Conducting Science of Reading (SoR) activities in Sonday System Essentials

Science of Reading (SoR) activities in a variety of linguistic areas are provided for most lessons in Sonday System Essentials. The activities are designed to take only 1-2 minutes to complete.

Activity Distribution:

  • Essentials K: One activity per lesson (excluding Mastery Check lessons), available both before and after the teaching session
  • Essentials 1-4: Two activities per lesson (excluding Mastery Check lessons), one available before beginning the teaching session (Warm Up) and one available after completing the teaching session (Cool Down)
  • Essentials 5: One activity for every even-numbered lesson, available both before and after the teaching session

 Tip

Before conducting your first SoR activity, visit the Science of Reading tab on the Product Home page for additional context, research findings, and direction.
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To implement the SoR activities in Sonday System Essentials:

  1. Log in to the Teaching Dashboard at teacher.imaginesonday.com.
  2. Click Details in the applicable class tile.
    click details by Essentials class.jpg
  3. Go to the class's current lesson. 
    essentials - go to lesson 16.jpg
  4. When available as noted in the Activity Distribution above, the SoR Warm Up activity for that lesson is at the bottom of the Class Level Overview page. Click Start to launch an activity.
    click start in Essentials SOR lesson.jpg
  5. As with a regular lesson, any content that needs to be read by the student(s) in an SoR activity appears in the Slide Controller and can be shared via your preferred Display Method. Use the forward and back arrows to navigate through the slides. The End slide will appear when all student-facing content has been displayed. Note that not every activity has a reading component. 
    E2 example SoR Warm Up.jpg
  6. Cool Down activities are at the bottom of the Class Level Completed page after finishing all steps in a lesson. Click Start to launch the activity.
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  7. Use the forward and back arrows to navigate through the slides. The End slide will appear when all student-facing content has been displayed.
    E2 example SoR Cool down.jpg

  8. When you have finished a Warm Up or Cool Down activity, click the Click Here To End This Session button to return to the Class Lesson Overview or Class Lesson Completed page. 

     Note

    Science of Reading activities are tracked separately from lessons. You can view the activity data in the class's Session History after the activity is taught. 
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    Click the binoculars to view the slides in the activity.

 

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