tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post1620837086345438510..comments2024-03-29T02:10:56.148-05:00Comments on Castles and Crayons: Schedule Spotlight Series #8 - Small GroupsKelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-27963508802257217892013-08-04T15:03:01.066-05:002013-08-04T15:03:01.066-05:00Loving these posts!! I'm a second year teacher...Loving these posts!! I'm a second year teacher and really want to improve my guided reading groups.! You said you use a writing activity - what does that look like? Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259849785862263867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-24444958114551314752013-08-03T17:28:46.935-05:002013-08-03T17:28:46.935-05:00Just begin following you and love your series! I ...Just begin following you and love your series! I am working on a teaching blog so I don't have a link but wanted to share what I do. Last year I had three small groups that got pulled twice a day, once for reading and once for math. I will have more children this year so I am looking at four groups. Based on the needs of the children, I use the Orton-Gillingham method to review letters and sounds and then we read in leveled readers. We use several different ORF assessments to determine their reading level and from that I create my groups so I may have some that are preK level readers and last year I had some first graders that were reading end of 2nd/beginning of 3rd grade level so of course I was taking advantage of that and doing a lot of enrichment activities with that group. Math groups did not always work out because it was the end of the day and we often ran into dismissal process but I have switched my schedule a little this year so that we can get them in there more often. Thanks for the great ideas!Southern Ladyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704170013311323117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-60389839672579069612013-08-03T03:42:33.117-05:002013-08-03T03:42:33.117-05:00Hey Kelli! Looks like we are night owls together t...Hey Kelli! Looks like we are night owls together tonight :) <br />For your scheduling posts, I had trouble with this too. You have to pick the date/time for your schedule, and then you save it, and then actually go ahead and push publish. I'm not sure if that's what is wrong with yours but I scheduled and didn't push publish once or twice and I was confused why my post didn't go through. I hope this helps! <br /><br />Mrs. Thompson <br /><a href="http://adventures-inteaching.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Adventures in Teaching (A First Grade Blog)</a><br /><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Cassie-Thompson" rel="nofollow">My TpT Store</a>Cassie Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16802169828613163463noreply@blogger.com