Although I am using Daily 5 and CAFE to structure my reading block, I will be pulling my mini-lessons from these two books:

On this page, I will post read aloud ideas and correlating chapters from the books pictured above.

This is a work in progress - I have recently rearranged this page. I am leaving the lesson plans for Aug/Sept but there probably won't be any more for future months because I am just not going to be able to keep up with this. Instead I hope to list a lesson from Growing Readers (GR) or Reading with Meaning (RWM) to go along with each of the picture books listed here. I have also broken this down into several pages because it was just getting too long! Please note these books are not listed in any particular order at the moment (although I have tried to group them somewhat). Maybe sometime in the future I will rearrange them in order.

October - Decoding/Fluency/Vocabulary Strategies

Decoding/Accuracy

Fluency/Punctuation/etc.

Expanding Vocabulary

Corresponding chapters with mini lessons that will fit well with this unit:

Growing Readers: Chapter 5 – Readers Use Strategies to Figure Out Words

Reading with Meaning: Chapter 4 – Settling In

CAFE strategies introduced in this unit:

Use beginning and ending sounds, Chunk letters and sounds together, Practice common sight words and high frequency words, Use word parts to determine the meaning of words, Cross checking, Flip the sound, Skip the word and come back, Blend sounds – stretch and reread, Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text, Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody, Reread Text, Backup and Reread, Tune in to interesting words, Ask someone to define the word for you, Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense, Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning, Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools, Use text features, Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams

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