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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
Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It
Meeting the Challenge of Collecting
Metal Detector Detective
Katy's Last-Minute Book Report
Collecting Dreams
Decodable Reader 8: The Scarecrow
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
Jeanne Paratore
For ideas on using repeated readings for diverse groups, see the article "Using Repeated Readings to Promote Reading Success…" by J. Turpie and Scott Foresman author J. Paratore.
TEACHER TALK
Generating questions is an effective way for students to engage with and comprehend text. Teach students to ask good questions about important text information as they read.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project,
"A Book of Solutions." This week
students determine if information
is valid, then print or take notes on
valid information.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 25, 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. 198
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 73–74
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•23
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Katy's Last-Minute Book Report
Teacher-Led
Page DI•22
  • Preteach Compound Words
  • Read Decodable Reader 8
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Metal Detector Detective
Teacher-Led
Page DI•23
  • Read Advanced Reader Collecting Dreams
  • 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 Prudy's Problem
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 201
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 75–76, 79
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 202, 209
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 204–209
  • Read Prudy's Problem
Teacher-Led
Page DI•24
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Prudy's Problem
Teacher-Led
Page DI•25
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Prudy's Problem
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 Prudy's Problem
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 216
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 218
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 77
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 210–217
  • Read Prudy's Problem
Teacher-Led
Page DI•26
  • Practice Main Idea and Monitor and Fix Up
  • Read or Listen to Prudy's Problem
Teacher-Led
Page DI•27
  • Main Idea and Monitor and Fix Up
  • Read Prudy's Problem
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 "Meeting the Challenge of Collecting"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 223
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 220–223
  • Read "Meeting the Challenge of Collecting"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•28
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Meeting the Challenge of Collecting"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•29
  • Read "Meeting the Challenge of Collecting"
  • 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. 78, 80
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•31
  • Reread Leveled Reader Katy's Last-Minute Book Report
  • Retell Katy's Last-Minute Book Report
Teacher-Led
Page DI•30
  • Reread Leveled Reader Metal Detector Detective
  • Retell Metal Detector Detective
Teacher-Led
Page DI•31
  • Reread Leveled Reader Collecting Dreams
  • 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