Teacher's Guide - Letterland

© Letterland International Limited. All rights reserved.ContentsThe Letterlanders .....................................................................1Scope and Sequence ............................................................. 2Five Day Unit Plan.................................................................... 3Road Map to Step-by-Step Units........................................... 4Step-by-Step Weekly Activities 7Day 1 ............................................................................ 7Whole GroupPhonic Concept Review .................................................... 7Introduce concepts on the pocket chart ......................... 7Live Reading........................................................................ 9Word Detectives.................................................................. 9Read new Word Cards in columns.................................. 9Tractors, Trains, Planes (and helicopters)........................10Small GroupTeacher builds words for reading ..................................10New Tricky Words and Story Words ...............................10Read Student List ..............................................................12Independent/PartnerWrite and mark up words, Read to two partners ........13Day 2 ...........................................................................13Whole GroupQuick Dash .......................................................................13Shared Reading of Songs................................................14Live Spelling........................................................................14Small GroupChildren build words.........................................................15Review Tricky Words and Story Words............................16Read Review Sentences...................................................16Independent/PartnerRead Review Sentences...................................................17Prepare for Game of the Week.......................................17Day 3 ...........................................................................17Whole GroupGuess Who?.......................................................................18Word Sort...........................................................................19Read the Decodable Story to the children....................20Small GroupDictate new Tricky Words................................................20Dictate 1 or 2 Review Sentences......................................21Children read the Decodable Story.................................21Independent/PartnerWritten Word Sort..............................................................21Day 4 .......................................................................... 22Whole GroupRed Robot's Reading Race..............................................22Play the Game of the WeekSmall GroupShare homework sentences...........................................23Reread the Decodable Story...........................................23Spelling Sort......................................................................23New Sentences dictation.................................................24Independent/PartnerWritten practice test with a partner................................24Fluency practice with a partner......................................24Day 5 ..........................................................................24Whole GroupSpelling Test......................................................................24Word Reading Fluency Check.........................................26Small GroupSuggested activities.........................................................26Independent/PartnerIllustrate and picture-code words..................................27Read the Decodable Story to two partners...................28