I started reading groups as soon as my first trimester report card assessments were in the bag. I felt like I was assessing constantly for the first 10 weeks of school, so I rarely got to work with small groups of students. Now, we get a break from the reporting, so I can dig into reading.
My groups are leveled by DRA level. Most of my students were not able to read the A level book; a couple were able to go up to an A or 1; one is far beyond that.
I am using a few new resources this year. I have Words Their Way (plus the letter and picture sorts for emergent readers edition), which has picture sorts for phonemic development. We use these sorts for our after school intervention groups, too.
I am also using The Next Step in Guided Reading. The great thing in this book, for me, are the lesson plan templates for guided reading groups. It breaks down the elements to be taught in guided reading. This is very valuable to me, since I was never really taught how to do guided reading - I was just told to do it. That left me to make it up in a lot of ways! This book has a set of activities to rotate or use as students show needs and templates for lesson plans for different reading levels; most of my students are in the pre-A or Emergent lessons, where a few are ready to start looking beyond. You can print lesson plan templates similar to those in the book at Guided Reading 101. This website is also a great resource for guided reading materials and ideas.
My goal is to have a lesson plan prepared for each group each time I meet with them...that is developing as I get more familiar with the lesson plans.
My next post will cover how I fit in my groups each week.
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