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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
Wings
Beauty and the Beast
The Lesson of Icarus
Brave Settlers in a Strange Land
Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives
Decodable Reader 16: A Party for the Geese
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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Edward Kame'enui
For ideas on intervention, see the article "Diverse Learners and the Tyranny of Time" by Scott Foresman author Edward Kame'enui.
TEACHER TALK
Progress monitoring is a system for frequent assessment of student progress in a skill area. Teachers can use this information to identify students at risk and to modify the pace of instruction.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the unit
inquiry project "A Person
of Interest." Students write about
a person of interest and ask what
makes him or her unique.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 33, 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. 12
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2, pp. 3–4
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Brave Settlers in a Strange Land
Teacher-Led
Page DI•2
  • Preteach Irregular Plurals
  • Read Decodable Reader 16
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader The Lesson of Icarus
Teacher-Led
Page DI•3
  • Read Advanced Reader Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives
  • 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 Wings
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 15
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    pp. 5–6, 9
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 16, 23
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 18–23
  • Read Wings
Teacher-Led
Page DI•4
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Wings
Teacher-Led
Page DI•5
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Wings
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 Wings
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 26
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 28
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    p. 7
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 24–27
  • Read Wings
Teacher-Led
Page DI•6
  • Practice Cause and Effect and Answer Questions
  • Read or Listen to Wings
Teacher-Led
Page DI•7
  • Extend Cause and Effect and Answer Questions
  • Read Wings
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 "Beauty and the Beast"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 35
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 30–35
  • Read "Beauty and the Beast"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•8
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Beauty and the Beast"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•9
  • Read "Beauty and the Beast"
  • 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 3.2,
    pp. 8, 10
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Brave Settlers in a Strange Land
  • Retell Brave Settlers in a Strange Land
Teacher-Led
Page DI•10
  • Reread Leveled Reader The Lesson of Icarus
  • Retell The Lesson of Icarus
Teacher-Led
Page DI•11
  • Reread Leveled Reader Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives
  • 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