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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
Me and Uncle Romie
Country to City
A Walk Around the City
Bobby's New Apartment
Let's Go Have Fun!
Decodable Reader 25: Selfish Shelly
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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reading intervention.
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Deborah Simmons
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TEACHER TALK
Intervention is additional help provided for students who are struggling. It may include reduced group size, increased scaffolding, and more practice.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the unit
inquiry project
"Cultures in Our State." This week students prepare resource lists for
other classes who wish to explore
the ethnic history of their state.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 42, 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. 244
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    pp. 93–94
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Bobby's New Apartment
Teacher-Led
Page DI•42
  • Preteach Suffixes
  • Read Decodable Reader 25
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader A Walk Around the City
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Read Advanced Reader Let's Go Have Fun!
  • 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 Me and Uncle Romie
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 247
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    pp. 95–96, 99
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 248, 259
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 250–259
  • Read Me and Uncle Romie
Teacher-Led
Page DI•44
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Me and Uncle Romie
Teacher-Led
Page DI•45
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Me and Uncle Romie
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 Me and Uncle Romie
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 268
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 270
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    p. 97
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 260–269
  • Read Me and Uncle Romie
Teacher-Led
Page DI•46
  • Practice Author's Purpose and Prior Knowledge
  • Read or Listen to Me and Uncle Romie
Teacher-Led
Page DI•47
  • Extend Author's Purpose and Prior Knowledge
  • Read Me and Uncle Romie
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 "Country to City"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 275
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 272–275
  • Read "Country to City"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•48
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Country to City"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•49
  • Read "Country to City"
  • 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. 98, 100
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled Reader Bobby's New Apartment
  • Retell Bobby's New Apartment
Teacher-Led
Page DI•50
  • Reread Leveled Reader A Walk Around the City
  • Retell A Walk Around the City
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Let's Go Have Fun!
  • 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