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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
Elena's Serenade
Leading People to Freedom
Glass Blowing
Traditional Crafts of Mexico
Jackie Robinson
Decodable Reader 30: Mike the Medic
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.
Take It to the NET ONLINE
Sharon Vaughn
For research on intervention, see
the article "Group Size and Time
Allotted to Intervention" by Scott
Foresman author S. Vaughn and
S. Linan-Thompson.
TEACHER TALK
In Readers' theater, students read text aloud dramatically to an audience, with minimal or no props.
Be sure to schedule
time for students
to work on the
unit inquiry project
"Symbols of Freedom." This week students prepare lists of resources for other classes who may wish to explore symbols of American freedom.
Group-Time Survival Guide
Group-Time Survival Guide
  p. 47, 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. 380
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    pp. 143–144
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Develop Concept Vocabulary
  • Read On-Level Reader Traditional Crafts of Mexico
Teacher-Led
Page DI•42
  • Preteach Related Words
  • Read Decodable Reader 30
  • Read Below-Level
    Reader Glass Blowing
Teacher-Led
Page DI•43
  • Read Advanced Reader Jackie Robinson
  • 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 Elena's Serenade
  • Finish Words to Write, p. 383
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    pp. 145–146, 149
  • Write in their Strategy Response Logs, pp. 384, 393
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 386–393
  • Read Elena's Serenade
Teacher-Led
Page DI•44
  • Practice Lesson Vocabulary
  • Read Multisyllabic Words
  • Read or Listen to Elena's Serenade
Teacher-Led
Page DI•45
  • Extend Vocabulary
  • Read Elena's Serenade
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 Elena's Serenade
  • Write in their Strategy
    Response Logs, p. 398
  • Finish Look Back and Write,
    p. 401
  • Complete Practice Book 3.2
    p. 147
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 394–400
  • Read Elena's Serenade
Teacher-Led
Page DI•46
  • Practice Generalize and Predict
  • Read or Listen to Elena's Serenade
Teacher-Led
Page DI•47
  • Extend Generalize and Predict
  • Read Elena's Serenade
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 "Leading People to Freedom"
  • Visit the Writing and Vocabulary Centers
  • Finish Writing Across Texts,
    p. 407
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Pages 404–407
  • Read "Leading People to Freedom"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•48
  • Practice Retelling
  • Read or Listen to "Leading People to Freedom"
Teacher-Led
Page DI•49
  • Read "Leading People to Freedom"
  • 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. 148, 150
  • Visit Cross-Curricular Centers
  • Work on inquiry projects
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled Reader Traditional Crafts of Mexico
  • Retell Traditional Crafts of Mexico
Teacher-Led
Page DI•50
  • Reread Leveled Reader Glass Blowing
  • Retell Glass Blowing
Teacher-Led
Page DI•51
  • Reread Leveled
    Reader Jackie Robinson
  • 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