Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to the Curriculum

Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to

the CurriculumHeidi Hyte

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September 11, 2012

Reading Horizons Discovery Curriculum

What’s changed?

• Specific changes to the content and sequence to better accommodate needs.

• Differentiation between the Kindergarten sequence and the Grades 1-3 sequence.

• Changes to the Most Common Words lists and language and grammar lessons (Reference Lessons).

Modifications to the Curriculum:


• Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 sequence.



Sequence• Alphabet

• Blends

• Double S, F, and Z

• Special Vowel Combinations

• Long and Short Vowels

• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes

• Murmur Diphthongs

• Digraphs

• Special Vowel Sounds

• Decoding Skills

• Decoding Exceptions

• Extra Skills

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Discover Intensive Phonics



• Blends




• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes


• Digraphs


• Decoding Skills


• Extra Skills

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™




• Blends




• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes


• Digraphs


• Decoding Skills


• Extra Skills

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™




• Blends




• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes


• Digraphs


• Decoding Skills


• Extra Skills

• Alphabet

• Blends



• Voiced/Voiceless and Digraphs (TH, TH)

• Digraphs (CH, SH, WH, PH)


• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes

• Decoding Skills



• Extra Skills

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™




• Blends




• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes


• Digraphs


• Decoding Skills


• Extra Skills

• Alphabet

• Blends






• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes

• Decoding Skills



• Extra Skills

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™




• Blends




• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes


• Digraphs


• Decoding Skills


• Extra Skills

• Alphabet

• Blends






• Phonetic Skills

• Adding Suffixes

• Decoding Skills



• Extra Skills

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™



• 100 lessons

• Digraphs have been moved up in the sequence

• Decoding Skills are taught earlier

• Additional skills are more similarly align with Reading Horizons

• Reference Lessons align with Common Core State Standards

SequenceSummary


• Differentiation between the Kindergarten and the Grades 1-3 tracks.



Instructional Tracks

• Two (2) Chapters• 57 Lessons

– 42 Skill Lessons (39 standard lessons, plus three optional lessons)

– Seven (7) Reference Lessons

– Eight (8) MCW Lists

• 10 Stories (Little Books)

• Six (6) Chapters• 100 Lessons

– 63 Skill Lessons– 15 Reference Lessons– 22 MCW Lists

• 64 Stories (Little Books)

Grades 1-3 Track

Grades 1-3 Track

Kindergarten Track

Kindergarten Track

Lesson TypeKindergarten

TrackFirst Grade

TrackSecond

Grade TrackThird Grade

Track

Standard Lessons

39 43 58 63

MCW Lessons

8 18 21 22

Reference Lessons

7 14 15 15

Stories (Little Books)

10 44 59 64

Assets for Each Track

Lesson TypeKindergarten

TrackFirst Grade

TrackSecond

Grade TrackThird Grade

Track

Tests 7 4 5 6

Phonemic Awareness Assessments

7 7 7 7

MCW Assessments

3 4 5 6

Spelling Assessments

1 3 4 4

Assessments for Each Track





Most Common Words

• Nine (9) Most Common Words Lists– 147 Most Common Words

• 22 Most Common Words Lists– 300 Most Common Words

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™



• Derived from Fry’s Frequently Used Word List– Kindergarten: First 30 words– First Grade: First 100 words– Second Grade: First 200 words– Third Grade: First 300 words

Most Common Words

Reference Lessons

• No Reference Lessons– Embedded language and

grammar instruction

• 15 Reference Lessons (7 for Kindergarten)– Aligned with the Common

Core State Standards

Reading Horizons

Discovery™

Reading Horizons

Discovery™



Reference Lessons





Questions?

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Documents

Reading Horizons Discovery: Changes to the Curriculum