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Decodable Reader 14: The Chess Club
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Word and
Selection Reading
If… students have difficulty reading story words from the Decodable Reader,
then… reteach them by modeling blending or reading multisyllabic words.
If… partners have difficulty reading the Leveled
Reader on
their own,
then… have them follow along as they listen to the Online Leveled Reader Audio.
A Symphony of Whales
Group Time
DAY 1
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Read Leveled Reader Rescuing Stranded Whales
Rescuing Stranded WhalesREINFORCE CONCEPTS This week's concept is helping animals. People help animals because they care about wildlife. How do people help animals?
BEFORE READING Using the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1, guide students through the text focusing on key concepts and vocabulary. Ask questions such as:
pp. 4–5 What are the people in this picture doing? (pouring water on a whale) The people are keeping the whale cool and wet to protect it.
p. 7 This photo shows another whale that is stranded. How can people help it? (by helping it get back in the water) This selection will tell us how people can help stranded whales.
Read pp. 3–4 aloud. Then do a choral reading of pp. 5–8. Have students read and discuss the remainder of the book with a partner. Ask: How can people help stranded whales? (by keeping them cool, examining them, and helping them get back in the water)
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Preview Decodable Reader 14
BEFORE READING Review the words on Decodable Reader p. 105. Then have students blend these story words: soccer, stamped, wheelchair, startled, scowled, explained, admitted, replied, and silent. Be sure students understand the meanings of words such as startled and scowled.
Use the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1 to guide students through the text.
Preteach Phonics
SUFFIXES -LY, -FUL, -NESS, -LESS Write fairly. When I see a word like this, I break it into parts to read it. Cover -ly. I see the word fair. I know what fair means. Then blend the entire word: fair ly. I know that -ly is a suffix that tells how something is done, so the word fairly means "in a fair way." Repeat with fearful, explaining that the suffix -ful means "full of." Repeat with darkness, explaining that the suffix -ness means "the condition of being." Repeat with sleepless, explaining that the suffix -less means "without."
FAIRLY
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ROUTINE
Strategic Intervention