| Lessons |
During the first two weeks while Reading Recovery students
and their teacher are getting to know one another, the reading and
writing activities are based upon what the child knows. It helps the
child to feel secure and settled in. The teacher observes and records
what the child does. By discovering the child's strengths, the teacher
is able to plan how to build upon those strengths while increasing the
processing speed of the knowledge the child already has. After the first
two weeks, lessons begin. |
| Reading
Familiar Books: |
| The child selects some favorite books to practice
making their reading sound like natural speech. |
| Rereading
the New Book from Yesterday: |
| The teacher writes notes to record what the child
reads. This helps with lesson planning and knowing if the level of
difficulty is a good fit. Following the reading, the teacher
points out something the child did well, then reinforces a reading
strategy that the child needs to use in becoming a more fluent
reader. |
| Letter and
/or Word Work: |
| The child does letter and word work to help him
or her become a better problem-solver when reading and writing. |
| Composing
and Writing a Story: |
| This is when a child may talk about and write a
story sentence about something of interest. As the child moves
through their individualized program, they receive less and less
teacher assistance as they become able to write the story on their
own. |
| Cut -Up
Story Sentence: |
| The teacher writes the child s story on sentence
strip and cuts apart the phrases, words, or possibly letters, that
the teacher wants to call attention to. The child assembles the
story and reads it. |
| Reading a
New Book: |
| The teacher has picked a new book that the
student should be able to read without much difficulty, and a bit
of problem-solving. The teacher first introduces the book with the
pictures and any new text or language. The child reads, with the
teacher providing guidance as needed. Afterwards, a teaching point
is selected to help the child use their strengths to sort out a
confusion, or to reinforce good problem-solving. |
