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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.
How It Works
Students develop accuracy and automaticity in decoding through modeling (Read Along step), repeated practice (Practice step), and progress monitoring (Mark and Graph Cold- and Hot-Timing Scores steps). Students work on short audio-supported phonics exercises for as little as 10 minutes a day as a warm-up or up to 30 minutes a day as an intervention.
Word Warm-ups Steps:
- Look, Listen, and Respond
- Cold Timing
- Mark and Graph Cold-Timing Score
- Read Along
- Practice
- Hot Timing
- Mark and Graph Hot-Timing Score
What's Included
Exercise Books
Reproducible exercises are grouped into sections, with each section focusing on a specific letter sound, phonics pattern, syllable pattern, prefix, suffix, or root.
Audio CDs
Six sets of audio CDs provide audio support for the exercises (CD storage case included).
Teacher’s Manual
The teacher’s manual explains the program
in detail and includes blackline masters for parent letters, graphs, assessment scoring worksheets, data recording sheets, the step poster, and award certificates.
Student Assessment
The student assessments help you determine which Word Warm-ups level, section, and exercises will best fit each student’s decoding needs.
Printable Word Warm-ups 1 student assessment for program screening & placement
Printable Word Warm-ups 2 student assessment for program screening & placement
Printable Word Warm-ups 3 student assessment for program screening & placement
Storage Box
Use this box with tabbed dividers to sort and store student exercises. Includes a starter packet of pre-cut exercises for six students.
Steps Poster
Post this 11-by-17-inch poster in the classroom to remind students of the Word Warm-ups steps.
Product Levels
Word Warm-ups 1 builds automaticity in learning to read phonetically decodable, one-syllable words.
Word Warm-ups 2 builds automaticity in reading phonetically decodable patterns using compound words, words with two-syllable word patterns, and some three-syllable words with the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Word Warm-ups 3 builds automaticity in decoding multisyllabic words with common prefixes and suffixes, open- and closed-syllable patterns, the schwa sound, and Latin and Greek roots.