120 Minute Reading Block

120 Minute Reading Block Sample

Pre Lesson Introductions (The Hook): 5 Minutes 

1. Fascinating/Emotive Essential Questions and a Real World Competency Statements (the ability to do something successfully or efficiently):

• Teamwork/Collaboration.
• Leadership.
• Adaptability & Flexibility
• Responsibility.
• Problem solving.
• System awareness.
• Creative Thinking 
• Decision making.
• 21st Century Communication.

1. Activating Activity / Anticipatory Set / Anchoring Learning

Teacher Presentations (Micro Lectures): 
5 Minutes WORD WALL REVIEW

1. Front Load Key Vocabulary Concepts and Academic Vocabulary: Tier 1, 2, and 3 Reading and Language Arts Vocabulary Words

Student Practice: 5-10 minutes

1.  Students Word Work of Key Vocabulary Concepts "Always use multimodal and cooperative learning discussion structures" | Kagan and or Whole Brain Teaching "Think Pair Share" and "Teach Okay"

Student Practice Options: Student or teachers choice!

1. 15-minutes TPR tier 2 and tier 3 word work
2. 15-minutes word analysis games latin and Greek roots, suffixes, affixes, prefixes
3.  Crazy Professor Reading 
4.  Super Speed 1000
5.  Quick Writes 
6.  Socratic Chairs 
7. 15-minutes Vocabulary Sparkle 
8. 15-minutes "Alphabetics": Multimodal or multisensory phonemic awareness, decoding, and language development 
9. 15-minutes Word Analysis: Building knowledge of the meanings and spellings of prefixes, root words, and suffixes.  
10. 15-minutes close reading passage "investigative and analytical reading strategies explicitly modeled by students"
11. 30-minutes extended close reading activity using investigative and analytical reading strategies 

Brain Break Singalong every half hour

Teacher Guided Reading with the Whole Class and Student Read along: 45-60 Minutes

1. 30-45 minute read aloud always using advanced literature at the top of students listening comprehension levels. 
2. Use advanced think alouds "metacognition" to build background knowledge and make learning sticky. 
3. 15-minute student rereading of the same passages to build reading fluency and expression practice on more demanding text

Spelling "Word Work" Practice Options

15-minutes Tier 1 Reading and Spelling Vocabulary Word Work always multimodal and cooperative structure

Have your Students Stand Up and Find their Shoulder Partner! 
1. Say the word
2. Spell the word
3. Count the syllables
4. Use the word in a meaningful sentence
5. Shoulder partner listens and repeats the sentence verbatim

Rule 1.  Pronounce the word and use the word in a student-friendly sentence, then have students pronounce the word and repeat the student-friendly sentence. (Use American Sign Language gestures or other visual gestures while you explain and use the word in a sentence) 

Rule 2. Spell the word aloud and in the air or on the palm. (For younger students talk them through the directions,  gestures, and shapes of the letter. )

Rule 3. Chunk the word into syllables (For spelling practice use a mnemonic use of the phonemes to help students hear irregular spelling rules e.g, Wednesday Wed Nes Day )  

Rule 3 B. Count the number of letters "Optional"

Rule 4. Use the word in a contextual example and give an easy to understand example to help students make a connection to their background knowledge, then have students pronounce the word and repeat the student-friendly sentence and denotation. Students then turn towards their partner and reteach the vocabulary mini-lesson with gestures and high energy. 

Rule 5. Students practice their active listening skills by repeating the sentence their shoulder partner shared. 

Whole Brain Teaching is a Great Method for these multimodal vocabulary activities. 

15-minutes TPR tier 2 and tier 3 Word work always multimodal and cooperative structure

120-minute reading blocks are a critical part of any successful

reading program. The 120-minute reading block or two 60-90-minute reading blocks need to be a revered time, it should be totally uninterrupted, it is one of the most important systemic changes struggling schools need to adopt. Schools that need intensive reading intervention schoolwide should be doing two 90-minute reading blocks daily or a highly intensive 120-minute reading block at a minimum. Uninterrupted means no special education pull-outs, no specials, and no interruptions. 

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