Katha on Ratha  
             Reading Coach Handbook 
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                      Katha on Ratha 
                         Creating Lifelong Learners 
                           
                    
          A bilingual program to instill, in children, the passion and confidence for reading & learning. 
         
                                
                                
         
                                
                                
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
           
         ​This handbook is intended to serve as guidance for all those teachers and volunteers who play the 
          role of Reading Coach as part of Katha On Ratha(KOR) program at a school/ learning center.  
            This document will provide the method to be followed in conducting KOR sessions.  
         The Reading Coaches must keep in mind that all the activities are designed keeping in mind that 
          they work for both English language and Tamil language. This is a bilingual program and equal 
              importance has been given to both languages while designing the activities. 
                                
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        Skill Objectives                               3 
        Progression of lesson plans.                   6 
        How to make your lessons effective?            7 
        MAZES                                          8 
        TANGRAMS                                       9 
        SYMBOL CHART                                  10 
        PLAY WITH SYMBOLS                             12 
        ALPHABET CONSTRUCTION                         14 
        SOUND BOOK                                    16 
        ALPHABET CHART                                18 
        PLAY WITH ALPHABETS                           20 
        PLAY WITH BLENDS                              21 
        SKY BINGO                                     23 
        LETTER/BLEND SEARCH                           24 
        FAMILY WORDS                                  26 
        MOVABLE ALPHABETS                             28 
        SIGHT WORD MATCHING                           30 
        PLAYING WITH WORDS                            31 
        WORD SEARCH                                   33 
        READ SIMPLE SENTENCES                         34 
                
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                        Reading Coach Handbook 
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              SKILL OBJECTIVES  
             SKILL                                                                   LESSON 
         OBJECTIVE #                        SKILL                                    PLAN ID 
                                                                          ● SOUND BOOK, 
                         Recognize and reproduce sound, Discriminate 
                                                                          ●  FAMILY WORDS,  
               1         sound                                            ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS 
                                                                          ● SOUND BOOK,  
                                                                          ● FAMILY WORDS,  
               2         Extend and create auditory patterns,             ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS 
                                                                          ● SOUND BOOK,  
                                                                          ● BLENDS,  
                         Listen and Identify beginning and ending 
                                                                          ● FAMILY WORDS,  
               3         sounds in words                                  ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS 
                                                                          ● MAZES,  
                                                                          ● TANGRAMS,  
                                                                          ● SYMBOL CHART,  
                                                                          ● PLAY WITH SYMBOLS,  
                                                                          ● ALPHABET CHART,  
                                                                          ● PLAY WITH ALPHABETS,  
                                                                          ● BLENDS,  
                                                                          ● SKY BINGO,  
                                                                          ● LETTER/BLEND SEARCH,  
               4         Good visual discrimination skills.               ● SIGHT WORD MATCHING 
                         Ability to understand, extend and create 
               5         visual patterns.                                 ● PLAY WITH SYMBOLS 
                                                                          ● PLAY WITH SYMBOLS,  
                                                                          ● ALPHABET CONSTRUCTION,  
                                                                          ● ALPHABET CHART,  
                                                                          ● PLAY WITH ALPHABETS,  
                         Construct and deconstruct alphabets (for 
                                                                          ● BLENDS,  
               6         both English and Tamil)                          ● SKY BINGO 
                         Ability to recognize alphabets through touch 
               7         and feel                                       
                                                                          ● SOUND BOOK,  
                                                                          ● ALPHABET CHART,  
                                                                          ● PLAY WITH ALPHABETS,  
                                                                          ● BLENDS,  
                                                                          ● SKY BINGO,  
                         Have basic letter sound knowledge for English 
                                                                          ● LETTER/BLEND SEARCH,  
               8         and Tamil.                                       ● FAMILY WORDS,  
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                                                                            ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS 
                                                                            ● ALPHABET CHART,  
                                                                            ● PLAY WITH ALPHABETS,  
                                                                            ● SKY BINGO,  
                                                                            ● LETTER/BLEND SEARCH,  
                                                                            ● FAMILY WORDS,  
                         Match lowercase to uppercase (for 
                                                                            ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS,  
                9        English);Match Uyir Mei to its Mei                 ● SIGHT WORD MATCHING 
                                                                            ● ALPHABET CHART,  
                                                                            ● PLAY WITH ALPHABETS,  
                         Understand that sound remains constant in a 
                                                                            ● BLENDS,  
                         word even if letter positions are 
                                                                            ● FAMILY WORDS,  
               10        different(phonic exceptions do not apply).         ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS 
                         Ability to understand the concept behind 
                         creating vowel+consonant blend, create and 
                                                                            ● BLENDS,  
                         read out loud their own blends; Match Uyir 
                                                                            ● FAMILY WORDS,  
               11        Mei to its Mei and Uyir ezhuthu                    ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS 
                                                                            ● BLENDS,  
                         Identify,sort long vowel words and short 
                                                                            ● FAMILY WORDS,  
                         vowel words; Identify "Kuril and Nedil" Uyir & 
                                                                            ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS,  
               12        Uyirmei words.                                     ● PLAYING WITH WORDS 
                                                                            ● FAMILY WORDS,  
                                                                            ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS,  
                                                                            ● SIGHT WORD MATCHING,  
                         Ability to read commonly used sight words do 
                                                                            ● PLAYING WITH WORDS,  
               13        simple blending of sound.                          ● WORD SEARCH 
                                                                            ● FAMILY WORDS,  
                                                                            ● MOVABLE ALPHABETS,  
                         Mastered(ability to read/identify) the KOR 
                                                                            ● PLAYING WITH WORDS,  
               14        SKY level word list.                               ● WORD SEARCH 
                         Mastered(ability to understand) the KOR SKY 
                                                                            ● PLAYING WITH WORDS,  
               15        level word list                                    ● WORD SEARCH 
                         From a series of pictures pick out what comes 
               16        next                                            
               17        Find the odd man out in the series of Pictures   
                         Given a picture, the ability to describe/make 
                         meaningful comments/conversation in that 
               18        context                                            ● READ SIMPLE SENTENCES 
                         Follow instruction: Listen and follow simple one 
                0        step verbal instructions                          ● READ SIMPLE SENTENCES 
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