill after.	One copy of each in 3 ring binder take and return
13			Free Decodable Texts for Each Phonics Skill : Resource to access decodable text aligned to the phonics skill student is working on: for example:Short ‘a’: Mac the Cat, Val and the Rat	One copy of each in 3 ring binder take and return
14			Resource: How to use Decodable Text: https://readinguniverse.org/article/explore-teaching-topics/word-recognition/phonics/how-to-use-decodable-texts
15	PK	Blend phonemes to produce words / count sounds
16			Blend phonemes orally to produce words (e.g., blend the sounds /b/ /u/ /g/ to produce bug) and segment and count the sounds in words
17			Room 114: Vocabulary "V" Learning new words section, Pre-reading Puzzle Pair activity with simple words/pictures
18			CVC Words with the letter A and T \| Learn to Read \| @officialalphablocks
19			Reading Bear : Beginning Reading Resource letters/sounds
20			Room 114: "ABC" Section: Alphabet Sound Teaching Tubs
21			Room 114: Reading "R" Section: Sound it Out Puzzles
22	PK	Clap and count the words in a given sentence
23			Clap and count the number of words in a given sentence
24			Say simple two- or three-word sentences (for example, “I sat. We had fun.”) As you say a sentence, clap your hands each time you say a word, have student clap with you.
25			Clap/Count words on a page while reading a book to the student: point out and discuss things such as: author, illustrator, book title, page numbers, front and back cover, page turning.
26			Model reading by pointing with your finger. Follow the words with your finger from left to right as you read them. Mention what you are doing as you move your finger along.
27	PK	Differentiate the shapes of different letters
28			Distinguish between the shapes of different letters (e.g., pick the letter that is different in S, S, C; pick the letter that is different in E, f, f)
29			Sorting Letters by their Physical Characteristics {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet} - Gift of Curiosity
30			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" Section, sort magnetic letters by "holes no holes", "straight and curvy lines"
31			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" section, Read books from the ABC Books Section, discuss shapes of the letters, find letters that are similar, discuss how they are the same/different.
32			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" Section, Letters, Words and Numbers Dry Erase Books for practice with letters.
33			WhichUppercaseLetterIsDifferent.pdf Room 114 Focus Skills Crate	printed
34			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" section, Use the sand tray and accompanying letter cards to practice making letters in the sand. There are also several salt trays.
35	PK	Discuss pictures & print in books & environment
36			Discuss pictures & print in books & environment
37			Basics: Print Awareness \| Reading Rockets
38			Associate words with pictorial representations - write some words from a story and draw a picture for each
39	PK	Discuss print in nonfiction and the environment
40			Look at and talk about illustrations and print in nonfiction books and print in the environment
41			Room 114: Select a non-fiction book to read from the Non-Fiction Bins ( Red Stickers "NF" Stickers organized by levels)
42	PK	Distinguish letters from numbers
43			Distinguish letters from numbers (e.g., select J from choices J, 8, 7)
44			What is a LETTER, What is a NUMBER \| Recognizing the Difference \| Print Awareness \| Short Version - YouTube *skip intro a bit long
45			Is It a Number or a Letter? \| Jack Hartmann - YouTube *Silly/Active ( Activity: Stand up if I hold up a letter/Sit down if I hold up a number )
46			Have student practice counting with manipulatives in 114 math section, unifix cubes, crayons... pair numerical symbol with counted objects, pair written letters with sounds
47			Activity: Sing songs like “The Alphabet Song” to help your student learn the alphabet, and songs like “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” to help student learn numbers.
