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Daily Plan AT A GLANCE
Reading
Whole Group
  • Oral Language
  • Phonics
  • Comprehension/Vocabulary
Group Time
Differentiated
Instruction
Meet with small groups to
provide:
  • Skill Support
  • Reading Support
  • Fluency Practice
Boom Town
Mike's Teaching T-shirts
The California Gold Rush: A Letter Home
Salt Lick Boom Town
Mr. Post's Class
Decodable Reader 1: A Winter Picnic
Read
This week's lessons for daily group time can be found
behind the Differentiated Instruction (DI) tab on
pp. DI•2–DI•11.
Whole Group
  • Fluency
Language Arts
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Spelling
  • Research/Inquiry
  • Speaking/Listening/Viewing
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Street for Tier III intensive
reading intervention.
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P. David Pearson
For research on comprehension instruction, see the article "An Instructional Story" by J. Hansen and Scott Foresman author P. D. Pearson.
TEACHER TALK
Comprehension Strategies are steps a reader takes to make sense of text. Strategies include monitoring comprehension, using graphic organizers, answering and generating questions, summarizing, and so on.
Be sure to schedule
time for students to
work on the unit
inquiry project
"Learning About Money." This
week students develop an inquiry question about how money is earned.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 18, Weekly Contract
Looking Ahead
Small Group Plan for Differentiated Instruction
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2
3
Begin with whole class skill and strategy instruction.
Meet with small groups to provide differentiated instruction.
Gather the whole class back together for fluency and language arts.
DAY 1
Independent Activities
Advanced
Strategic Intervention
On-Level
Independent Activities
 While you meet with small groups, have the rest of the class…
  • Visit the Reading/Library Center
  • Listen to the Background Building Audio
  • Finish Write to Read, p. 12
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 3–4
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Salt Lick Boom Town
Teacher-Led
Page DI•2
  • Preteach Short Vowels
  • Read Decodable Reader 1
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader The California Gold Rush
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Read Advanced Reader Mr. Post's Class
  • Independent Extension Activity
DAY 2
Independent Activities
Advanced
Strategic Intervention
On-Level
Independent Activities
 While you meet with small groups, have the rest of the class…
  • Visit the Reading/Library Center
  • Listen to the AudioText for Boom Town
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 15
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 5–6, 11
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 16, 27
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 18–27
  • Read Boom Town
Teacher-Led
Page DI•4
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Boom Town
Teacher-Led
Page DI•5
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Boom Town
DAY 3
Independent Activities
Advanced
Strategic Intervention
On-Level
Independent Activities
 While you meet with small groups, have the rest of the class…
  • Visit the Reading/Library Center
  • Listen to the AudioText for Boom Town
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 34
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 36
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 7
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 28–35
  • Read Boom Town
Teacher-Led
Page DI•6
  • Practice Realism/Fantasy and Activate/Use Prior Knowledge
  • Read or Listen to Boom Town
Teacher-Led
Page DI•7
  • Extend Realism/Fantasy and Activate/Use Prior Knowledge
  • Read Boom Town
DAY 4
Independent Activities
Advanced
Strategic Intervention
On-Level
Independent Activities
 While you meet with small groups, have the rest of the class…
  • Visit the Reading/Library Center
  • Listen to the AudioText for "Mike's Teaching T-shirts"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Visit Writing Across Texts, p. 41
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 38–41
  • Read "Mike's Teaching T-shirts"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•8
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Mike's Teaching
    T-shirts"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•9
  • Read "Mike's Teaching T-shirts"
  • Genre Study
DAY 5
Independent Activities
Advanced
Strategic Intervention
On-Level
Independent Activities
 While you meet with small groups, have the rest of the class…
  • Visit the Reading/Library Center
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 8, 10
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Salt Lick Boom Town
  • Retell Salt Lick Boom Town
Teacher-Led
Page DI•10
  • Reread Leveled Reader The California Gold Rush
  • Retell The California Gold Rush
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Mr. Post's Class
  • Share Extension Activity
Grouping Place English language learners in the groups that correspond to their reading abilities in English.
Use the appropriate Leveled Reader or other text at students' instructional level.
Tip Send home the appropriate Multilingual Summary of the
main selection on Day 1.
ELL