Seesaw and LETRS Crosswalk Put LETRS Training Into Practice with the Seesaw Library
Unlock the power of Structured Literacy and watch your students flourish! This crosswalk puts LETRS units in Seesaw terms with recommended Seesaw content. Discover practical strategies, ready-to-use resources, and tips for leveraging Seesaw’s content and features to support effective reading instruction aligned with the Science of Reading. Learn how to create engaging activities, monitor student progress, and foster a love of reading, all while simplifying your workflow with Seesaw’s user-friendly interface. Then use the digital portfolio to capture and share student work demonstrating the application of Science of Reading concepts in practice!
VOLUME 1 Unit Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read • Implement evidence-based reading instruction by applying the Science of Reading principles in your classroom daily. • Use the Reading Rope model to systematically address all components of skilled reading in your lesson plans. • Regularly assess and develop students’ phonological awareness as a foundational skill for reading success.
Supporting Material PK/TK Scope & Sequence Kindergarten Scope & Sequence 1st Grade Scope & Sequence 2nd grade Scope & Sequence Teacher’s Guide
Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English • Teach students to identify and manipulate individual phonemes through explicit, systematic instruction. • Incorporate activities that highlight allophonic variations to enhance students’ phonemic awareness and pronunciation skills.
Seesaw Collection: Fun Phonemes (PK/K) Seesaw Collection: Fonemas fantasticos
• Adapt phonological instruction for English Learners, considering their native language sound systems. Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling • Implement a systematic, explicit phonics program that teaches phoneme-grapheme correspondences in a clear, sequential order. • Utilize decodable texts that align with taught phonics patterns to reinforce students’ decoding skills. • Employ consistent sound-blending routines to help students apply phonics knowledge in word reading.
Seesaw Collection: Letter & Word Book Treehouse (PK-1) Seesaw Collection: Alphabet Garden (PK/TK) Seesaw Collection: Alphabet Treasures (K) Seesaw Collection: Phenomenal Phonics (K-2) Seesaw Collection: Passages Playhouse (K-2)
Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition • Teach morphology explicitly, focusing on common prefixes, suffixes, and root words to enhance word recognition and vocabulary.
Seesaw Collection: Word Analysis Station (2)
• Instruct students in all six syllable types and their application in multisyllabic word reading.
Seesaw Collection: Willow’s Word Work (2) Seesaw Collection: HFW With Turtle (K-1)
• Implement daily fluency practice using techniques such as repeated readings and partner reading to improve reading speed and accuracy.
Seesaw Collection: Passages Playhouse (K-2)
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