CSD 4th 5th Grade Literacy Block (Dual Immersion) – Literacy Component of Class Configuration Focus of Instruction Time Concept Development Oral Vocabulary 30 minutes Whole Group Reading Comprehension Cooperative Groups & Partners Fluency Vocabulary 30 minutes Whole Group Word Work Language Arts Grammar Cooperative Groups & Partners Writing Rotational Small Groups Time: 30 M T W Th F Focus of Instruction minutes Group 1 Monitoring for Meaning Accurate & Identifying, summarizing, and extending main ideas Self-monitoring and fix-up strategies and awareness of reading for Fluent 10 minutes understanding per group Teaching important words directly and word-learning strategies Group 2 Fluency Building Skill-Based Instruction Accurate & Building automaticity (word, phrase, sentences, etc.) Repeated readings Slow Rate Additional instruction with Teacher Grouping words to make meaning, pacing punctuation while students engage in Practice Reading for main idea, summarizing, and/or text elements Stations and/or Independent Group 3 Decoding & Reinforce/Preteach Activities that preview, review, Inaccurate Missing decoding skills reinforce, or extend Missing sight words skills & Slow Missing multi-syllabic decoding skills Rate Applying skills to connected text at instructional level Building fluency at independent level Deliberate practice applying phonics to new text and writing Group 4 Self Monitoring & Reinforce/Preteach Inaccurate Self-monitoring Challenge student to read a portion of the text with 2 errors & Fluent Teach student to adjust rate of reading Content Integration Inquiry and Research Accessing informational and literary text in content areas Science core support 30 minutes Whole Group Writing in the content areas (application of reading) Social Studies core Content Guided Reading Groups Making meaning in the content areas (comprehension of concepts) English Language Development
CSD 4th – 5th Grade Literacy Block (Dual Immersion) Literacy Component of Time Class Configuration Focus of Instruction Reading 30 minutes Whole Group Cooperative Groups & Partners Concept Development Oral Vocabulary Comprehension Fluency Vocabulary Language Arts 30 minutes Whole Group Cooperative Groups & Partners Word Work Grammar Writing Skill-Based Instruction Additional instruction with Teacher while students engage in Practice Stations and/or Independent Activities that preview, review, reinforce, or extend Rotational Time: 30 minutes 10 minutes per group Small Groups M T W Th F Focus of Instruction Group 1 Accurate & Fluent Monitoring for Meaning Identifying, summarizing, and extending main ideas Self-monitoring and fix-up strategies and awareness of reading for understanding Teaching important words directly and word-learning strategies Group 2 Accurate & Slow Rate Fluency Building Building automaticity (word, phrase, sentences, etc.) Repeated readings Grouping words to make meaning, pacing punctuation Reading for main idea, summarizing, and/or text elements Group 3 Inaccurate & Slow Rate Decoding & Reinforce/Preteach Missing decoding skills Missing sight words skills Missing multi-syllabic decoding skills Applying skills to connected text at instructional level Building fluency at independent level Deliberate practice applying phonics to new text and writing Group 4 Inaccurate & Fluent Self Monitoring & Reinforce/Preteach Self-monitoring Challenge student to read a portion of the text with 2 errors Teach student to adjust rate of reading Content Integration Science core support Social Studies core English Language Development 30 minutes Whole Group Content Guided Reading Groups Inquiry and Research Accessing informational and literary text in content areas Writing in the content areas (application of reading) Making meaning in the content areas (comprehension of concepts)
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