1. Jennifer Vaassen

2. Meet Tony: First grader Enjoys art Hands-on learner Reads for fun Sight words: 23/46 Reading level: 3 Meet Jerry: First grader Enjoys art Loves ninja turtles Hands-on learner Enjoys writing Sight words: 35/46 Reading level: 3

3. Tony: Strengths: positive attitude, foundation of most alphabet knowledge, reads for meaning, uses visual cues when reading Needs: writing skills, understanding of the difference between /j/ and /g/, /d/ and /b/, and /z/ and /s/, sight word progress Jerry: Strengths: confidence, positive energy, foundation of all alphabet knowledge, reads for meaning, foundational comprehension skills Needs: writing skills, more comprehension skills, sight word progress

4. Sight words, writing skills, spelling words

5. Sight Words -Review of all learned sight words -Introduce new sight words -Put new sight words into sentences verbally -Connect sight words to a reading or activity -Write the sight words *Differentiated with the sight words Goal: -Students will be able to identity all of the pre-primer, primer with 100% accuracy and first grade sight words on Dolche’s list with 50% accuracy.

6. Sight Word Activity Examples

7. Writing Skills Tony: writing his letters correctly especially b, d, j, g, y, z, s, p Tony and Jerry: writing complete sentences using a capital letter, two finger spaces and a period using learned sight words Goals: -Students will be able to put their sight words into sentences using capital letters at the beginning of a sentence, two finger spaces in between words, and end a sentence with a period.

8. Writing activity examples

9. Spelling/Other -hearing the sounds in each word by clapping at every letter and saying the sound and then putting it all together *Differentiate Goals: Students will be able to spell each word with 100% accuracy.

10. Materials -White board -Notebook -Different types of texts -Independent worksheets

11. Assessments -Dolche’s sight words (pre-primer, primer, and first grade) -Running Records -Interest Survey -Informal spelling tests -Observations

12. Limitations or restrictions -Reaching students at their greatest potential

13. Planning Resources -EDU 361 meetings -Our textbook -Reflecting after lesson and to think about next steps for each student -Dolche’s Sight word list -Spelling list -Pinterest for worksheets and ideas -Progress reports

14. Accomplishments! Tony: Reading level- 9 Sight Words: 99 Pre-primer- 40/40 Primer- 39/46 1 st grade- 19/40 Jerry: Reading level- 19 Sight Words: 126 Pre-primer- 40/40 Primer- 46/46 1 st grade- 40/40