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English · Grade 1

Accurate Connected Reading

Children put Steps 1–11 to work in connected text. They practise reading every word accurately by its letters instead of guessing, noticing and fixing their own errors, reading with phrasing and expression that follow punctuation, and rereading a longer decodable story, Zack and the Skunk, to understand and retell it. Accuracy and meaning come before speed.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 75 minutes
  • Accurate reading check: 7 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Read decodable text accurately, sounding out unfamiliar words with taught spellings instead of guessing from a picture or the first letter.
  • Notice when a word does not look right or make sense, and self-correct by rereading.
  • Read with phrasing and expression that follow punctuation: periods, question marks, exclamation marks and quotation marks.
  • Reread a longer decodable text to understand it, then retell events in order and answer questions.

Lessons

  1. Read every letter 4 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  2. Check and fix 4 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  3. Read like you talk 4 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  4. Read and reread 6 steps3 practiceabout 21 min
  5. Accurate reading check 7 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Memory LanternsFlip glowing lanterns to find pairs that belong together.
  • Sound GardenListen closely and grow the garden: find the word that starts, rhymes or claps just right.
  • Word WorkshopBuild the word for each picture, one sound at a time.

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