Small group lesson plans

Learn how to plan your reading small groups with these teaching tips! These lesson plan templates make it easy to organize and plan your reading small group instruction. Use these plans to keep detailed notes for your reading lessons. Help make your small group reading lessons effective in kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade with a FREE reading small groups guide. Read more here!

Read to see how I plan and organize activities to run my small phonics groups in the beginning of the school year! Plus get this FREE customizable small group planning template to organize your own groups! #Kindergarten #Phonics #SmallGroups

Small group times are such important parts of both our reading and maths instruction. This time is invaluable and it is super important to be organised. This small group planner is EDITABLE and perfect for just this. Change the title to suit the small groups you are planning for, and add details to the table […]

If you feel like you never have time to complete all of your teacher tasks, you are not alone. This is a common feeling amongst teachers and because of this, teachers often get burned out very quickly. In order to avoid feeling burned out and still get all the important things done, it’s important to…

Planning small groups at the beginning of the year can be a little overwhelming. There is a lot of data to collect, and then a lot of data to analyze after you’ve gathered it all. How do you approach this time in a thoughtful, organized way, so you can ensure that each child is getting the instructi

When I first started teaching (back in the Stone Age J ), my reading instruction time had 2 parts. Most of the time was spent in whole-class skill lessons. Then, I'd listen to my high, middle and low groups read aloud. I've learned a lot about teaching reading since then! Also, the pendulum of reading instruction has swung from teaching totally whole-class to total individualized reading instruction. Like most things, somewhere in the middle is best. There is a need for both whole-class…

Editable guided reading lesson plan template for planning small groups in the elementary classroom. Small group organization ideas are included here, as well as lesson plan examples to help teachers plan effective small groups more easily.

If you're not comfortable teaching small group reading, I'm sharing seven key components to include in your lessons to make them smooth!

Are you looking for some small group center organization tips that are easy? Today, I’m sharing classroom small group center organization tips that are perfect for the early elementary classroom. You want to think about your K-2 classroom layout with your centers setup. Lesson plan organizers are essential to keep all of the material organized. You will need to consider small group materials and individual materials. Check out the center management toolkit and all of the tips!

Are you ready to begin Science of Reading aligned small groups but need help planning centers for students who don’t know letters and letter sounds yet? Learn the best ways to support pre-readers in reading groups here. This post includes skills pre-readers should work on, how to incorporate phonological and phonemic awareness into Science of Reading small groups, how to use decodable readers in Science of Reading small groups, and how to plan your small group lesson plans for pre-readers.