BUNDLE-HMH Blend It Book Science of Reading Materials Slides and Assessments

Easily use the HMH 1st Grade Set of Blend It Books.

Bundle Includes:

• ALL Google Slides (Slides for all 200 books!)
• Assessments (Placement Assessment, Progress Monitoring data trackers and student facing assessment).
• Word list overview lesson summaries.

WORD LISTS/ LESSON OVERVIEW

These are word lists directly aligned with each book in the HMH 1st Grade Blend It Book sequence (That is 200 books!). There are word chains for sound box use, analogy charts, trick words, a short book introduction, and dictated sentences for each new concept.

I use these word lists every day in small group instruction when paired with the 1st Grade set of HMH Decodable Blend-It Books in the intervention section of the online materials.

Activities to Do with these Word Lists

• Sound Boxes- Magnetic Letters and Writing
• Analogy Charts
• Dictated Sentences

Description of Activities

Sound Boxes- Magnetic Letters and Writing

• Materials Used- Cookie Tray with letters, Sound box template in page protector, markers.
• I have students find the letters they need off the board and put the rest away. I will say the word and have students repeat 2X then have them segment the sounds. Students build the words on their bound boxes. I then say the next word in the word chain and have students point to the letter(s) they do not need anymore (If I just let them change it without checking, it gets tricky to manage). When I confirm, they can move it and get the new letter. Repeat for other words.

Analogy Charts

• Materials Used- Analogy Chart in page protector, Dry Erase Marker and Eraser
• I have students write the sounds or spelling patterns they will listen for in the top of the analogy chart. I then pick a word, say it, then have students repeat it 2X. We segment the sounds then they point at the column where they will write the word. When I confirm everyone is pointing to the correct spot, they can write the word. I repeat this for all the words, going out of order so students have to listen for what sound they hear.

Trick Words/ Sight Words

• Say trick word and have students repeat.
• Tap out sounds.
• Map the word and explain which are the tricky parts.
• Read with tricky parts highlighted in red, read with regular text.
• Students can also highlight the tricky parts in their book in red crayon.

Reading the Book

• I read the quick book intro.
• Students each get their own copy of the book.
• OPTIONAL- students highlight new concept in yellow and tricky parts of trick words in red.
• Students whisper read 3 times.
• We read chorally once. ( I pause on the first sound so students are doing the work.)
• I read the story once to them to model fluent reading/ help them focus more on meaning.
• Students bring their copy home to keep.

Dictated Sentences

• Materials Needed- Writing paper or writing paper in page protector, Writing utensil.
• These are sentences that the students have read in their Blend-It books. I hold the books for them so they challenge themselves and don't just copy. I read the sentence 2X then have students repeat the sentence 2X. We clap the individual words and ask what word we are writing first. I say that word and have students repeat. We segment the sounds in the first word and they can begin writing. I let students go at their own pace and will prompt for capital letters, and repeat the sentence for students who need help remembering as needed.

Small Group Routine

1. Phonological Awareness Warm-Up
2. Review of previously taught sounds/ Spelling Patterns
3. New Letter Introduction- picture naming, sound ID, mouth positioning, introduce embedded mnemonic letter/ spelling pattern, Letter Formation
4. Rapid Automatic Naming Practice
5. Blending Slides
6. Word Work using this list! For the odd number books, we do sound boxes with magnetic letters. For even numbered books I do the analogy chart. We do the dictated sentence for each book.
7. Heart Word Introduction and Review
8. Vocabulary Preview
9. Syntax/ Conventions and Book Introduction
10. Read the Blend-It Book
11. Dictated Sentence

GOOGLE SLIDE LESSONS

Slides include individual lessons for each book (1-10) in the Blend It Book HMH series.

Lessons include:

Blending Slides- Students use continuous blending to read words using the target phonics skill.

Sound Box OR Analogy Chart Activity.

Sound -Box- (For odd numbered books that first introduce a new letter sound) Students use magnetic letters to complete a word chain activity. Words used are written right on the slides so you only need to open the slides and go!

-Analogy Chart- For Even Numbered Books that review the phonics skill learned the previous day. Students listen to a word read by the teacher and determine what spelling pattern it uses and sort and write it into1 of 2 columns.

Orthographic Mapping new "sight words"- Students use the science of reading orthographic mapping strategy to map words with spelling patterns and letters they have not learned yet. First, they tap the sounds, then the teacher introduces the graphemes to match. If they know the sound (For example the letter s says /s/ in see, it is yellow. If it is a spelling pattern not taught yet (For exmaple "ee" says the long e sound,) it is red.

"Sight Word" Review- Previously taught sight words that are in the Blend it Book are reviewed. Orthographically mapped and plainly written sight word slides are included.

Dictated Writing- A sentence with learned phonics spelling patterns and sight words are taken right from the book for students to write to practice mechanics and spelling.

Rapid Automatic Naming- Students review sounds and "sight words" quickly.

ASSESSMENT PROGRESS MONITORING AND DATA

HMH Blend It Book Decodable Placement Assessment and Progress Monitoring

INCLUDES:

• Placement Assessment Data Tracking Form
• Placement Assessment Student-Facing Printables Students Read
• Progress Monitoring Data Tracking Form
• Progress Monitoring Student-Facing Printables Students Read

Placement Assessment

An assessment I give at the beginning of the year to test phonics knowledge and what HMH Blend It Book decodable book to begin with. I see what letters they have trouble with and begin with those books to quickly fill any gaps (Or begin with book 1). Then I find the earliest book they will struggle with and simply start going through the books one by one (Or just choose odd books if they pick up new skills quickly).

How I use the Placement Assessment:

At the beginning of the year I quickly give each student the assessment and group students based on needs. I select a few early books to spot fix needed phonics concept then start going through books one by one when we reach new concepts for all students in a group.

How I Set it Up

I get a set of tabs with enough tabs for each student to have one. Each student gets their placement assessment and the 1st progress monitoring sheet in their tab. I can also put other phonological awareness and writing samples to have all the data I need in one binder.

Progress Monitoring

An assessment to give after each 10-20 books (5 or 10 phonics concepts). Includes:

• recording sheet (condensed so you don't have to print much!)
• Paper for students to read as you record.

How I use the Progress Monitoring Document:

Every 10 or 20 books (or 5-10) phonics, I give a progress monitoring assessment to ensure students can use the phonics skills used. After testing students, I can determine if there are any whole group needs we need to touch back on, or if students need to be moves into a different group.

How I Set it Up:

I print the student-facing word list to be read, hole punch, and place in a pronged folder in sheet protectors for durability and ease of turning pages. I keep in the pocket of my data binder.