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1B Independent Reading Level Assessment
1.30-1.59
1B Entry Requirements: One-Syllable Decoding Check
Entry Requirements: Cumulative Record
Use Words You Know to Figure Out Words You Don't
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1B Entry Requirements
Independent Reading
Level Assessment® Framework
Phonics
CCSS F.K.2c
CCSS F.1.3b
Developmental Reading Taxonomy® Built on Common Core State Standards
Manipulate Onsets and Rimes
Combine initial sounds and Power Words to
make new words.
See Chunking Check on
page 59. Minimum score
of 18.
Decode Most One-Syllable Words
Use a combination of sight words, rhyming,
initial sounds/blends, and chunking to
decode most regularly spelled one-syllable
words.
See One-Syllable
Decoding Check on
page 60. Minimum score
of 18.
Read 1B Tricky Words
Scores
RTM
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Read and Comprehend Unfamiliar 1B Text
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something doesn’t look right, sound right, or
make sense.
Comprehension
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CCSS RL/I.1.1
Apply Reading Standards (Comprehension)
Determine what a text says explicitly and
make logical inferences from it.
Titles
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See Cold Read Record
on page 62. Minimum
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1B
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Student Progress
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See Tricky Words on
page 61. Minimum score
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Word Recognition
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CCSS F.1.3g
irregularly spelled words.
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2-Syllable Words
1-Syllable Word Families
Onset + Sight Word
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IRLA: Independent
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Understand that readers actively search for clues as they read
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Use the repeated sentence pattern and obvious picture clues
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Concept of Word
Understand that language is made of words.
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Understand that letters signal sounds.
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Teaching and Learning Ideas for Phonemic Awareness
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Cactus
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39
PRESS
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Know 14 Power Words: on, like, to, with, an
ARC
Lessons 7-8
Penguin Baby
Traci Dibble
Training Wheels
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Joi Washington
Training Wheels
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Use known Power Words to read 1G text: Penguin Baby
2B
Lessons 13-14
Training Wheels
Use known Power Words to read 1G text: What Do Houses Look Like in Africa?
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Gina Cline
Robbie Byerly
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Contents
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1-2
Initial Consonant -L Blends: bl, cl, fl,
gl, pl, sl
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Lessons
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Initial Consonant -R Blends: br, cr, dr,
fr, gr, pr, tr
29
Lessons
5-6
Initial S- and Tw-Blends: sc, sk, sm, sn,
sp, st, sw, tw
39
Lessons
7-8
Initial Consonant Digraphs: ch, ph, sh,
th, wh, wr
57
Lessons
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Know Nine 2G Power Words: as, some,
these, too, eat, many, make, not, out
Use known Power Words to read 2G text:
Birds
Page
Know 2G Category Words: Family
Lessons
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Lessons
18-19
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Lesson 20
Know 2G Category Words: Numbers
Lessons
12-15
Know 18 2G Power Words: her, house,
so, or, day, give, now, how, when
Use known Power Words to read 2G text:
Polar Bear Babies
87
Lessons
21-24
Know 25 2G Power Words: animal,
put, goes, good, stop, his
105
Use known Power Words to read 2G text:
The Gorilla Family
Know 2G Category Words: Days of the
Week
Know 2G Category Words: Colors
115
Use known Category Words to read 2G
text: My Ride
Know 2G Category Words: Direction
Words
Use known Category Words to read 2G
text: Mondays
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Read: You Can Do It
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Book
Lessons 4-5
-it
Let’s Quit
Matt Reher
Drew Falchetta
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K
IN
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ART
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FIRS
EN
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TG
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Training Wheels
PRESS
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Lessons 6-7
-am
Slam Bam Sam
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Matt Reher
Drew Falchetta
(-all, -it, -am)
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K
IN
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ART
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FIRS
EN
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Dan Gets a Cat
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Book
Matt Reher
Drew Falchetta
(-an, -and)
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K
Y
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FIRS
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Training Wheels
PRESS
1B
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Book
Matt Reher
Drew Falchetta
(-at, -eat)
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RG
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FIRS
EN
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ARC
Lessons 11-13
Dan Gets a Call
K
Lessons 8-10
-an
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PRESS
1B
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Lesson 14-15
-in
What’s So Good About Matt?
