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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
Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
What Is a Weed?
The Sights and Sounds of New York City's Chinatown
Caring for Your Pet Bird
China's Gifts to the World
Decodable Reader 27: A Circus Life for Ben
Read
This week's lessons for daily group time can be found
behind the Differentiated Instruction (DI) tab on
pp. DI•12–DI•21.
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.
Take It to the NET ONLINE
P. David Pearson
For ideas and activities to build
comprehension, see the article
"Comprehension Instruction in the Primary Grades" by Scott Foresman author P. D. Pearson and N. Duke.
TEACHER TALK
Fix-up strategies are strategies
readers use when they realize
they do not understand
something. Adjusting reading rate,
rereading, and using a reference
source are a few fix-up strategies.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project
“Symbols of
Freedom.” This week students
conduct effective information
searches that help them answer
their questions.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 44, 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. 304
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    pp. 113–114
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•13
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Caring for Your Pet Bird
Teacher-Led
Page DI•12
  • Preteach Schwa
  • Read Decodable Reader 27
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader The Sights and Sounds …
Teacher-Led
Page DI•13
  • Read Advanced Reader China's Gifts to the World
  • 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 Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 307
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    pp. 115–116, 119
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 308, 317
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 310–317
  • Read Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
Teacher-Led
Page DI•14
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to
    Happy Birthday
    Mr. Kang
Teacher-Led
Page DI•15
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
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 Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, p. 324
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 326
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    p. 117
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 318–325
  • Read Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
Teacher-Led
Page DI•16
  • Practice Cause/Effect and Graphic Organizer
  • Read or Listen to
    Happy Birthday
    Mr. Kang
Teacher-Led
Page DI•17
  • Extend Cause/Effect and Graphic Organizer
  • Read Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
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 “Back to the Wild”
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 331
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 328–331
  • Read “Back to the Wild”
Teacher-Led
Page DI•18
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to “Back to the Wild”
Teacher-Led
Page DI•19
  • Read “Back to the Wild”
  • 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. 118, 120
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•21
  • Reread Leveled Reader Caring for Your Pet Bird
  • Retell Caring for Your Pet Bird
Teacher-Led
Page DI•20
  • Reread Leveled Reader The Sights and Sounds of New York City's Chinatown
  • Retell The Sights and Sounds of New York City’s Chinatown
Teacher-Led
Page DI•21
  • Reread Leveled Reader China's Gifts to the World
  • 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