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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
America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Women Athletes
The English Channel
Women Who Made a Difference
A Time of Change
Decodable Reader 19: Teller, Teacher, Seller, Sailor
Read
This week's lessons for daily group time can be found
behind the Differentiated Instruction (DI) tab on
pp. DI•32–DI•41.
Whole Group
  • Fluency
Language Arts
  • Grammar
  • Writing
  • Spelling
  • Research/Inquiry
  • Speaking/Listening/Viewing
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reading intervention.
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Peter Afflerbach
For ideas on assessing engagement, see the article "Engaged Assessment of Engaged Readers" by Scott Foresman author Peter Afflerbach.
TEACHER TALK
Structural analysis is the process of using knowledge of base words, endings, and affixes to decode words.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the unit
inquiry project
"A Person of Interest." This week, students combine information from different sources to develop answers
to their questions.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 36, 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. 86
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2, pp. 33–34
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•33
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Women Who Made a Difference
Teacher-Led
Page DI•32
  • Preteach Suffixes
  • Read Decodable Reader 19
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader The English Channel
Teacher-Led
Page DI•33
  • Read Advanced Reader A Time of Change
  • 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 America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 89
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    pp. 35–36, 39
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs,
    pp. 90, 97
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 92–97
  • Read America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Teacher-Led
Page DI•34
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Gertrude Ederle
Teacher-Led
Page DI•35
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
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 America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 104
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 106
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    p. 37
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 98–105
  • Read America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Teacher-Led
Page DI•36
  • Practice Fact and Opinion and Monitor and Fix Up
  • Read or Listen to Gertrude Ederle
Teacher-Led
Page DI•37
  • Extend Fact and Opinion and Monitor and Fix Up
  • Read America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
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 "Women Athletes"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 111
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 108–111
  • Read "Women Athletes"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•38
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Women Athletes"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•39
  • Read "Women Athletes"
  • 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. 38, 40
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•41
  • Reread Leveled Reader Women Who Made a Difference
  • Retell Women Who Made a Difference
Teacher-Led
Page DI•40
  • Reread Leveled Reader The English Channel
  • Retell The English Channel
Teacher-Led
Page DI•41
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader A Time of Change
  • 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