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DI Suggestions
By Reba Gordon Matthews
Copy of this packet, resources, and website
links can be found on my 157 Staff Dev. Blog
http://157staffdevblog.blogspot.com
Housekeeping Items: Front Side
1. Ziploc Bag (Student Supplies)
a. 2 pencils Bathroom
b. Large eraser
c. Bathroom/Drink Card Back of Card
d. Scissors
e. Flashcards (when the time comes)
f. Rubber Band
Drink
g. Point Card
h. Placeholder Index Card
i. Pocket Folder (For Seatwork, Bingo Sheet, OR Misc
j. Doc Cam OR Promethean Flipchart – write lessons & tasks for students to view

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Flashcard Site: (Make your own flashcards)
http://www.kitzkikz.com/flashcards/
Step 1

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Step 2
Step 3 Step 4
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Bingo Cards Creator Website:
Bingo Card (5 x 5)
http://www.bingocardscreator.com/bingo_blank
_5x5.php
Bingo Card (7 x 7)
http://www.bingocardscreator.com/bingo_blank
_7x7.php
Bingo Card (3 x 3)
http://www.bingocardscreator.com/bingo_blank
_3x3.php
Another Bingo Card Website (Thematic Cards)
DLTK Custom Bingo Cards
http://www.dltk‐cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp

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Utilizing Technology – Entry Level
1. Make a folder on your computer desktop.Collect Language Arts Websites that your
students can interact with independently.
2. If your students are not familiar with your sites – Introduce them during another
time during your class day.

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Suggested Language Art Sites:
Learning Upgrade – See your grade level regarding this program.
Starfall – (Grades K‐2) http://www.starfall.com/
ABCs – (K‐1)
Alphabet recognition, sounding and photo match
Learn to Read (K – 2)

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ABCya – (K‐5) http://www.abcya.com/
( click on your students’ grade level and save own their desktop)
ABCYa – Home Page
ABCYa – 3rd Grade Page

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Other Language Arts Websites: Online Stories/Book Websites / Spelling / Grammar
Abracadabra – A Balanced Reading Approach
http://abralite.concordia.ca/
Online Talking Stories
http://www.woodlands‐junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm#talk
Speakaboos ‐ Stories
http://www.speakaboos.com/stories
Story Online – Read by someone from Actor’s Guild
http://www.storylineonline.net/index.html
Spell with Flickr ‐ http://metaatem.net/words/
Spelling City ‐ http://www.spellingcity.com/
Spelling Match ‐ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/

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Other Language Arts Websites: (cont.) Online Stories/Book Websites / Spelling / Grammar
Language Arts Gr 3­6 – Utah Education Network
http://www.uen.org/3‐6interactives/lang_arts.shtml
Working with Words ‐ http://classroom.jc‐schools.net/basic/la‐words.html
PBS Kids – Stories – Between the Lions ‐ http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/animals.html

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DI Lesson – Suggestions – Have a regular routine EVERYDAY – Will save a lot of time!
The Scripted Lessons – Do’s and Don’ts
DOs DON’Ts
Word List Do the word list EVERYDAY Don’t make each child do the word list individually
(time consuming)
Make sure they get a 100% on the list Don’t go forward (right away) if your students are missing
several words on the list. (See Dos)
If they MISS a word – Make them say the word (3) times
BY SAYING – What’s this word –THEN they say it.
(Repeat this question 3 times) Then GO Back to the top
of that column AND start over.
If you think a child is not getting the words –
Call on THAT child and make he/she say the list.
If your students are having problems w/certain words –
Make flashcards w/those words for practice.
Compound Words –Say what kind of word?
What’s first word? What’s second word?
Put them together – What’s the word?
Do it EVERYTIME you have a compound word.
Contractions – Say – What kind of word?
What’s the first word? What’s the second word?
What letters are cut out?
Put them together – What’s the word?
Do it EVERYTIME you have a compound word.
Write some contractions on the board so that they can
see that letters are cut out to make the word.
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11. DOs DON’Ts
Word List 1st – 3rd Grades 1st – 3rd Grades
(Spelling) DO spelling of words during Spelling OR Guided Reading Don’t have them spell the words (time consuming)
Times (time sake).
You can (if you wish) add the challenging words to your
spelling list
Reading STICK to the error rule. If they miss more than the DON’T go forward in the story if the group misses more
(The Story) maximum – Go back to the beginning of the story and than the lesson allows.
RE‐Read.
Note the words that the students are constantly having
issues with and make them into flashcards.
Use post‐its and place them on those lesson pages.
If the reader MISSES a word – Make he/she say the word
(3) times BY SAYING – What’s that word –THEN they say
it.
(Repeat that question 3 times) Then the reader GOES
BACK to the beginning of the sentence and starts over.
Count it as an error if the reader doesn’t know where the Don’t reprimand the student that doesn’t know where the
group is and this makes the readers focus on the text. group is…..Just say, “That’s an error.” Show them where the
group is and have he/she read and MOVE ON (for time
sake).
Just A Suggestion – For time efficiency—
Round Robin Reading – This way the kids know its there
turn and you get the story read in time.
PRAISE them when they read the story w/o going
over the error maximum.
Provide Seatwork OR Computer Websites that will
SEATWORK support the DI Lesson.