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=Beginning of the Year Literacy Routines=

First 2 days:

 * 1) Independent reading


 * Read Frog in the Library or another book about reading
 * 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
 * Job for sharing: bring a book you really like to share -- convince other kids to try it out
 * Talk about how we organize books and take care of them: how will you find the books other people recommend tomorrow? You have to know which basket they are in, etc.

Week 1:

 * 1) Continue independent reading
 * Each day, bring a book you really liked to share.
 * At the end of the week, have your "favorite" book so far picked out
 * 1) Begin reader response
 * With your favorite book from yesterday, think about if you were going to draw a picture about the book, what could you draw? Make a class chart, then students go and draw/label (some may write) (include sentence starters on the chart for more advanced kids to use)
 * Keep adding to the class chart of what you could draw/write about your book
 * 1) Shared reading of a poem

Week 2:

 * 1) Begin text study of Eric Carle books / respond to them (favorite part of book)
 * 2) Continue independent reading (every day) and sharing (knee-to-knee, toe-to-toe and/or making recommendations to the whole class)
 * 3) Predictable chart book about balls
 * 4) Make, mix, fix (begin sight words)
 * Day 1: all the same words
 * Day 2: different versions

Week 3:

 * 1) Sorting (1-2 times, no adult help)
 * 2) Independent reading (2-3 times)
 * 3) Sorting (beginning sounds): 3 jobs
 * Sort
 * Double-check
 * Try to spell

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


 * 1) Illustrating poem (2 times)
 * Apple poem
 * School pledge (beginning)
 * Steps to poem:
 * Read 2 times
 * Illustrate
 * Put in folder
 * Highlight sight 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