+ Phonological Awareness Activities
Games, drills, and activities to support:
<br>→ Rhyming
→ Sound Isolation & Differentiation
→ Blending (Syllable & Sound Level)
→ Segmenting (Syllable & Sound Level)
→ Phoneme Manipulation
<br>So that students can solidify these key foundations for both reading and spelling.
+ Phonics Review Activities
Games, drills, and activities to support review of phonics patterns at the syllable level and up:
<br>→ Closed Syllables
→ Vowel Consonant E Syllables
→ R-Controlled Syllables
→ Open Syllables
→ Vowel Team Syllables
→ Stable Final Syllables
<br>*Explicit sound level instruction for specific phonics patterns is not included in the 5CCL Library, if you're looking for explicit & systematic phonics instruction check out the SMARTER Intervention Curriculum.
+ Vocabulary Development Activities
Activities and direct instruction to support:
<br>→ Categories
→ Function & Purpose
→ Synonyms
→ Antonyms
→ Multiple Meanings
<br>So that students can develop the necessary knowledge to actually understand what their words mean, not just what they say.
+ Fluency Development Activities
Passages, activities, and direct instruction to support fluency practice at the Sound, Word, and Passage Levels:
<br>→ Decodable Texts
→ Controlled-Text
→ Non-Controlled Scaffolded Text Options
<br>So that students can develop all of the necessary fluency skills to support comprehension.
+ Comprehension Development Activities
In this section of the library, you’ll access passages, activities, and direct instruction to support reading comprehension
<br>→ Direct Recall
→ Sequencing
→ Main Idea & Key Details
→ Text Connections
→ Background Information
→ Author's Purpose
→ Compare & Contrast
→ Cause & Effect
→ Text Structure & Author's Purpose
→ Inferences & Predictions
<br>…which is the ultimate goal of literacy instruction!
+ Spelling & Writing Activities
In this section of the library, you’ll access activities and prompts to help students develop writing skills at the word, sentence, and passage level with support in:
<br>→ Spelling Strategies
→ Sentence Level Writing
→ Paragraph Level Writing
→ Mechanics in Writing
<br>So that you can target all of the necessary writing skills.
+ Content-Based Mini Units (Fast 5)
High interest and subject-specific content instruction across subject areas including a growing library of topics including:
<br>→ Science (Animals, Landforms, Space, Oceans, and more)
→ Social Studies (Biographies, Communities, Events in History, and more)
→ Language Arts (Fictional Decodable Texts, Understanding the Reading Brain, Dyslexia, and more)
→ Arts & Popular Culture (Sports, Engineering, Technology, Poetry, Music, Art, and more)
→ High Interest Topics (Legos, Pokémon, Claymation, and more)
<br>so that students can practice applying their skills!
+ Authentic Text Literature Connections
In this section of the library, you’ll access activities and lessons aligned to support instruction through a growing library of your students’ favorite books…
<br>→ K-2 (Click Clack Moo, Dragons Love Tacos, and more)
→ 2-3 (Magic Tree House, Upside Down Magic, and more)
→ 3-4 (Freckle Juice, Lemonade War, The Wild Robot, and more)
→ 5+ (Hatchet, Wonder, Holes, and more)
<br>…because applying literacy skills to authentic text is KEY to long-term retention and literacy growth.
+ Monthly Themed Activities
Fresh monthly activities to support development across the 5 Core Components of Literacy with fun monthly themes
<br>→ Monthly Phonological Awareness Activities
→ Monthly Phonics Word Lists & Games
→ Monthly Spelling Activity
→ Monthly Writing Prompts
<br>…so that you can keep students’ engagement high!