Phonics for

Struggling
Readers
Presented to: Second Grade PLC
Presented by: Lauren Kammert
Presentation Date: April 28, 2020
Objectives and Standards
Objective: Teachers will be able to increase phonics instruction in a small group setting to
help support struggling readers.
Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3 - Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

CSTP 6.3 - Collaborate with colleagues to support learning

CSTP 4.4 - Plan instruction to meet student learning needs

NBPTS: Teachers are members of learning communities

TLMS: Domain 1: Foster a collaborative culture

 Why do we experience a
reading gap
in reasons
● Discuss some second why. grade?

● What can we do?

What reading support do our
students have available to
them?
● Whole group learning
● Small group learning
● 1:1 support by teacher
● WIN with Title 1 Interventionist
● iReady reading
● Parent Support
● Anything else?
What can we control?
● Whole group direct teaching
● Small group intervention/
Reading groups
● 1:1 support

Let’s make strategic changes within the limited time we have.

Discuss

What are some phonics strategies you already use and/or

are familiar with to support struggling readers?
Collaboration is Key
● What are students focusing on in WIN?
● Title 1 Interventionist input:
○ Basic code knowledge of language
○ Some letters/vowels make more than one sound
○ Direct teaching and repetition
○ WIN (20 minutes) is not enough
Discuss

In what ways have you observed the same or

different struggles amongst our struggling readers
as our Title 1 Interventionist has observed?
Phonics Resources for Small
Group
● LIPS: TheLearning
Vowel Circle

● Orton Gillingham: Multisensory Reading

● Read Well: Bumpy and smooth blending

LIPS: The Vowel Circle
● Brain connections with vowel
sounds
● Benefits all students
including ELs and Struggling
Readers
● Title 1 Interventionist offered
to teach teachers/students in
2-3 sessions
Orton Gillingham: Multisensory
Reading
Visual Orton Gillingham Card Deck App
Letter/Sound Cards

Tactile Finger Tapping/Spelling

Dictated Sentences
Sound Blocks
Letter Cards
Auditory Spell out different ways to make a vowel sound
Finger-Tapping Explained (Orton
Gillingham) ● Divide words into syllables
● Each sound in the syllable
gets a tap
Now You Try
● Finger Tap the word:
cat c-a-t

star st - ar

break br - ea - k

spoon sp - oo - n
Read Well: Bumpy and Smooth
Blending
● 1:1 letter sound vs. blended ● Works with Vowel Blends
sounds
Conclusion: Discuss
● What is one way you can see yourself using a phonics
strategy we discussed today in your classroom?

● Let’s brainstorm some ways to structure our small

group time to include phonics support for our
struggling readers.