Description
Book SynopsisSmall groups accelerate student reading growth
Elementary students need personal attention from a teacher and a connection with their peers to progress as readers. Small groups offer both! When you work with just a few kids at a time on skills specific to their assets and goals, you provide a safe, trusting environment that encourages students to challenge themselves.
Organized by developmental reading stagesemergent readers, early readers, transitional readers, and fluent readersthis timely handbook shows how to engage students where they are, regardless of grade level, and help them progress to the next stage. You'll learn how to assess student skills and needs, flexibly organize groups, plan and teach lessons, select appropriate texts, and differentiate instruction to give every reader a pathway to success. Features include:
Phonics and phonological awareness, reading fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension strategies and
Table of Contents
Letter from Debbie Section 1. Small Group Basics Section 2. Teaching Emergent Readers Section 3. Teaching Early Readers Section 4. Teaching Transitional Readers Section 5. Teaching Fluet Readers Section 6. Reflection and Printable Tools
