Extended School Year (ESY) Four Week Class Schedule
Accompanying Student Workbook
MINUTES PER DAY
GROUPING
ACTIVITY/DESCRIPTION
MATERIALS
DECODING CLASS
Daily Warm-Up
Skill Practice
Repeated Reading for Fluency and Comprehension
15
Whole Class & Partner Work
20
Whole Class Instruction
Day 1: Direct Instruction of 2 to 3 tier-two words chosen to represent theme of the new reading.
Days 2-4: Direct instruction in morphology. Students learn a select Latin or Greek root, and apply it to multiple new words.
Day 5: Game-based vocabulary review activities of theme words and generative morphology
COMPREHENSION CLASS
Vocabulary Instruction
15
25
Whole Class Instruction
Student-led Groups
Teacher sets the purpose for reading (roles for RT) then students use a variety of strategies to read select grade level text.
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Students use the reciprocal teaching to read, discuss and comprehend select grade level material.​
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Students read aloud repeatedly in carefully selected grade level texts using Choral Reading Activities. Next, they transition to partner or whisper reading.
Students read with a purpose and apply comprehension strategies to text. Guided practice of strategies should be provided in preparation for Reciprocal Teaching.
Reading with Reciprocal Teaching
Bi-Weekly Activities
Beyond the Book Club​ with Summer Book
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Self-Reflective Learning Conferences