FastTrack Phonics for Roots Overview

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FastTrack Phonics for Roots

A Module of the Reading Roots Beginning Reading Program

Overview

With Sample Lessons and Assessment

FastTrack Phonics for Roots

Overview

With Sample Lessons and Assessment

Produced by the Reading Roots Development Team

FastTrack Phonics for Roots was developed under the direction of Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden, codirectors of the Success for All Foundation family of programs.

FastTrack Phonics for Roots Overview with Sample Lessons and Assessment

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Sample Lessons

Volume 1--Presenting /sh/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Volume 2--Presenting /oa/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Volume 3--Comparing Long a Letter Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Sample Assessment

Assessment 8 (from Volume 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Scope and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Introduction

Introduction

How does FastTrack Phonics work?

FastTrack Phonics gives students the basic phonemic-awareness and phonics tools they need to use sound blending as a reading strategy. Students learn to:

? Recognize initial sounds ? Blend sounds they hear into real words (auditory blending) ? Separate sounds in words (auditory segmenting) ? Connect sounds with letter shapes and groups of letters ? Read words by blending sounds ? Spell words using sounds Carefully crafted lessons use direct instruction, teacher modeling, video modeling, partner practice, and assessment to ensure rapid progress. Videos provide visual images that make remembering letter/sound connections easy for a wide range of students by using animations for 26 letters and 34 letter combinations. Videos also model sound blending and sound spelling skills using over 100 puppet skits that start with simple cue words and progress to multisyllabic words.

FastTrack Phonics Sample Lesson Booklet

This booklet contains a sample lesson from each of the three FastTrack Phonics volumes, a sample assessment from Volume 2, as well as a FastTrack Phonics Scope and Sequence.

Who will use FastTrack Phonics?

FastTrack Phonics can be used to teach phonics skills to students starting in kindergarten. Typically, kindergarten classes use Volume 1. First-grade classes use all three volumes, and older students still needing the basics can be taught using the specific lessons called for based on assessments.

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