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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
Fly, Eagle, Fly!
Purple Coyote
Buck's Way
The Lost Dog
Smart Dog
Decodable Reader 20: A Plan Is Hatched
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
Use My Sidewalks on Reading
Street for Tier III intensive
reading intervention.
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Camille Blachowicz
For ideas and activities to build vocabulary, see the article "Vocabulary Instruction" by Scott Foresman author Camille Blachowicz and Peter Fisher.
TEACHER TALK
Keywords are words in a test question that tell who or what the question is about and what the question is asking for. Alike, different, explain, and why are examples of keywords.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the unit
inquiry project
"A Person of Interest." This week
students prepare lists of useful
resources for other classes who may wish to explore people of interest.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 37, 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. 112
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    pp. 43–44
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader The Lost Dog
Teacher-Led
Page DI•42
  • Preteach Syllables VCCCV
  • Read Decodable Reader 20
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Buck's Way
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Read Advanced Reader Smart Dog
  • 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 Fly, Eagle Fly!
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 115
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    pp. 45–46, 49
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 116, 125
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 118–125
  • Read Fly, Eagle Fly!
Teacher-Led
Page DI•44
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Fly, Eagle Fly!
Teacher-Led
Page DI•45
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Fly, Eagle
    Fly!
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 Fly, Eagle Fly!
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 128
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 130
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2,
    p. 47
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 126–129
  • ReadFly, Eagle Fly!
Teacher-Led
Page DI•46
  • Practice Plot and Theme and Graphic Organizers
  • Read or Listen to Fly, Eagle Fly!
Teacher-Led
Page DI•47
  • Extend Plot and Theme and Graphic Organizers
  • ReadFly, Eagle
    Fly!
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 "Purple Coyote"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 137
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 132–137
  • Read "Purple Coyote"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•48
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Purple Coyote"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•49
  • Read "Purple Coyote"
  • 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. 48, 50
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled Reader The Lost Dog
  • Retell The Lost Dog
Teacher-Led
Page DI•50
  • Reread Leveled Reader Buck's Way
  • Retell Buck's Way
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Smart Dog
  • 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