Lesson Plan
Teachers follow a ten-part lesson plan during each Wilson Reading System® (WRS) session. A full lesson requires up to 90 minutes. The lesson plan moves at a quick pace with constant interaction between teacher and student. It is divided into 3 Blocks.
- Block 1: Parts 1-5 emphasize word study/foundational reading skills
- Block 2: Parts 6-8 emphasize spelling/foundational writing skills
- Block 3: Parts 9-10 emphasize fluency and comprehension
Block 1: Lesson Plan Parts 1-5
30 minutes: word study/foundational reading skills: phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, high frequency word reading, single word accuracy/automaticity, phrasing/prosody, fluency and comprehension at the sentence level
Block 2: Lesson Plan Parts 6-8
30 minutes: spelling/foundational writing skills: phonemic segmentation, encoding, English spelling rules, high frequency word spelling, vocabulary, concept mark-up, sentence-level punctuation, proofreading
Block 3: Lesson Plan Parts 9-10
30 minutes: fluency and comprehension: vocabulary, listening/silent and oral reading fluency and comprehension, narrative and informational text