Good Practice Checklist

Introduction

The Good Practice Checklists set out the steps the student should be taking in order to use Units of Sound effectively.

The Good Practice Checklist for Reading is copied here.

See the Good Practice Checklists in the Library section for more details on their use.

Word Blocks

Make sure your student:

Has headphones on before opening the reading program.
Repeats the unit of sound aloud after introduction.
Clicks on the unit of sound and repeats the sound aloud.
Clicks on question mark to hear syllables.
Activates the reading block sequence and records own reading of the words.
Listens to the recording.
Repeats recording if necessary, to correct errors.
Activates all blocks of words.
Moves on only when all stars are filled in.

Check Words

Make sure your student:

Clicks on question mark to hear syllables.
Activates the reading sequence and records own reading of the words.
Listens to the recording.
Repeats recording if necessary, to correct errors.
Activates all sets of words.
Moves on only when all stars are filled in.

Check Sounds

Make sure your student:

Clicks on question mark to activate clue word if needed.
Activates the check words sequence and records own reading
Listens to the recording.
Repeats recording if necessary, to correct errors.
Activates all sets of check sounds.
Moves on only when all stars are filled in.

Sentences & Passages

Make sure your student:

Clicks on each sentence to highlight it in turn.
Reads the sentence aloud until fluent.
Clicks on the sentence again to hear it read.
Re-reads sentence aloud to improve if necessary.
Activates all sets of sentences / passages.
Moves on only when all stars are filled in.

Quiz Questions

Make sure your student:

Clicks on the arrow to hear the question.
Repeats click to hear the question again if necessary.
Clicks and drags answer OR clicks and sticks answer OR types answer in box.
Clicks on tick to check.
Moves on only when all stars are filled in.