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Decodable Reader 29: The Disappearing Cat
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Word and
Selection Reading
If… students have difficulty reading story words from the Decodable Reader,
then… reteach them by modeling blending or reading multisyllabic words.
If… partners have difficulty reading the Leveled
Reader on
their own,
then… have them follow along as they listen to the Online Leveled Reader Audio.
Two Bad Ants
Group Time
DAY 1
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Read Leveled Reader Leo and the School of Fish
Leo and the School of FishREINFORCE CONCEPTS This week's concept is too much freedom. What might happen in a classroom where there were no rules? How might too much freedom be a problem?
BEFORE READING Using the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1, guide students through the text focusing on key concepts and vocabulary. Ask questions such as:
pp. 4–5 Why do you think these fish are swimming together in a group? (They are safe; they like each other.) A group of fish is called a school. When fish swim together they are safer.
pp. 8–9 This fish wants freedom from the school. Where does he go? What does he see?
Read pp. 3–4 aloud. Then do a choral reading of pp. 5–8. Have students read and discuss the remainder of the book with a partner. Ask: What might Leo say about having too much freedom?
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Preview Decodable Reader 29
BEFORE READING Review the words on Decodable Reader p. 105. Then have students blend these story words: discouraged, remarkable, unacceptable, recalled, impossibly, uncomfortable, ownership, misbehaved, squirmed, refreshments. Be sure students understand words such as discouraged and remarkable.
Use the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1 to guide students through the text.
Preteach Phonics
MULTISYLLABIC WORDS USING AFFIXES Tell students that prefixes and suffixes can be added to base words. Write unselfish. What is the base word in unselfish? (self) What word part do you see at the beginning of unselfish? (the prefix un-) What word part do you see at the end of unselfish? (the suffix -ish) When you come to a longer word, look closely for a prefix, a suffix, or both. You can divide the word and look at each word part; then the word becomes much easier to read. Model blending unselfish.
UNSELFISH
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ROUTINE
Strategic Intervention