1st grade reading groups

Discover 5 effective strategies to support struggling Kindergarten, first, and second-grade readers with targeted reading intervention techniques for classroom success.

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Guided reading groups are so important. I have always cherished this time to reach a small group of students that are grouped at the same reading level. Not to mention this gives me time to sit down and not be on my feet! I make sure to do small groups EVERY day no matter what. In …

Wondering what tools to keep in your literacy small group caddy? These are a few of the things that I am constantly reaching for during first grade small group literacy instruction, so I keep them all handy in a little caddy that I can easily move around.

Planning for small-group lessons shouldn't take longer than teaching them! These phonics intervention pages have all the components of a small-group reading lesson, across just 2 pages! From phonics to decoding words and sentences, to fluency, comprehension, and writing, these make it lesson-planning effortless. Grab 4 lesson page sets for free so you can see how easy it can be to plan for small groups in kindergraten and first grade.

Play this super fun sight word game to improve reading skills! This is a great way to practice fluency with beginning readers! Oh Snap! is can be tailored to your child's reading ability & is perfect for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and/or 2nd Grade. #sightwords #readingskills #makelearningfun

Are you an early elementary teacher that is using the science of reading? Today, I’m sharing science of reading centers that is perfect for the early elementary classroom. One of my science of reading center ideas is to make sure your students get a chance to play. Some science of reading activities that I like to use are letter mazes, skill based board games, playing I Spy, puzzles, and more. K-2 students can practice phonics skills, beginning sounds, digraphs, r-controlled vowels, and…

Learn the ins and outs of how to teach a guided reading lesson. From prereading activities to word work to assessing students through performance assessment, you will find helpful tips and strategies to teach students how to read.

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

This one thing has made my reading station super easy, helped me save time planning and also helped my students mastering skills is faster.

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

I also have a 3-ring binder for keeping plans and running records in.

1st Grade phonics activities, centers, and lessons all aligned to Science of Reading for developing weekly routines in your classroom! One of my favorite parts of teaching 1st grade is...

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Do you have struggling readers you just can't reach? This mega list of reading intervention activities will help you teach all students how to read!

These first grade reading games are ready to print and play... perfect for centers and small group practice! Grab some dice and a few game pieces and you're set to go! Aligned with first grade ELA standards, this set includes more than 40 fun games focused on a variety of skills from phoneme segmentation to sight words, blends, rhyming words, compound words, and more. Blank game templates have also been included so children can have fun designing their own games to play with friends!

In this blog post: Find out how to organize and put together a Science of Reading Small Groups binder for your guided reading and phonics groups, and get the SoR Small Group Binder full of planning templates as a free download! One of the most challenging parts about planning for guided reading small groups is […]

Centers are the hallmark of my classroom. Call them whatever you want: purposeful practice, rotations, stations…whatever they are to you. They are IMPORTANT. Without a solid center routine, your small group instruction is disrupted and disjointed. Without a solid center routine, your literacy bloc