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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
Penguin Chick
Plants—Fitting into Their World
Antarctica: The Frozen Continent: A Letter Home
Birds That Can't Fly
Penguins on Parade
Decodable Reader 6: Jason's Music
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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For research on prediction strategies, see the article "The Influence of Prior Knowledge and Text Genre on … Prediction Strategies" by Scott Foresman author Peter Afflerbach.
TEACHER TALK
A syllable is a unit of pronunciation that contains one vowel sound.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project,
"A Book of Solutions." This week
students choose categories and
develop inquiry questions about
riddles, knock-knock jokes, or
brain-teasers.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 23, 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. 150
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 53–54
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Birds That Can't Fly
Teacher-Led
Page DI•2
  • Preteach Syllable Patterns
  • Read Decodable Reader 6
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Antarctica …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Read Advanced Reader Penguins on Parade
  • 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 Penguin Chick
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 153
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 55–56, 59
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 154, 161
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 156–161
  • Read Penguin Chick
Teacher-Led
Page DI•4
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Penguin Chick
Teacher-Led
Page DI•5
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Penguin
    Chick
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 Penguin Chick
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 166
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 168
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 57
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 162–167
  • Read Penguin Chick
Teacher-Led
Page DI•6
  • Practice Main Idea and Graphic Organizers
  • Read or Listen to Penguin Chick
Teacher-Led
Page DI•7
  • Extend Main Idea and Graphic Organizers
  • Read Penguin Chick
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 "Plants: Fitting into Their World"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 173
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 170–173
  • Read "Plants: Fitting into Their World"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•8
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Plants: Fitting into Their World"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•9
  • Read "Plants: Fitting into Their World"
  • 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. 58, 60
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Birds That Can't Fly
  • Retell Birds That Can't Fly
Teacher-Led
Page DI•10
  • Reread Leveled Reader Antarctica: The Frozen Continent
  • Retell Antarctica: The Frozen Continent
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Penguins on Parade
  • 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