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Word Warm-ups How-To Information
Word Warm-ups develops mastery and automaticity in decoding words using the powerful, research-based Read Naturally strategy. This individualized, mostly independent phonics program teaches words with common phonics and syllable patterns.
There are several key tasks that teachers need to perform in order to ensure that their Word Warm-ups program is implemented successfully:
Planning and Setting Up
Planning and setting up involves preparing a schedule, choosing a setting, and gathering materials.
Planning and Setting Up a Word Warm-ups Program
Assessing and Placing Students
Read Naturally provides separate assessments for the three Word Warm-ups levels. The assessments evaluate a student's ability to make letter sounds and decode words with common phonics and syllable patterns at an automatic level.
Assessing and Placing Students in Word Warm-ups
Implementing the Steps
The Word Warm-ups program incorporates three strategies—instruction and modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring—into a series of steps. These steps are designed to maximize the time a student spends reviewing letter names and sounds, learning phonics and syllable patterns, and using this knowledge to decode words.
Steps of the Word Warm-ups Program
Monitoring Student Performance
As students work in the program, you should observe their progress to make sure that the exercises they are using fit their current level of development and determine whether adjustments need to be made.
Monitoring Student Performance
Communicating With Students and Parents/Guardians
Communicating with students and parents/guardians fosters a sense of teamwork, promotes support at home, and addresses parents' and guardians' questions and concerns.
Communicating With Students and Parents/Guardians
Note: For complete how-to information for Word Warm-ups, see the Word Warm-ups Teacher's Manuals.
Word Warm-ups 1 Teacher's Manual
Word Warm-ups 2 Teacher's Manual
Word Warm-ups 3 Teacher's Manual