Teaching · For Teachers

Sounds, words, then text,
in a session that fits.

A structured literacy lesson moves from sounds to words to connected text, and the text is the part that gets squeezed when the drills run long. Plan the minutes for all ten parts, write the words and dictation items, and see each phase’s share of the session. The organizer flags a plan that runs over or leaves a phase with no time.

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Lesson plans

The worked example is made up: a small-group lesson two minutes over, a balanced 90-minute one-to-one lesson and a 45-minute lesson with no time for connected text. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Teaching · For Teachers$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per lesson: student or group code, date, place in your scope and sequence, session length, concept, minutes for each of ten parts, the words for reading, irregular words, dictation items and the text. Works out minutes per phase and the total against the session; flags plans over the session or more than 10 minutes under, phases with no time and encoding time with no dictation written.
Who it is for
Reading teachers, interventionists, special education teachers and tutors planning one-to-one or small-group structured literacy lessons.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved plan per lesson. Prints one lesson plan, every plan in a table or a blank ten-part plan; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the For Teachers toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Teachers space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Note where the lesson sits in your scope and sequence.
  2. Write the concept, words and dictation items.
  3. Give every part its minutes.
  4. Check the total against the session.
  5. Copy the plan for the next lesson and adjust.

Plan a lesson

How a lesson is built

Ten parts in three phasesPhase 1 · Decoding1 Phonemic awarenesswarm-up2 Sound-symbol review3 New concept4 Word reading5 Irregular wordsPhase 2 · Encoding6 Sound-to-spellingdrill7 Spelling patternpractice8 DictationPhase 3 · Text9 Reading connected text10 Vocabulary andcomprehensionTen parts, three phasesPhase 1 · Decoding1 Phonemic awareness warm-up2 Sound-symbol review3 New concept4 Word reading5 Irregular wordsPhase 2 · Encoding6 Sound-to-spelling drill7 Spelling pattern practice8 DictationPhase 3 · Text9 Reading connected text10 Vocabulary and comprehension
The lesson moves from sounds to words to text: students read a pattern, spell it, then meet it in connected text.

Fits the lesson you teach

The ten parts follow the components that structured literacy lessons share: explicit, systematic and cumulative work that links what students hear, read and write. It fits programs that use a ten-part or similar structured lesson; use the parts in the order your program or your own plan sets. The words, sequence and texts are yours; no program’s materials are reproduced here, and Caveat is not affiliated with any program publisher.

When time is short

A short session is better served by a shorter version of each phase than by dropping one. Connected text is where students use the decoding and spelling they practiced; it should not be the part that always disappears.

Sources

  1. International Dyslexia Association. Structured literacy: an introductory guide (dyslexiaida.org).
  2. Foorman, B., et al. (2016). Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008). Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse.
  3. Birsh, J. R., and Carreker, S. (Eds.). (2018). Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills (4th ed.). Brookes.
  4. Moats, L. C. (2020). Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers (3rd ed.). Brookes.

The worked example is made up. This page is an independent planning aid built on public structured literacy principles. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.