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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
William's House
Log Cabins
Colonial New England
The Colonial Adventure
Houses Past and Present
Decodable Reader 10: Our Running Team
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
Use My Sidewalks on Reading
Street for Tier III intensive
reading intervention.
Take It to the NET ONLINE
Donald Leu
For ideas and activities to build new literacies, see the article "The New Literacies" by Scott Foresman author Donald Leu.
TEACHER TALK
New literacies are skills and strategies needed to successfully use information technologies, such as CD-ROMs, the Internet, and e-mail.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project,
"A Book of Solutions." This week
students prepare a list of resources
for other classes who may wish to
explore the same topic.
Looking Ahead
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 27, Weekly Contract
Small Group Plan for Differentiated Instruction
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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. 250
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 93–94
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader The Colonial Adventure
Teacher-Led
Page DI•42
  • Preteach Consonant Digraphs
  • Read Decodable Reader 10
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Colonial New England
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Read Advanced Reader Houses Past and Present
  • 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 William's House
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 253
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 95–96, 99
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 254, 261
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 256–261
  • Read William's House
Teacher-Led
Page DI•44
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to William's House
Teacher-Led
Page DI•45
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read William's House
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 William's House
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 264
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 266
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 97
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 262–265
  • Read William's House
Teacher-Led
Page DI•46
  • Practice Draw Conclusions and Ask Questions
  • Read or Listen to William's House
Teacher-Led
Page DI•47
  • Extend Draw Conclusions and Ask Questions
  • Read William's House
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 "Log Cabins"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 271
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 268–271
  • Read "Log Cabins"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•48
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Log Cabins"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•49
  • Read "Log Cabins"
  • 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. 98, 100
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled Reader The Colonial Adventure
  • Retell The Colonial Adventure
Teacher-Led
Page DI•50
  • Reread Leveled Reader Colonial New England
  • Retell Colonial New England
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Houses
    Past and Present
  • 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