1 · IDENTIFY THE NEED What are you noticing? Short vowels & blending Guesses from the first letter; cannot blend simple words Blend skill placement The student drops sounds, but the exact blend pattern needing support is unclear Final consonant blends Drops or changes the last sound in words such as hand, jump, or fast Initial S-blends Drops the second consonant in words such as stop, slip, or swim Initial L-blends Drops the /l/ sound in words such as clap, flip, or plan Initial R-blends Drops or changes the /r/ sound in words such as crab, drip, or grin Beginning and ending blends Reads one blend but drops sounds when a word has blends at both ends Three-letter blends Drops a consonant in words beginning with str-, scr-, spr-, or spl- Blend fluency Reads blend words alone but drops sounds, hesitates, or guesses in connected text Blend spelling Reads blend words but omits, substitutes, or reverses consonants when spelling Vowel teams Confuses vowel patterns such as ai, ee, oa, and ou Glued sounds Pulls apart or misreads endings such as -all, -ing, -ank, and -unk Silent-e words Reads CVCe words with a short vowel or ignores the final silent e Advanced endings Confuses final -ck, -tch, -dge, or consonant-le patterns Irregular high-frequency words Guesses at common words whose spelling is not fully regular Word-skill starting point Needs foundational decoding support, but the best instructional sequence is unclear Multisyllable words Skips parts or guesses at longer words Multisyllable vowel patterns Has difficulty reading two- and three-syllable words with vowel-r patterns or vowel teams Prefixes, roots & suffixes Reads a word but misses how its parts affect meaning Fluency & phrasing Reads word-by-word, slowly, or without expression Sentence phrasing Pauses in the wrong places or loses meaning in long sentences Vocabulary in context Stops at unknown words or chooses a meaning that does not fit Literal comprehension & evidence Misses directly stated information or gives an answer without locating proof Event sequence Retells events out of order or misses cause and effect Cause and effect Names what happened but cannot explain why it happened or what resulted Main idea & summary Chooses an interesting detail instead of the central idea Compare and contrast Can describe two people or ideas separately but does not explain how they connect Inference Answers from background knowledge alone or cannot cite evidence Summarizing Retells every detail, copies sentences, or leaves out the central events or ideas Author's purpose Understands the topic but not why the author wrote the text or how the author influences readers Comprehension starting point The student needs meaning support, but the first comprehension skill to teach is unclear Comprehension stamina Understands sentences but loses meaning across a passage Mixed-skill snapshot Need is unclear or progress needs a quick instructional check
Student initials Date Session length10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes
3 min Warm up Say and tap three individual sounds.
9 min Teach & practice Build, change, and blend five words in Sound Shift.
3 min Exit check Read three new CVC words without help.
3 · RECORD WHAT HAPPENED
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