SMALL GROUP
Independent Writing, Drawing, or Storytelling
In this activity, you will: • Support children as they independently respond to this week’s prompt: Who are the helpers in our school community? What do they do? • Differentiate and modify as needed. • Save children’s writing to display next week.
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Dr w nd Write with Scout! This week we read I m C t by Galia Bernstein . It’s a narrative about how a cat named Simon shows big cats from the wild that they are all part of the same cat family. Name: Date:
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If you h d c t fe tures how would you use them?
Language: Vocabulary; Sentence
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Response Prompt
Structure Literacy: Writing
The Day 5 small- group activity provides an opportunity for children to respond to the week’s learning through writing, drawing, or storytelling.
4s DEVELOPING TYPICALLY
3s SUPPORT
5s CHALLENGE
INDEPENDENT CENTERS
Conversation Prompts for Purposeful Play
LIBRARY AND LISTENING CENTER
CREATIVITY STATION
Who are the people who help in our community?
If you wrote your own book about our community, what would you put in it? PRETEND AND LEARN CENTER Can you pretend to share your food with a friend? MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER Can you work together to think of three ingredients to put in a stew? WRITER’S CORNER Can you tell a story about Omu going to the supermarket?
Can you imagine a bakery with all of your favorite cakes and cookies and pies? What will you see? What will it smell like? Who will work there? ABC CENTER Imagine your favorite job. What letter does the first sound make? CONSTRUCTION CENTER Why did you use those materials to create your building? What do you like about them?
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