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Read Think Write: A Teachers’ Guide to Creating Thoughtful Early Grade Readers and Writers©

Table of Contents
| I. The Reading and Writing Schedule | |
| Overview | 1 |
| Teacher Read Aloud | 2 |
| Writing the Language Experience (LEA) Chart | 3 |
| Shared Rereading of the LEA Chart | 5 |
| Shared Reading: Teaching Skills & Strategies | 6 |
| Letter and Word Work | 7 |
| Independent Writing and Reading | 8 |
| II. 5-day Lesson Plan Guide (Introduction, Lesson Development, Application, Conclusion) | 9 |
| III. Teachers’ Guide | |
| Oral Language For Early Grade Learners | 15 |
| Teacher’s Read Aloud | 17 |
| Writing the LEA Chart | 30 |
| Shared Rereading of the LEA Chart | 40 |
| Shared Reading: Teaching Skills & Strategies | 46 |
| Concepts of Print | 51 |
| Phonemic Awareness | 56 |
| Naming & Writing the Letters of the Alphabet | 63 |
| Teaching Letter Sounds (Phonics) | 70 |
| Blending & Segmenting Letter Sounds | 80 |
| Teaching Common Words & Sight Vocabulary | 92 |
| Solving Unknown Words | 99 |
| Building Vocabulary & Word Meaning | 106 |
| Comprehension Strategies | 112 |
| IV. Appendix | |
| Word Wall | A-1 |
| Match Game | A-2 |
| I Spy | A-2 |
| Spelling Face | A-3 |
| Bingo | A-3 |
| Concepts of Print | A-4 |
| Picture Alphabet | A-7 |
| Quadrant Alphabet | A-7a |
| Letter Formation | A-8 |
| Word Study | A-9 |
| Word Patterns for Early Grade Readers | A-11 |
| Understanding Words and Sentences | A-12 |
| Read Aloud and Think Aloud | A-14 |
| Building Reading Fluency | A-16 |
| Coaching Not Telling | A-17 |
| Feedback | A-19 |
| Daily Assessment | A-20, 20a |
| Helping Children Learn | A-21 |
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