Saturday, December 11, 2010
December Blog
This month I began incorporating strategy groups in with my guided reading groups, as needed. I thought it went well adding in a strategy group or two as I saw the need arise with working on decoding unfamiliar/unknown words and mini-summaries after a story page or multiple paragraphs ( stopping to "think" about and review what was read). The students seemed to also enjoy the change in group dynamics, especially when we discussed what strategy groups were, in class.
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What's next, Katie? Sounds like the strategy groups are going well so far... What's your follow-up plan or related goals? What reflective questions might you be asking yourself related to this latest implementation? ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the questions Kara. While I met with this strategy group, I took some notes and noted if students were meeting, progressing or not progressing towards the goal I had for them, for that lesson/strategy. This helped to also show me if students were ready to move on to another focus on I had for their individual goals or needed further re-teaching.
ReplyDeleteFor reflecting, I asked myself if my purpose/goal for the specific strategy group was met. I can answer this from my own notes and observations (M, P, NP) I also reflect if it was a productive use of time and groups. From both reflections, I felt the lesson was affective.
I agree with the strategy grouping! I have noticed that my kids are much more focused on specific skills and understand the clear pupose of us meeting when I organize the groups based on a strategy. I have noticed that these strategies really improve too when the objective is clear!
ReplyDeleteThat other skills have you used? In strategy grouping?
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