
Title 1 Newsletter
October 2023
FAMILY NIGHT
STEM NIGHT
HELPING CHILDREN LEARN
TITLE 1 Groups
WORKING IN SMALL GROUPS
What is a Title 1 school?
Title I is a federal education program that supports low income students throughout the nation. Funds are distributed to high poverty schools, as determined by the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunch.
WALK TO READ
Walk to Read Skills (Kinder-5th)
What is Walk to Read?
Walk To Read is the name for our district-wide reading intervention program. For 60 minutes a day (M-FRI), all students in each grade level are provided targeted reading phonics instruction customized for their needed skills. Students receive instruction on needed phonics skills or enrichment instruction in cycles. Teachers analyze data at the end of each cycle to determine student needs and group placement.
Phonics Skills/Strategies
Skill 1: Letter Names and Sounds - Your child should be able to name all 26 letters of the alphabet. These can be capital letters or lowercase. They should also be able to say the sounds of each letter. Tips/Strategies
Skill 2: Short Vowels - Short vowels are commonly used in CVC words, or words that start with a consonant, have a vowel in the middle, and have a consonant at the end. For example: cat, nap, run. Watch this video for an example of each short vowel sound. Tips/Strategies
Skill 3: Initial and Final Blends - Consonant blends are when two or more sounds are blended together, but still make their own sound. For example: brick (br), click (cl), task (sk), and bend (nd). Initial blends take place at the beginning of a word, and final blends take place at the end. Tips/Strategies
Skill 4: Digraphs - Digraphs are a combination of two letters that make one sound. For example: sh, ph, and th. Tips/Strategies
Skill 5: Long Vowel Silent E - Long Vowel Silent E are words where there is a vowel, followed by a consonant, and ends with a silent e. For example: love, cave, site, and bite.Tips/Strategies
Skill 6: Predictable Vowel Teams - Vowel Teams are a combination of two vowels that make one sound. Predictable vowel teams always make the same sound. They include ai, ay, oa, igh, ee, and oe. Tips/Strategies
Skill 7: Unpredictable Vowel Teams - Vowel Teams are a combination of two vowels that make one sound. Unpredictable vowel teams are two vowels that make different sounds in words. They include ea, ie, oo, ow, ou, ew, ue, ei, ey, and ui. When working with your child, help them understand that sometimes, two vowels work together to make one sound. Tips/Strategies
Skill 8: Vowel-R - An r controlled vowel is any vowel followed by an r. The r changes the sound that the vowel makes. For example: er, ir, or, and ar. Tips/Strategies
Skill 9: Complex Consonants - Complex consonants are combinations of consonant letters that are pronounced as a single sound. For example: dge, mb, and tch. This skill also includes silent letters. For example: kn and gn. Tips/Strategies
Skill 10: Closed Multi-syllables - Closed Multisyllabic words have more than one syllable that includes a closed syllable. Closed syllables have one vowel followed by one or more consonants. The consonant closes in the vowel, making it a closed syllable. For example: tidbit, candid, catfish, and napkin. Tips/Strategies
Skill 11: Long Vowel Silent E Multi-syllables - Long Vowel Silent E Multisyllabic words have more than one syllable that includes a silent e pattern. Long Vowel Silent E are words where there is a vowel, followed by a consonant, and ends with a silent e. For example: include, hopeless, mistake, and active. Tips/Strategies
Skill 12: Open Multi-syllables - Open Multi Syllable words have more than one syllable that includes an open syllable. Open syllables end with a vowel. For example: tornado, human, beside, and ruler. Tips/Strategies
Skill 13: Vowel Team Multi-syllables - Vowel Team Multisyllabic words have more than one syllable that includes a vowel team. Vowel Teams are a combination of two vowels that make one sound. For example: fifteen, autumn, laundry, and oatmeal. Tips/Strategies
Skill 14: Consonant Multi-syllables - Consonant Multisyllabic words have more than one syllable that includes the consonant le. For example: candle, sample, table, and circle. Tips/Strategies
Skill 15: Vowel-r Multi-syllables - Vowel-r Multisyllabic words have more than one syllable that includes an r controlled vowel. An r controlled vowel is any vowel followed by an r. The r changes the sound that the vowel makes. For example: forget, border, thermos, and garment. Tips/Strategies