Your Support TeamLakshmi Valdes
Mirna Dunn, Norma Hernandez, Diane Kenyon and Tabatha Kirby
Green Kit
LLI KIT Lesson Overview
Green Kit
Green Kit Levels A-J
Review of Your Resources
At Risk Criteria
Who Would You Serve?First Grade Teachers- You will use the LLI lessons during Guided Reading as your core
instruction with your three or four lowest students.
■Any general education student that are not on level 4 (D) at this time of the school year will be served with the LLI kit.
■Any native english speaker in a dual language classroom that are not on a level 3 (C) at this time of year will be served with the LLI kit.
This will be consider as the integration of core instruction and intervention for RTi.
When do I serve them?Dual Language Teachers
✱ LLI kit Intervention will be provided on the English days only: LLI system supports the “Balanced Literacy” components in a deeper and differentiated level to increase students’ English reading skills.
✱ During the Spanish days, the interventions in Spanish will support the “Balanced Literacy” components in a deeper and differentiated level to increase students’ Spanish reading skills.
We will talk about the Spanish Intervention on November 18th
✱ Cross Linguistic Connections
✱ El sisteme de lectura
✱ Continuo de adquisicion de la lectoescritura
✱ New Spanish intervention! SIL- El Sistema de la Intervención de Lectura
The Lesson✱ LLI lessons include reading, writing, phonics and
word study, and the extensive use of oral language throughout.
✱ There are three types of lesson structures in the system:1. Getting started lesson
2. Odd-numbered lessons
3. Even number lessons
Getting Started LessonFirst Ten Lessons
✱ Rereading
✱ Phonics
✱ Reading new book with several levels of support
✱ Writing about reading
✱ Letter/Word Work
Let’s look at a getting started lesson
✱ Reread the Book (5 minutes)
✱ Phonics Word Study (5 minutes)
✱ Rhyming Picture Cards✱ Alphabet Linking Chart (Video)
Let’s look at a getting started lesson
✱ New Book (15 Minutes)✱ Let’s look at the instructions on page 21:
✱ Read to: Introduce the new Lapbook to the children, encouraging them to use information from the pictures, as well as their own experience, to talk about the text
✱ Read with: Here you find specific suggestions to scaffold the child’s use of the meaning, language, and visual information in print as you read the Lapbook with the children.
✱ Read by: in this section, you give the children the small book and use shared reading to have children read the book with you.
Let’s look at a getting started lesson
✱ Writing About Reading: 10 minutes
✱ You engage the students in composition sentences to write about the new book using interactive writing. During interactive writing share the pen with the children at selected points.
✱ Read page 22. With your partner talk about one or two strategies that you notice.
Let’s look at a getting started lesson
✱ Letter/Word Work: 5 minutes
✱ You guide children in some quick “hand on” word work. You will find a visual showing the materials used in the teaching. You will also find suggestions for teaching the children about letters and words.
Let’s look at a getting started lesson
✱ Assessing Reading and Writing Behaviors:
✱ This section provides suggestions for observational assessments across the lesson or additional assessments tips if you find they are needed.
There are two kinds of lessons:
✱ Odd -Numbered Lessons
✱ Even-Numbered Lessons
Odd-Numbered Lessons✱ The first day, an odd-numbered lesson- such as 11,13,15,17- is
for the introduction of a new instructional level book. The focus is on reading, discussion of meaning, and phonics and word work.
1. Rereading the book (5 minutes)
2. Phonics/Word Work (5 minutes)
3. New Book at the instructional level (15 minutes)
4. Letter/Word Work (5 minutes)
Even-Numbered Lessons✱ The second day is an even number lessons (such as 12,14,16,18,20) offers the
introduction of a new independent level book for the child.
✱ The focus in on writing to extend the meaning of books as well as to achieve a close look at print, letters, and sounds, phonics and word work, and on fluency.
1. Rereading the book and assessment (5 minutes)
2. Phonics/Word Work (5 minutes)
3. Writing About Reading (15 minutes)
4. New Book (two instructional levels below-read it and take home) (5 minutes)
5. Letter/Word Work--optional
Put on your Detective Hat
✱ With a partner, scan lesson 31 and 32 pages 185 to 196 from the Green System.
✱ Discuss the strategies used in each of the components of the lesson.
✱ Use the following organizer to write down your findings and be ready to share
LessonProfessional Development CD
Green Kit
• What is LLI and Who is it For? (7 minutes)
• Program Components Components of LLI (2 ½ minutes)
Let’s Get Started ✱ Look at your DRA/ Running Records Data
✱ Select the group of students that will be receiving LLI Kit interventions.
✱ Identify the lessons and books that you want to use