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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
The Gardener
Worms at Work
Gardening with Grandpa
Tulips for Annie's Mother
Nicky's Meadow
Decodable Reader 11: The Missing Cap
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
Use My Sidewalks on Reading
Street for Tier III intensive
reading intervention.
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Peter Afflerbach
For ideas on assessment, see the article "Reading Assessment and Learning to Read" by Scott Foresman author Peter Afflerbach.
TEACHER TALK
Repeated reading is a method for building fluency in which a student reads a short passage repeatedly until reaching a predetermined level of fluency.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project
"Environmental Change." This week, students will choose a change made
by people and develop an inquiry
question about how human change
can affect an environment.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 28, 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. 280
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1 pp. 103–104
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Tulips for Annie's Mother
Teacher-Led
Page DI•2
  • Preteach Contractions
  • Read Decodable Reader 11
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Gardening with Grandpa
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Read Advanced Reader Nicky's Meadow
  • 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 The Gardener
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 283
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 105–106, 109
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 284, 291
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 286–291
  • Read The Gardener
Teacher-Led
Page DI•4
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to The Gardener
Teacher-Led
Page DI•5
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read The Gardener
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 The Gardener
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 296
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 298
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 107
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 292–297
  • Read The Gardener
Teacher-Led
Page DI•6
  • Practice Cause and Effect and Story Structure
  • Read or Listen to The Gardener
Teacher-Led
Page DI•7
  • Extend Cause and Effect and Story Structure
  • Read The Gardener
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 "Worms at Work"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 303
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 300–303
  • Read "Worms at Work"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•8
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Worms at Work"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•9
  • Read "Worms at Work"
  • 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. 108, 110
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Tulips for Annie's Mother
  • Retell Tulips for Annie's Mother
Teacher-Led
Page DI•10
  • Reread Leveled Reader Gardening with Grandpa
  • Retell Gardening with Grandpa
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Nicky's Meadow
  • 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