The First 20 Days of Reading: Primary This pacing guide is intended to be extended, condensed, or modified according to to revisit your students’ needs. Please continue and support all skills and concepts that are introduced in the first few weeks through the balanced Literacy model. Our ultimate goal is for students to become proficient in using these skills independently. As you prepare to implement the First 20 Days of Reading, please keep in mind that it will be necessary to be flexible with your you may find you need extended time for one component as you put systems in place. reading block. Based on each day’s lessons, Use your judgment, based on your needs to adjust instructional time dedicated to each balanced Literacy component. students’ Day 5 of each week has been designed to be a day to bring together all of the This will provide time for both week’s objectives. teachers and students to practice and discuss all skills and strategies. Mini Lesson, Shared Reading, Independent Reading & Literacy Centers/Stations Mini Lesson Key Concepts Learning Outcomes Resources Needed Day Readers read and share Students learn the rituals, Anchor Chart Mini Lesson Listeners – We are all members of a their thinking about routines, and schedule of Look Like/Sound Like community of readers. their reading. Reading Workshop so they can establish Text Selection consistent meeting procedures and habits. Our classroom library Students will explore and Anchor Chart- Independent Reading Our Introducing the Classroom is organized in a learn how to maintain Classroom Library Library specific way to help us their organized select a variety of classroom library. Areas to Highlight: Organized classroom 1 books for reading. Browsing Boxes* library Author collections Day We are all responsible Genre collections for taking care of our Topic collections classroom library. *Browsing Boxes are baskets of leveled texts with a variety of genres Allow students to practice selecting a text and returning it to its appropriate location in the library.
The First 20 Days of Reading: Primary This pacing guide is intended to be extended, condensed, or modified according to your students’ needs. Please continue to revisit and support all skills and concepts that are introduced in the first few weeks through the balanced Literacy model. Our ultimate goal is for students to become proficient in using these skills independently. As you prepare to implement the First 20 Days of Reading, please keep in mind that it will be necessary to be flexible with your reading block. Based on each day’s lessons, you may find you need extended time for one component as you put systems in place. Use your judgment, based on your students’ needs to adjust instructional time dedicated to each balanced Literacy component. Day 5 of each week has been designed to be a day to bring together all of the week’s objectives. This will provide time for both teachers and students to practice and discuss all skills and strategies. Mini Lesson, Shared Reading, Independent Reading & Literacy Centers/Stations Day Mini Lesson Key Concepts Learning Outcomes Resources Needed Day 1 Mini Lesson We are all members of a community of readers. Readers read and share their thinking about their reading. Students learn the rituals, routines, and schedule of Reading Workshop so they can establish consistent meeting procedures and habits. Anchor Chart – Listeners Look Like/Sound Like Text Selection Independent Reading Introducing the Classroom Library Areas to Highlight: Browsing Boxes* Author collections Genre collections Topic collections *Browsing Boxes are baskets of leveled texts with a variety of genres Allow students to practice selecting a text and returning it to its appropriate location in the library. Our classroom library is organized in a specific way to help us select a variety of books for reading. We are all responsible for taking care of our classroom library. Students will explore and learn how to maintain their organized classroom library. Anchor Chart- Our Classroom Library Organized classroom library
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