This chart provides a brief description of each independent-rotation activity. Then, the following pages provide more details about each.

Component	Description	Why this matters / How it helps students
Accountable Independent Reading (AIR)	Students choose books to read independently. During and after reading, students fill out Reading Response sheets (differentiated by phase).	Students apply the skills and build stamina, automaticity, and comprehension by reading a large volume of texts of their own choice, with a specific focus on their own personal reading goals.
Fluency	Students reread poems, decodables, and Readers Theater texts.	Reading fluency refers to accurate and automatic decoding of the words in the text, along with expressive interpretation of the text. Students practice with familiar texts to help build fluency and, ultimately, comprehension.
Word Work	Students explore words and word parts through word sorts, manipulation of word parts, and games.	In order to decode and spell increasingly more complex words with automaticity, students must deeply analyze words and how they are built. Students learn spelling pattern generalizations through repeated practice and exposure.
Writing Practice	Students freewrite, write to prompts, and practice handwriting and letter formation.	The relationship between reading and writing is reciprocal; development of one supports the development of the other. Students apply the skills they are learning by writing a variety of texts, with a focus on their own personal spelling goals. Students develop stamina, perseverance, and overall writing fluency through this repeated practice.

Independent and Small Group Work