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Matt Reher
Drew Falchetta
PRESS
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The Grand Scam
Matt Reher Drew Falchetta
(all 10 phonograms)
1G
IN
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ART
EN
2G
FIRS
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TG
RA
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K
Lessons 16-18
-out
-up
ARC
Training Wheels
Training Wheels
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1 Blue Zone 2 Lessons
Use 120 Key Words (1G/2G Power Words) and Analogy
Text
Lesson 19
-ill
Lots of Tools & Chimps
Lesson 20
-et
Dolphins
-ink
Elephants
Lesson 22
-ack
Otters
Lesson 23
-op
-aw
Ants
Lesson 24
-ook
Birds
Lesson 25
-ee
Sleep & Gorillas Sleep in Trees
Lesson 26
-ay
Giraffes Can Sleep Standing Up
Lesson 27
-own
Dolphins Can Sleep Under Water
Lesson 28
-ine
-en
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ology
o
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Magazine
Ele
ph
a
nts
pg.
125
Animals
and
Tools
Matt Reher
129
Kristina Rupp
pg. 8
135
137
Bats
ology
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pg. 16
Bats Make Their Own Tents
Review
Animals in Your Family
Lesson 31
-ot
Lots of Ricks & Spider Trick
-ake
Turtle Fakes Out Frog
Lesson 33
-ame
Some Fish Spit
Lesson 34
-ed
A Lizard’s Tail
Lesson 35
-ump
Is it a Lump? A Clump? It’s an Octopus!
Wolves
pg. 12
in Lots of Ways
Gorillas
pg. 6
Matt Reher
143
145
Katie Axt
147
ology
o
Z
lizard
fish
149
pg. 10
Magazine
spider
pg. 6
Some
Animals Play
octopus
Some Animals Look Like Where They Live
pg. 8
Animals
Sleep
pg. 14
Review
141
Giraffes
pg. 12
Lesson 32
139
Magazine
Wolves Sleep As a Family
Squirrels Sleep in Dens
120
10
Dolphins
Lesson 30
Lesson 36
117
Birds pg. 16
Chimps pg. 6
Lesson 21
Lesson 29
Page
Tricks
151
153
155
157
Matt Reher
Danielle Shusterman
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1 Blue Zone 3 Lessons
New Key Words with High Leverage Phonograms (Word Families)
Lesson 37
Introduction to
Key Word Strip
Text
Page
Smelling Good
168
Smelling Good
Written by Marilyn Pitt
Illustrated by John Bianchi
Back Seat
Blues
Back Seat Blues
177
Written by Marilyn Pitt
Key Word Strip Practice
ARC
Lessons 38-40
Illustrated by John Bianchi
The
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1B
Elephant’s
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Book
Trunk
Gina Cline
Robbie Byerly
The Elephant’s Trunk
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ART
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Lesson 41
Lesson 42
1B Tricky Words
R-Controlled Vowels
-ar, -or, -er, -ir, and -ur
189
Ant Farmers
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1 Blue Zone 4 Lessons
Use Common Vowel Patterns to Decode Most One-Syllable Words
Page
The Letter A
203
PRESS
ARC
Lesson 43
Text
1B
s
Book
Lessons 44-45
The Letter E
How Birds Eat
1G
K
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FIRS
EN
TG
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How Birds Eat
Trace Taylor
209
215
Robbie Byerly
Training Wheels
Lesson 46
The Letter I
217
We Can Fix It
Lessons 47-48
The Letter O
We Can Fix It
223
229
Written by Robbie Byerly
Illustrated by John Bianchi
The Letter U
231
ARC
Lesson 49
Crocodiles
PRESS
1B
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Lesson 50
The Final -E Pattern
Trace Taylor
Crocodiles
1G
K
IN
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RG
ART
EN
2G
FIRS
237
1B
TG
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Robbie Byerly
Training Wheels
Additional
Resources
Cunningham’s Making Words
Gaskin’s Word Detectives
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2 Blue: Decoding 2-Syllable Words
Contents
Lesson 1
Page
What is a Syllable?
•
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Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words.
Compound Words
Lessons 2-3
•
•
Decode compound words.
Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to
predict the meaning of compound words.
