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=Beginning of the Year Literacy Routines=

First 2 days:

 * 1) Independent reading


 * Read Frog in the Library
 * Go over how to take care of books, how they are organized, putting them away
 * Voice level during independent reading
 * How to read independently
 * Make up a story in your head
 * Look for words you know
 * Read all the words

Week 1:

 * 1) Continue independent reading
 * 2) Shared reading of a poem
 * 3) Sorting: 3 jobs
 * 4) Sort
 * 5) Double-check
 * 6) Try to spell

Week 2:

 * 1) Continue sorting (twice), independent reading (every day)
 * 2) Predictable chart book about balls
 * 3) Make, mix, fix (begin sight words)
 * Day 1: all the same words
 * Day 2: different versions

Week 3:

 * 1) Make, mix, fix (2 times)
 * 2) Sorting (1-2 times, no adult help)
 * 3) Independent reading (2-3 times)
 * 4) Illustrating poem (2 times)
 * Apple poem
 * School pledge (beginning)
 * Steps to poem:
 * Read 2 times
 * Illustrate
 * Put in folder
 * Highlight sight words

Week 4:
Begin centers (different activities at different tables)


 * 1) Independent reading
 * 2) Centers: Make, mix, fix; sorting; poem
 * 3) Introduce reading journal
 * Glue
 * Write date
 * Illustrate
 * Write words

Weeks 5 and 6:

 * Same routines, using centers (different tables do different stuff)
 * Focus on voice level / working independently
 * Begin guided reading groups (1 per day)
 * Introduce independent reading bags