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What this actually looks like in a real week, the 2-2-2 plan in action

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

Hi!

If you read my last email, you saw the 2–2–2 plan:

  • 2 days a week
  • 20 minutes
  • 2 types of practice

The question is: what does that actually look like with a student?

Here’s one example.

Let’s say you’re reinforcing the FLOSS rule.

Day 1 (20 minutes) Sound & Word Work

  • Choose a small set of sounds (for example: 5 consonants and 2 short vowels)
  • Review those sounds and connect them to letters (and keywords, if necessary!)
  • Dictate 5 words and 2 short phrases or sentences (be sure the student reads what they wrote out loud!)

(If you’re using a drill deck, you might work through part of it and continue the next time.)

Day 2 (20 minutes) FLOSS Rule

  • Say words and have the student listen for the ending sound
  • Read FLOSS words and highlight the double letters before reading the words out loud
  • Have the student come up with 5 FLOSS words and write them (be sure they read what they wrote)

That’s it. One day keeps sound awareness active. One day focuses on a single pattern.

If you’re still meeting regularly, this fits alongside your lessons.

If sessions are inconsistent, it gives parents something they can follow without it turning into a full lesson.

If you want to see the full plan, it’s here:
​See how the 2–2–2 plan works​

If you’d rather not pull materials together, I put everything in one place here:
​See the 2–2–2 Summer Bundle​

And if you’re organizing your own teaching this summer, I lowered the Read & Spell Foundations to $29 through August 31:
​Take a look here​

Warmly,
Jennifer

Simple rules. Serious results. That’s OG.

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