The five reading classifications.
What is Pre-A, Emergent, Early, Transitional and Fluent?
Words Their Way vs a traditional spelling program
What is a big difference? In a traditional spelling program, all students are given the same list of words. What students know already and what they don't know is not taken into account. The words share the same pattern or word part. The Words Their Way program is differentiated. The focus is on word strategies, solving words, and understanding word parts.
Students complete this stage of the writing process on Monday
What is brainstorming?
Typically during independent reading, students read books at their independent or instructional reading level
What is independent reading level?
This activity will most likely be different for each group. Why?
What is the guided reading extension activity is based on each group's comprehension focus?
The groups we meet with most often.
What are Pre A and Emergent groups?
The day and method in which new sorts are introduced.
What is Monday? What is the teacher introduces the sort to the WTW group by discussing the pattern, reviewing the words and guiding students in sorting words.
Students complete this stage of the writing process on Tuesday and Wednesday.
What is rough draft?
Ways to hold students accountable for reading
What is reading log, task card, response journal prompt, __________?
The time during the guided reading block when students complete the guided reading extension activity
What is after guided reading instruction?
The maximum number of members in each group.
What is 5 - 6?
The maximum number of WTW groups.
What is five?
Meeting with a peer or teacher to improve writing
What is a writing conference?
Something students should be taught to do prior to releasing them to choose books
What is choose just right books, ________?
Examples of a comprehension focus or strategy
What is inferring, compare and contrast, problem and solution, main idea, details, drawing conclusions, cause and effect, asking questions, summarizing, retelling, ____________?
The number of guided reading groups taught each day.
What is 3?
3 types of activities students can do with sorts throughout the week
What is open sort, word hunt, blind sort, writing sort, ________?
Students participate in this activity and this stage of the writing process on Thursday
What are writing conferences and revising?
The purpose of independent reading
What is to become better readers by applying what is learned about reading during read alouds, shared reading and guided reading?
What is to increase stamina?
What is to increase vocabulary and word knowledge?
What is for enjoyment?
The document that lists my plans for guided reading extension activities for each group
What is the literacy centers planning sheet?
What is the work plan planner?
The author of the Next Step Forward in Guided Reading.
Who is Jan Richardson?
The next two steps after determining students' spelling stages.
What is form groups and find sorts on One Drive?
The number of writing assignments students are expected to complete weekly
What is one writing assignment?
Ideally, during the guided reading block, the place where students read indepenently
What is the classroom library?
The guided reading extension literacy center
What are activities that allow students to extend their practice of the comprehension strategy beyond the guided reading group?