Summary of Alignment & Usability: Puzzle Piece Phonics | ELA
This report is for a supplementary foundational skills program intended for use alongside a comprehensive core English Language Arts program.
The instructional materials reviewed for Puzzle Piece Phonics Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2 partially meet the criteria for alignment to standards and research-based practices for foundational skills instruction. The instructional materials use a synthetic approach to phonics. Instructional materials include a systematic, explicit, and research-based scope and sequence for phonological awareness and phonics outlining the essential knowledge and skills that are taught in the program and the order in which they are presented. Materials include limited opportunities for students to learn and apply general concepts of print. Materials provide systematic, explicit instruction in phonological awareness and phonics. Materials provide limited systematic, evidence-based, explicit instruction in fluency. The materials contain fluency passages that focus on a specific phonics skill based on the word list students are reading and practicing; however, the fluency passages within the materials do not include the high-frequency words that are addressed each week. There are missed opportunities for regular and systematic assessment opportunities that measure student progress in phonological awareness (K-1) and fluency. The materials provide limited resources and tools to collect ongoing data about student progress on the standards. There are missed opportunities to provide teachers with strategies for meeting the needs of a range of learners so that they demonstrate independent ability with grade-level standards within the materials. Decodable texts include fluency passages that work on a specific phonics skill based on the word list students are reading and practicing; however, fluency passages do not align to the program's scope and sequence for high-frequency words.
"Kutoka kwa ""Usaidizi wa Ufafanuzi wa Fasihi na Ufanisi wa Fasihi"" (Puzzle Piece Phonics) na ""Mfumo wa Ufanisi wa Fasihi na Ufanisi wa Fasihi ya Kiingereza"" (PLA), programu ya msingi ya ujuzi wa msingi wa Kiingereza inapatikana katika lugha ya Kiingereza." Vifaa vya kufundisha vilivyochunguzwa kwa ajili ya Puzzle Piece Phonics Kindergarten, Grade 1 na Grade 2 kwa sehemu zinakidhi vigezo vya usawa na viwango na mazoea ya utafiti kwa ajili ya mafunzo ya ujuzi wa msingi. Vifaa vya kufundisha hutumia mbinu ya synthetic kwa phonics. Vifaa vya mafunzo ni pamoja na utaratibu, wazi, na utafiti-msingi wigo na mfululizo kwa ufahamu phonological na phonics kuonyesha maarifa muhimu na ujuzi kwamba ni kufundishwa katika programu na utaratibu ambao wao ni kuwasilishwa. Vifaa ni pamoja na fursa ndogo kwa wanafunzi kujifunza na kutumia dhana za jumla za kuchapisha. Vifaa hutoa utaratibu, maelekezo ya wazi katika ufahamu phonological na phonics. Vifaa hutoa mafunzo ya kimfumo, ya msingi wa ushahidi, ya wazi katika ufasaha. Vifaa vya ufasaha vina vifungu vya ufasaha ambavyo vinazingatia ustadi maalum wa foniki kulingana na orodha ya maneno ambayo wanafunzi wanasoma na kufanya mazoezi; hata hivyo, vifungu vya ufasaha ndani ya vifaa havijumuishi maneno ya masafa ya juu ambayo yanashughulikiwa kila wiki. Kuna fursa zilizopotea za tathmini ya mara kwa mara na ya utaratibu inayopima maendeleo ya wanafunzi katika ufahamu wa fonolojia (K-1) na ufasaha. Vifaa hutoa rasilimali na zana ndogo za kukusanya data ya kuendelea juu ya maendeleo ya mwanafunzi kwenye viwango. Kuna fursa zilizopotea za kuwapa walimu mikakati ya kukidhi mahitaji ya wanafunzi mbalimbali ili waweze kuonyesha uwezo wa kujitegemea na viwango vya kiwango cha darasa ndani ya vifaa. Maandishi ya decodable ni pamoja na vifungu vya fluency ambayo kazi juu ya ujuzi maalum phonics kulingana na orodha ya maneno wanafunzi ni kusoma na mazoezi; hata hivyo, vifungu vya fluency si align na programu ya wigo na mfululizo kwa ajili ya maneno ya juu-frequency.