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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
Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
Natural Disasters
Mount St. Helens
Earth Movement
The Lesson of Icarus
Decodable Reader 15: Our Amazing Camp Race
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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Karen Wixson
For ideas on teaching reading strategies, see the article "Becoming a Strategic Reader" by S. G. Paris, M.Y. Lipson, and Scott Foresman author Karen Wixson.
TEACHER TALK
Rich Instruction is a technique for teaching vocabulary. Students encounter a set of words in multiple contexts and manipulate the words in varied ways for deep processing.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project
"Environmental Change." This week students will prepare a list of useful resources for other classes who wish to explore how changes made by people affect the environment.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 32, 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. 380
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 143–144
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Mount St. Helens
Teacher-Led
Page DI•42
  • Preteach Silent Consonants
  • Read Decodable Reader 15
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense?
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Read Advanced Reader Earth Movement
  • 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 Volcanoes
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 383
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    pp. 145–146, 149
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 384, 389
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 386–389
  • Read Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
Teacher-Led
Page DI•44
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
Teacher-Led
Page DI•45
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
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 Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 392
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 394
  • Complete Practice Book 3.1
    p. 147
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 390–393
  • Read Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
Teacher-Led
Page DI•46
  • Practice Compare/Contrast and Monitor and Fix Up
  • Read or Listen to Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
Teacher-Led
Page DI•47
  • Extend Compare/Contrast and Monitor and Fix Up
  • Read Volcanoes: Nature's Incredible Fireworks
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 "Natural Disasters"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 399
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 396–399
  • Read "Natural Disasters"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•48
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Natural Disasters"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•49
  • Read "Natural Disasters"
  • 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. 148, 150
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Mount
    St. Helens
  • Retell Mount
    St. Helens
Teacher-Led
Page DI•50
  • Reread Leveled Reader Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense?
  • Retell Do Animals Have a Sixth Sense?
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Earth Movement
  • 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