Virtual Implementation Agenda
Course 1
5 MODULES, APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 40 MINUTES
Module 1: Phonics Suite and Countdown (20 minutes)
• Phonics Suite Overview
• Comparison Between Countdown, Blast and HD Word
• Countdown Features
• Primary and Secondary Usages
• Countdown Overview Video
Module 2: Foundational Skills and Decoding (20 minutes)
• Decoding Overview
• Sight Word & Sight Word Memory
• Foundational Literacy Skills and Their Link to Strong Decoding
• Countdown Student Goals
• Scope and Sequence Overview
• Phonics vs. Orthographic Mapping
Module 3: Decoding (20 minutes)
• Phoneme and Grapheme
Definitions
• Digraph Introduction
• Phonemes of English and other World Languages
• Phonics Defined
• Phoneme Grapheme Mapping
Demonstration
• Countdown and the Speech to Print Approach
• Introduction of Syllable Types
• Closed Syllable Defined and Demonstrated
Module 4: Vowel Motions and FingerStretching (20 minutes)
• Connection Between Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
• Leveraging Phonemic Awareness to Teach Phonics
• Short and Long Vowel Demonstrations
• Finger-Stretching Demonstration
• Digraphs vs. 2-Sound Blends
• Articulation and Production of Phonemes
Module 5: Let’s Explore Countdown (20 minutes)
• Countdown’s Structure and Goals
• Countdown’s Overarching Goals
• The Puzzle of Decoding
• Countdown’s Strands
• Letters Introduced in Clusters
• Mid-Year Goals
• High-Frequency Words
• Teacher and Student Materials
• Reading Playgrounds
• Path to Decoding Success (staircase)
Course 2
5 MODULES, APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES
Module 1: Phonemic Awareness Activities (30 minutes)
• Review Countdown’s Path to Decoding Success
• Countdown’s Scope & Sequence
• Focus of Units 1-5
• Unit 1: Functional Vocabulary
• Alternative Scope and Sequence
• Phonemic Awareness Crucial to Reading Success
• Phonemic Awareness Continuum
• Alphabetic Principle Defined
• Phoneme Isolation
• Beginning Sound Isolation Defined and Demonstrated
• Beginning Sound Isolation Activities
Module 2: Phonemic Awareness Activities Continued (30 minutes)
• Phonemic Awareness Continuum
• Blending Defined
• Blending Continuum
• Blending Activities
• Rhyming Activities
• Introducing Letter Names
Module 3: Alphabetic Principle (30 minutes)
• Countdown’s Path to Decoding Success
• Alphabetic Principle Defined
• Alphabetic Principle, Strand and Substrands
• Scope and Sequence Review
• Letter Clusters
• Letter Knowledge Activities
• Transition to Decoding and Spelling
• Build a Word
Module 4: Heart Words (20 minutes)
• Heart Words Overview
• Heart Word Scope and Sequence
• Goals
• Heart Word Activities:
– Look, Think, Say
– Pop Up and 3-Up
• Phrase Reading
• Heart Words and Phrase Reading
• Heart Word Generator
• Heart Word Magic
Module 5: Lesson Design and Countdown Online (30 minutes)
• Progression of Skills and Mid-Year Goals
• Explore Countdown.online
• Lesson Design
• Navigating Countdown Online
• Exploring Supplemental Resources
• Kindergarten Foundational Skills Survey
• Home Connections
• Distance Learning Guides
• Spanish Speaking Resources
Course 3
3 MODULES, APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR
Module 1: Teaching Book 2 Content (20 minutes)
• Decoding Goals
• Glossary Review (Sight Words)
• Strands Review
• Review of Concepts
• Concentration of Book 2 Strands of Phonemic Awareness
• Phoneme Segmentation Activities and Demonstrations
• Blending Activities
• Differentiation Tips
• Activity Overviews in the Supplemental Resources
Module 2: More on Heart Words (20 minutes)
• Heart Word Resources
• Review of Mapping Sight Word for Automaticity
• High-Frequency Words Defined
• Regularly Spelled and Irregularly Spelled Words
• Heart Word Magic With Activities and Spelling
• Accessing Heart Word Magic Activities
Module 3: Additional Resources (20 minutes)
• Supplemental Resources Overview
• Wall Card Access and Activities
• Sort and Play Cards
• Kindergarten Foundational Skills Survey Revisited
• Grouping Matrix Overview and Live Assess
• Grouping Matrix Student Reports
Course 4
3 MODULES, APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR
Module 1: Manipulation (20 minutes)
• Phonemic Awareness Strands Review
• Review of Early Literacy Research
• Phonemic Awareness Continuum
• Review of Segmenting and Blending
• Phonemic Awareness Manipulation Activities
• Application and Small Group Instruction
Module 2: Alphabetic Principle (20 minutes)
• Alphabetic Principle Review
• Speech to Print Approach
• Letter Knowledge Activities and Demonstrations
• Countdown Online Interactions
Module 3: Introduction to Book 3 (20 minutes)
• Book 3 Focus and Goals
• Unit Design, Shift in Lesson Structure
• Book 3 Scope and Sequence
• End of Year Goals
• Unit 17 Walk-Through With Demonstration
Course 5
3 MODULES, APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR
Module 1: Teaching Book 3 (20 minutes)
• Book 3 Goals, Strands, Scope and Sequence
• Review of Digraphs
• Review of 2-Sound Blends (Sound Buddies)
• Closed Syllable Defined and Reviewed
• Book 3 Unit and Lesson Structure
• Unit 20 Walk-Through
• Build a Word Procedure
Module 2: Multisyllabic Words (20 minutes)
• Reading and Spelling Multisyllabic Words
• Syllable Stomp Activity and Demonstration
• Lose the Rules Approach With Demonstration
• Video: Andrew Reads Fantastic
Module 3: Student Workbooks and Additional Resources (20 minutes)
• Countdown Vocabulary Defined
• Decodable Practice, Cumulative and Controlled
• Lesson 4 Activities:
– Detective Work
– Word Sort
– Phrases and Sentences to Read
• Read It! And Spell It! Demonstrations
• Countdown Passages and Differentiation
• Extension Units
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