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Sports Compound Words: Throwback: A Look at Sports
Lessons 4-5
Inflectional Endings
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Lesson 6
-ed
-ing
Lesson 7
-er
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Lesson 8
Here Comes the Strikeout
52
Lesson 9
-er/-est
55
Lesson 10
Cheetahs Are Hunters
58
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
-s/-es
61
-y/-ies
67
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Lessons 13-14
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th e Wolves
CameBack
2B
Book
1G
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RG
EN
ART
2G
FIRS
1B
TG
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When the Wolves Came Back
W he n
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Decode 2-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking
the word into syllables.
Use knowledge that every syllable must have a vowel.
Be flexible with stress and vowels
K
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2-Syllable Words
Training Wheels
Matt Reher
Danielle Shusterman
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SAMPLE LESSON
Compound Words
Compound Football Words
out
quarter
mate
touch
line
time
ball
over
back
play
off
goal
post
foot
time
side
down
team
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2B
Decoding 2-Syllable Words
Lesson 3: Sports Compound Words
Guided Practice: Football Words
Pair one word from the left column with one word from the right
column to make a football word. Where do you think these words
came from?
Reasons to read and reread the word list.
1. Which words refer to people?
2. Which word is where the manager has to stay?
3. Which word is the most important to the team?
(Give an argument for your opinion.)
4. One of you ask a question and we’ll try to find the answer.
5. What other compound words can you think of that have these
words in them?
6. What other sports compound words can you think of?
Compound Football Words
team
down
side
time
foot
post
goal
off
play
back
over
ball
time
line
touch
mate
quarter
out
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Lesson 3 (continued): Sports Compound Words
Guided Reading: A Look at Sports
Goal: Today, you will be able to read a 2B book, where most of
the hard words are compound words.
Begin with the book cover.
START by seeing what students can do without your help.
If students hit a compound word that they don’t know, say:
• Can you find the two small words in the big word?
• Can you cover up the back word and read the first word?
• Can you cover the first word and read the back word?
Coaching Tip
Every word in this book is either:
• a Power Word
• clued by the picture
• a one-syllable word
• a compound word
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Fluency Practice
Scavenger Hunt: Rereading for Decoding Practice
• Find a page that has at least 5 compound words. (pg. 6: baseball,
ballpark, indoors, outdoors, lifetime; pg. 7: ballplayers, outfield, infield,
baseman, shortstop, dugout, bullpen, screwball, fastball, spitball,
curveball; pg. 11: quarterback, football, fullback, sideline, outruns,
touchdown, goalpost, uprights)
Coaching Tip
The goal of this work is
automaticity. Reading compound
words becomes so second
nature that it no longer requires
conscious effort nor interferes
with comprehension.
• How can a diver be disqualified from the competition? (pg. 19: A
diver can’t win if she “does a cannonball.”)
• We call it soccer. Why do lots of people around the world call it
“football”? (pg. 12: Many people call the game football because
you can’t use your hands.)
• What else is a football called? Why is this inaccurate? (pg. 8: Some
footballs are called pigskins, but they are made from cowhide.)
Comprehension
• In one sentence, what is this book about?
• What is the most surprising thing you learned about sports?
• Which compound word has the weirdest backstory? Provide text evidence and
rationale for your opinion.
Homework
Send Throwback: A Look at Sports home for students to read to their Home Coaches.
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Making Words
How many compound words can you think of that include these words?
sun
rain
snow
back
night
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Lesson 3 (continued): Sports Compound Words
Word Making Practice
How many compound words can you think of that include these words?
sun
rain
snow
back
night
Here are some examples to get you started. There are more.
sun: sunset, sundown, sunrise, sunflower, sunshine, sunscreen,
sunshade, sundial, sunray, suntan, sunburn, sunbathe, sunroof,
sunlamp, sundress.
rain: rainbow, raincoat, raindrop, rainfall, rainforest, rainout,
rainmaker, raincheck, rainproof, rainstorm, rainwater.
snow: snowplow, snowflake, snowstorm, snowman, snowsuit,
snowshoe, snowfall, snowdrift, snowmobile, snowbank, snowboard,
snowbell.
Making Words
How many compound words can you think of that include these words?
sun
rain
snow
back
night
back: backbone, backpack, backyard, backup, backward, backdrop,
backstop, backcourt, backhand, backfield, backslide, backstroke,
backtalk, backrest, backhoe, backbite, backbend, backstop, backbeat,
backstabber, backsplash, backpedal, backlash, backgammon.
night: nightshirt, nighttime, nightmare, nightstand, nightcap,
nightclothes, nightclub.
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