Instructional Design

Literacy for Young Children

Observations

The SFA program does not allow for customization

The SFA program teaches phonics in a prescribed way
The SFA program contains readings that are relevant to
a select group of students

The classroom teacher supports literacy exploration

during a free time period each day known as Daily 5
Maria will often confuse English and Spanish vowel
sounds

Data Collection

Analysis

Vat = That
Ay = I
Ol = all
Shud = Should
Nas = Nice

Analysis

She has a limited idea of the sounds vowels make

Although she has learned many ways vowels get their
sounds she still uses the basic sounds of vowels
The most confused vowel sound for Maria is the long E
sound
There are many ways the long e sound is composed in
writing

Planning

Wanted to make it relevant to her

Wanted a guided reading portion to the lesson
Needed to introduce vocabulary
Narrowed down from all long E sounds to ending long E
sounds

Implementation

Introduction: Go over vocabulary: television, siblings,

illustrations, Virgin Mary. Start with the book by doing a
read aloud. Talk with children about the setting, story
line, and characters. Match pictures and words.
Model: Reading the book together. Have children point to
the words as all children read along.

Introduction
Guided: Let children know that they should listen for the
long e sound. Have children give a discrete signal when
they hear the long e sound such as a thumb up in front
of their chest. When the shared reading is done, ask
children what words they heard the long e sound in.
Write them down on a board or large paper. Do a shared
reading once more, this time pointing out each word
with a long e sound. Write down any words that were
missed last time. Have a discussion about where in each
long e sound is in the word. Highlight the long e sound
and have children do the same in their book. Talk about
patterns they see and how each long e sound is spelled.

Assessment

The assessment best used is writing samples

Begin to look for the spelling of words in journals
When reading, are they using the vowel rule?