Attached is the planning sheet I use for my students so I can record what I PLAN to do with them in a session or record what we ACTUALLY did! (or both!)
I got sick of writing “Switch It” or “Key sentence practice” nearly every week, so I abbreviated it!!
SO Here’s my abbreviations:
SI = switch it (and then I just write what list they are up to….i.e. SI 17a)
Spelling – I go through their school spelling words, to help them look for ‘hotspots’ in the words
Reading – I record the title of the passage we are working on.
KS = Key Sentence – I record which sound we are up to and any words they had difficulty with = K.S ‘oo’ (new, shoe)
WOW = word of the week – if I have time I show them a hard decodable word and we work through it together. I’ve typed the word I want on a nice background and I put that slide up on the screen. We put syllable marks, dots and dashes etc. and discuss the meaning of the word. I get them to then write it in their book on the WOW page.
L&N = lines and numbers = a “Read It” type of activity. Say the word, segment it into sounds and draw a horizontal ‘dash’ for each sound. Then number the lines underneath. (It looks a bit like hangman) Then I say, “What’s the sound on line 3?” and the child segments the word (i.e. picnic) and says “c” and we write it on the line. (I am demonstrating what to do on my whiteboard). Then I say “Whats on line 1?” and so on. They DON’T have to know HOW to spell the sound. (ie the /er/ in purse). Once they say /er/ I show them the correct spelling or write 2-3 choices and let them experiment to see which one ‘looks’ right, or I just tell them. Depends on the child! I don’t do the sounds in order, deliberately, so they have to REALLY engage with the word and think! Once the whole word is complete, we “Check the sounds” by saying them in order (‘p-i-c-n-i-c’ or ‘p-ur-se’) and then we rub them out sound by sound.
Game: = I record if we play a game such as tic-tac-toe or “4 in a row” etc