Supporting One-to-One

SOME IDEAS for students who need extra pointing practice:

• line up some small toys/objects, touch each one and name it
  
• point and read the alphabet chart
  
• point and read the name chart (see "The Name Chart" blog post) 
  
• point and read vocabulary charts
  (FREE download here!)
  

• point and read the word wall or mini-word wall charts
  
  
• keep the charts above in the students' book baggies or reading boxes
• call on students who need extra practice to point during shared reading of charts and big books; to point and reread interactive writing texts
• say sentences and touch a cube for each word
• put dots under words in books
• write sentences on sentence strips, cut them, mix up, fix; point to each word; or push each word up as you say it
• what else?

COACHING PROMPTS:

(from most to least scaffolded)

• take a piggyback ride on my finger; let's point under the words together
• watch me point; now you do it
• point to each word
• make it match
• check it
• try again

TOOLS:

popsicle stick with a goggly eye on the end 

plastic "fingers"

light pointers

Strategy Cards (see "Super Readers" blog post)

Please feel free to comment below!

C & S