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Upper Grade Guided Reading (J and Above)

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Upper Grade Guided Reading (J and Above)

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cailin@erinkentconsulting.com

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Got - Reminders about what the minilesson ISN'T.
Want - Better planning for small groups

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The breakdown of skills for each band of complexity and the student cards were super helpful. I am definitely going to use those!!

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As for small group work, I think seeing guidelines for how they should be structured or seeing an example of a small group structure would be great so that I can see what a successful group looks like.

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1. The "Text Characteristic" Chart across the bands to help guide and lead the book club book conversations.
2. Conferencing charts / check list examples
3. Kids don't have to "master" the mini lesson.

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Got: Read Aloud Assessment. I LOVED IT
Want: most kids need support in more than one skills/more than one goals. How do we prioritize? Where do we start first?

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Got - setting structure and routines to have smoother conference sessions
wants - running small groups efficiently (i.e. how to plan)

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- Good tips & reminders for mini lessons and conferences, sometimes when you teach it for many years, you forget some of the best practices
- I really like the idea of doing a read aloud assessment and asking students to answer some informal ?s while read aloud. Great idea for a good use of a virtual lesson too

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Got the confirmation that students don't need to master a strategy during the mini-lesson.
Want strategies to work with students with very different levels

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Several more ideas about better implementing procedures for small groups and having conferences. Also new ideas for assessment.

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Do the method and then change once you feel you should

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- How to plan for conferences and not have it take so much time since we have lots of other planning too
- How to support very low readers in grade 4

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Planning Doc

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Jan Burkins Free Digital GR Books (with a running record form)

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Jan Burkins Free Digital GR Books (with a running record form)

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Many thanks to for letting me share these books as ebooks. For some ideas on how to use them and some descriptions of the ways they are connected, you may want to read this blog . These books are part of the Who's Doing the Work? collection for the K-2 Lesson Sets from Stenhouse. If you are interested in the lessons that go with them, you can download a set of free, sample lessons (reading art, read aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading) and learn more about the lesson sets,

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Virtual collection of beginning reading texts by Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris

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Many thanks to for letting me share these books as ebooks. For some ideas on how to use them and some descriptions of the ways they are connected, you may want to read this blog . These books are part of the Who's Doing the Work? collection for the K-2 Lesson Sets from Stenhouse.

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Placing a table to conferencing only and stating that we are conferencing

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Seeing specifically the difference between guided reading and strategy groups was super helpful. It was also getting ideas on how to set up each type of group.

Want- I want to check out videos of how they are run for teachers who do it well to see how they look in reality. This will help frame my groups and the way I run them.

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Reminder that during small groups - kids are doing most of the talking. A new tip that small groups meet more than once a week and you don't always necessarily have to meet with every kid in a week for a strategy group. I never thought about it this way!

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Gots: The differences between Guided Reading groups and Strategy groups was helpful in making me think about what do I want for the student and therefore what approach will be best

Wants: How do you develop a consistent routine in seeing kids regularly?????

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- Ideas for planning small groups / strategy lessons.
- Using Book Club Groups to your advantage and structured conversations count!
- Zoning in on specific needs

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Gots: Importance of read alouds as you can use them in strategy groups. Sometimes ask students to name the how. Importance of follow up to get data. No need for every kid to be in a strategy group.
Wants: How guided reading groups and strategy groups can be combined in one lesson maybe?

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GOT: There are different kinds of small groups that could be used to target different needs.
WANT: Would love to see an example of different kinds of small groups happening (at the same time) so I can have a better picture of it in my mind and can implement it better in my class.

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Is a conference just a check in? Or are you still teaching a strategy, just one on one?

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Different types if small groups and how to plan them effectively

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Second Grade # 4 - Reading Workshop and the Interactive Read Aloud

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A Danielson Observation of a TCRWP Second Grade Reading Workshop and Interactive Read Aloud - Reading Workshop and the Interactive Read Aloud

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A Danielson Observation of a TCRWP First Grade Shared Reading Experience and Reading Workshop - Observation of the Subsequent Reading Workshop

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-Make a routine or a scheudle between small groups and conferencing
- Don't expect to do it all in one day.
- Set up a small group and while they read / research, go do a small conference or check in with another group or student
- Have a focus point or a teaching point in mind, but don't loose the relationship or communication with your student / group; improvise and follow their lead and meet their needs.
- Create a teacher took kit!

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Got: some conferences can be only compliments. It's ok to compliment and then research and give strategy. Conference tool kit.
Want: note taking dos and donts