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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
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Tips for Saving Money
Making Sense of Dollars and Cents
Let's Save Money!
Maggie McGee and Me at the Mint
Decodable Reader 3: Teaching Bell to Behave
Read
This week's lessons for daily group time can be found
behind the Differentiated Instruction (DI) tab on
pp. DI•22–DI•31.
Whole Group
  • Fluency
Language Arts
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Spelling
  • Research/Inquiry
  • Speaking/Listening/Viewing
Use My Sidewalks on Reading
Street for Tier III intensive
reading intervention.
Take It to the NET ONLINE
Connie Juel
For ideas and activities on anchored vocabulary instruction, see the article "Making Words Stick" by Scott Foresman author C. Juel, and R. Deffes.
TEACHER TALK
A base word is a word that can stand alone or take endings and affixes, such as walk.
Be sure to schedule
time for students to
work on the unit
inquiry project,
"Learning About Money." This
week students analyze information
they've found to determine if it is
useful. Theytake notes on valid
information.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 20, 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. 64
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 23–24
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•23
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Let's Save Money!
Teacher-Led
Page DI•22
  • Preteach Base Words and Endings
  • Read Decodable Reader 3
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Making Sense of Dollars …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•23
  • Read Advanced Reader Maggie McGee and Me at the Mint
  • 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 Alexander …
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 67
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 25–26, 29
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 68, 75
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 70–75
  • Read Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Teacher-Led
Page DI•24
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•25
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Alexander,
    Who Used to Be
    Rich Last Sunday
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 Alexander …
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 80
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 82
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 27
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 76–81
  • Read Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Teacher-Led
Page DI•26
  • Practice Sequence and Visualize
  • Read or Listen to Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•27
  • Extend Sequence and Visualize
  • Read Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
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 "Tips for Saving Money"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 85
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 84–85
  • Read "Tips for Saving Money"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•28
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Tips for Saving Money"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•29
  • Read "Tips for Saving Money"
  • 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. 28, 30
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•31
  • Reread Leveled Reader Let's Save Money!
  • Retell Let's Save Money!
Teacher-Led
Page DI•30
  • Reread Leveled Reader Making Sense of Dollars and Cents
  • Retell Making Sense of Dollars and Cents
Teacher-Led
Page DI•31
  • Reread Leveled Reader Maggie McGee and Me at the Mint
  • 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