Word Warm-ups
Word Warm-ups is a quick, timed, and independent program for developing mastery and automaticity in the decoding of words with common phonics patterns, two-syllable word patterns, and words with prefixes and suffixes.
Two Word Warm-ups programs are available:
- Word Warm-ups 1 is a supplemental program designed for students who have had some phonics instruction but have not yet mastered the decoding of one-syllable words with automaticity.
- Word Warm-ups 2 is a supplemental program designed for students who need to master two- and three-syllable word patterns — including compound words, two-syllable word pat-terns, and words with simple prefixes and suffixes.
How It Works
To increase their phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding skills, students work independently for just 10 minutes a day on short, audio-supported exercises.
Students first listen to instruction about a common phonics or syllable pattern. Next, students do a one-minute “cold timing.” Students read along with audio support and then time themselves as they practice word lists. Finally, the teacher monitors “hot timings” to see if students can read down and across the word lists in one minute.
Students graph their results, which shows their progress and motivates them to keep improving.
What's Included
Exercise Books & Audio CDs
An exercise book contains reproducible exercises grouped into sections, with each section focusing on a specific letter name or sound, phonics pattern, syllable pattern, suffix, or prefix.
Featured letter names & sounds, phonics patterns, and syllable patterns
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, mini-folders, student graphs, assessment scoring worksheets, data recording sheets, the step poster, and award certificates.
Student Assessment
A student assessment helps you determine which exercises to use to meet each student’s decoding needs.
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.
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