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English Language Arts and Literature (ELAL) K

Small Group Reading Instruction: Related Curriculum

Multiple Organizing Ideas

COMPREHENSION K: Children demonstrated understandings of messages communicated in texts.

FLUENCY K: Children recognize some letters and words with speed and accuracy.

Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.

Guiding Question: How are messages understood?

Learning Outcome: Children demonstrate understandings of messages communicated in texts.

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

New words and ideas can be learned by listening to texts.

 

The language in texts that is listened to can contain more complex words and ideas than everyday language.

Understanding messages in texts can be enhanced by listening to texts read aloud.

Listen to a variety of texts that are read aloud.

 

Engage in discussions about texts that have been listened to.

 

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Texts often repeat words and phrases through patterns that can be recognized.

 

Understandings of messages within texts can be shared in a variety of ways, including

  • discussions
  • pictures with a few letters or words

Predictable and decodable texts support a reader’s understanding.

Read aloud simple, predictable, and decodable texts.

 

Share understandings of messages read independently.

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Details include specific information that help the reader to understand texts.

 

Sequencing involves putting events in a correct or an appropriate order.

Understanding texts involves describing ideas, information, and details.

Discuss ideas and details from texts.

 

Sequence events from a text.

 

Retell the beginning, middle, or ending of a text.

 

Retell or dramatize a story, including characters and events.

 

Interpret illustrations.

 

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Connections can be made to ideas and information in texts, including to

  • experiences
  • feelings

Understanding messages in texts involves making connections.

Share connections between a text and personal feelings or experiences.

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Questions that help understand messages in texts include

  • Who?
  • What?
  • Where?
  • When?
  • Why?

Understanding messages in texts involves asking and answering questions.

Ask questions to clarify ideas or information in texts.

 

Answer questions about ideas or information in texts.

 

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Predicting includes imagining what might happen based on information (critical thinking), including

  • title
  • pictures
  • details within the text
  • background knowledge
 

Predictions can be made prior to or during reading, viewing, or listening to texts.

Understanding messages involves making predictions.

Make predictions based on information provided in texts.

 

Compare actual outcomes to predictions made.

 

 

Fluency: Comprehension and literary appreciation are improved by the ability to read a range of texts accurately, automatically, and with expression.

  Guiding Question: How does letter and word recognition support the development of fluency?

Learning Outcome: Children recognize some letters and words with speed and accuracy.

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Some letters can be recognized quickly and accurately.

Some words can be recognized quickly and accurately.

Some words, signs, and symbols are very common and can be recognized automatically.

Recognize some letters of the alphabet with speed and accuracy.

Recognize 5-10 high-frequency words.

Recognize your own name.

Recognize some environmental print automatically.

Knowledge

Understanding

Skills & Procedures

Phrased reading reflects end punctuation, including pausing at periods and raising one’s voice at the end of questions.

Fluent and phrased reading sounds like spoken language.

Notice end punctuation and reflect it in voice.

 

Small Group Reading Instruction