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							                                       Reading Groups Weekly Plan                                               Term 1 Week 6
                                                                             Reading Strategies (WALT’s)
Structure of a Guided Reading Lesson:                           Decoding I can:                                                 Comprehension: I can:
    1. Share the WALT and unpack what it means                     1. Use word chunks to work out unknown words.                   1. Find key words and phrases that give specific
    2. Co-construct success criteria. Use Deliberate Act of        2. Use the meaning of the sentence or paragraph to help            information.
        Teaching (DAT) to explicitly teach strategy                    me work out unknown words.                                  2. Use my previous knowledge to understand text.
    3. Give students practice using the strategy; relate the       3. Work out what the next word might be by using my             3. Make predictions which help my understanding.
        strategy to the chosen reading.                                knowledge of correct grammar.                               4. Summarize texts stating the main ideas.
    4. Check that the success criteria has been                    4. Use prefixes and suffixes to work out unknown words.         5. Ask questions about a text to help my understanding.
        accomplished                                               5. Use word families to work out unknown words.                 6. Identify words that need clarifying; use strategies or
                                                                   6. Use phonetic blends to work out unknown words.                  tools to clarify.
                                                                   7. Use my skills to take risks and give a word a try.           7. Create mental images while I read to help my
                                                                                                                                      understanding.
                      Red                                             Blue                                       Silver                                            Green
Reading:                                        Reading:                                      Reading:                                          Reading:
School Journal Pt 1 No 4 2009                                                                 School Journal Pt No                              Fact Sheet:
Get Your Hands Dirty Pg 22                                                                    Pop and Pie Pg 3                                  Building a Worm Farm
Lesson Order: We are (unpack the rubric).                                                     Lesson Order: We are (unpack the rubric).
Outline the purpose of using strategies.                                                      Outline the purpose of using strategies           WALT: Find key words and phrases that give
WALT Identify words that need clarifying; use                                                 WALT Find key words and phrases that give         specific information.
strategies or tools to clarify.                                                               specific information.

Pre/Post Reading Activities                     Post/Pre Reading Activities:                  Post/Pre Reading Activities:                      Post/Pre Reading Activities:
1. Research plants that can be sown and                                                       1. Design a sign on paper for our Room 3          1. Write out a set of instructions to create our
planted February/March (Make a list of                                                        Garden                                            own worm bath (Include a list of materials)
desirable plants)                                                                             2. Choose the best parts of group designs and
2. go to Bunnings and buy plants                                                              draft and paint the Class sign
3. Sew seeds in seed trays. Plant veges in
garden
4. Design watering chart
5.Research fertilizing needs and hazards to
health of plants

Writing Activities:                             Writing Activities:                           Writing Activities:                               Writing Activities:
                                                                                              1. Consider the problem Pop had with his
                                                                                              magpie and how he solved it. Write a plus,
                                                                                              minus, Interesting list
                                                                                              2. Create a solution of your own and justify
                                                                                              why your solution is better than Pops