Skills & Strategies for Decoding &

Fluency Building in Primary Grades

Liz Johnston

ljohnston@opsb.net

• Class DIBELS Reports

• DIBELS Benchmarks

• SLT Student Mastery Checklist

• Progress Monitoring Schedule

• Class Target Areas Sheet

• Individual Student Progress Sheets

• Blank Copies of Student Graphs

PM Binder Materials

PM Resources

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~dlspeece/cbmreading/studentmat/grade1/index.html

http://melrosecurriculum.wikispaces.com/DIBELS+Next+Progress+Monitoring+Materials

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

https://www.pinterest.com/

www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm

www.readerstheaterallyear.com/categories/20100721_1

Readers’ Theater Scripts

CVC: cat, dig – one vowel in the middle making the short vowel sound.

CV, CCV: Open Syllable me, the – when a word ends with one vowel, it usually makes the long vowel sound.

CVCe: Silent E take, hike -when a word ends in silent e, the vowel between the consonants is usually long.

VCCV: like/unlike consonants car/rot, tur/key . If a word has two consonants in the middle, divide between the two consonants.

* When a consonant digraph stands between two vowels, divide the syllables before

or after the digraph.

Common Syllable Division Rules