48			Room 114: Read Counting Books/ABC Books in 114 pointing out the letters/numbers
49			Room 114: Alphabet "ABC" Section, selection of puzzles, flashcards, games to work on letter recognition
50			Distinguishing Letters and Numbers .pdf I Love Letters: distinguish between numbers.pdf Focus Skills Crate	printed
51			Room 114: Reading Skills Crates - Multiple Alphabet coloring worksheets
52	PK	Distinguish letters from words
53			Distinguish letters from words (e.g., identify which is a word, not a letter, from choices c, t, cat; identify which is a letter, not a word, from choices this, b, fox)
54			Letters vs words.pdf : Reading Focus Skills Crate	printed
55			Room 114: Reading Skills Crates, Letters vs words worksheet
56			Compare the lengths of different words based on how many letters they contain ( look at pre-primer sight word list in skills crates/sight words in sight word section "SW")
57	PK	Engage with texts read aloud; answer questions
58			Listen and engage with texts read aloud, and begin to respond to related questions
59			Answer/Ask Questions, for example:
60			*Remember when asking questions to allow students extra time to respond even when asking yes/no questions. Non-verbal response is appropriate at this level, focus on meaning rather than grammar or pronunciation.
61			What do you think is going to happen next?
62			Oh no! What is she going to do now?
63			What would you do if you were him?
64			How are they going to solve this problem?
65			Room 114: Enjoy reading a "Big Book" (located in Big Book Bin) with student. Most books in bin focus on teaching beginning literacy, rhyme, repetition ..
66	PK	Know letters symbolize spoken sounds
67			Understand that letters in print symbolize spoken sounds in words (e.g., students find the letter that starts their name in environmental print and identify the sound it makes)
68			ABC Books 114 List of ABC Books available in Room 114
69			ABC Phonics Song with Sounds for Children - Alphabet Song with Two Words for Each Letter - YouTube
70			I Spy - Matching the Picture to its Beginning Sound by Rock 'N Learn - YouTube
71			I Spy Phonics \| Beginning Sounds Game - YouTube
72			Play I spy something beginning with "C" while walking around for a break
73			Short "A" to Short "U" Lesson: https://www.readingbear.org/Presentation.aspx?Review=1-6
74			Short "A" to Short "U" Quiz: https://www.readingbear.org/Quizzes.aspx?PresentationID=7
75			Additional Sounds Videos and Quizzes found here (scroll down to where there is a white button that says "REVIEW"): https://www.readingbear.org
76			Room 114: Reading "R" Section: Sound it Out Puzzles
77			Digraphs and "X" Practice: https://www.readingbear.org/Presentation.aspx?Review=13-24
78	PK	Know which direction readers move through the text
79			Hold a book upright and understand that words are read from left to right and top to bottom
80			While reading to student point out and discuss things such as: author, illustrator, book title, page numbers, front and back cover, page turning
81			Model reading by pointing with your finger. Follow the words with your finger from left to right as you read them. Mention what you are doing as you move your finger along.
82	PK	Listen to a range of fiction in various contexts
83			Become familiar with listening to a range of literary texts in a range of contexts (e.g., "I liked it when they all fell off the boat.")
84			Repeated Interactive Read Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten \| Reading Rockets Overview of Read Aloud Strategies
85			Room 114: Choose from a variety of Read Alouds "RA" bins, Alphabet Books "ABC" Counting Books "123", Phonics books and Beginning Readers. Repeated readings of familiar books helps students reach different levels of comprehension.
86	PK	Listen to information in various contexts
87			Become familiar with listening to a range of information in a range of contexts (e.g., labels, lists)
88			* Content Area Vocabulary: book, internet, computer, words, writing, label, sign
89
90	PK	Name letters and recognize lower / uppercase forms
91			Name letters and recognize lower / uppercase forms
92			Start with letters in student's name Alphabet, Circle letters in name coloring.pdf Reading Focus Skills Crate	printed
93			Teach letter names in context of the sound they make.
94			introducing-letter-Bb-reading-universe.pdf Example of how to introduce the letter "Bb"	access on-line
95			Room 114: Alphabet "ABC" Section, Use Alphabet Tubs to introduct letters and help student associate the letters with words that begin with that sound.
96			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" Section, Wooden Alphabet Puzzle,
97			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" Section, Use Play Dough/Alphabet Mats to form the letters of the alphabet
98			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" Section, ABC Magnet Letters and Numbers and Flahscards
99			Room 114: Reading Skills Crates, Alphabet packets lower/upper case practice worksheets
100			Room 114: Preschool "Pre" Section, Practice making letters in SALT TRAYS