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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
My Rows and Piles of Coins
Learning About Money
E-Pals
One Chili Pepper
Pizza with a Twist
Decodable Reader 5: Clint's Clam Chowder
Read
This week's lessons for daily group time can be found
behind the Differentiated Instruction (DI) tab on
pp. DI•42–DI•51.
Whole Group
  • Fluency
Language Arts
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Spelling
  • Research/Inquiry
  • Speaking/Listening/Viewing
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Jeanne Paratore
For ideas for successful home-school programs, see the article "Home and School" by Scott Foresman author Jeanne Paratore.
TEACHER TALK
A diphthong is a vowel pattern beginning with one vowel sound and moving to another vowel sound in the same syllable, such as coin, joy, house, or down.
Be sure to schedule
time for students to
work on the unit
inquiry project,
"Learning About Money." This
week students prepare lists of resources for other classes who may wish to explore learning about money.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 22, Weekly Contract
Looking Ahead
Small Group Plan for Differentiated Instruction
1
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. 116
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 43–44
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader One Chili Pepper
Teacher-Led
Page DI•42
  • Preteach Vowel Diphthongs
  • Read Decodable Reader 5
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader E-Pals
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Read Advanced Reader Pizza with a Twist
  • 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 My Rows …
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 119
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 45–46, 49
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 120, 127
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 122–127
  • Read My Rows and Piles of Coins
Teacher-Led
Page DI•44
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to My Rows …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•45
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read My Rows and Piles of Coins
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 My Rows …
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 133
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 135
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 47
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 128–134
  • Read My Rows and Piles of Coins
Teacher-Led
Page DI•46
  • Practice Character and Setting and Story Structure
  • Read or Listen to My Rows …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•47
  • Extend Character and Setting and Story Structure
  • Read My Rows …
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 "Learning About Money"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 141
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 138–141
  • Read "Learning About Money"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•48
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Learning About Money"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•49
  • Read "Learning About 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. 48, 50
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled Reader One Chili Pepper
  • Retell One Chili Pepper
Teacher-Led
Page DI•50
  • Reread Leveled Reader E-Pals
  • Retell E-Pals
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Pizza with a Twist
  • 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