Although this is my third year teaching, it is my first year implementing small groups (my HISD school didn’t implement them… go figure). Because small group rotations are new to me, I wanted to make myself organized an orderly, as to aid in the small group rotation process being smooth on a daily basis.
I took over a corner of my classroom with chapter books chosen for each child’s reading level (to be used for independent reading – organized my animals: bears, lions, elephants, and giraffes), table top flip chart stations (reading response, writing practice, and word study), vocabulary words (I use Word-A-Day), and construction paper to use in the stations.
(Among the above stated items, I also have items stored that will be used for future work stations – skill games, magnetic letters, and vocabulary cards)
Here are a few more photos that show things up close:
(Daily Small Group Schedule – A used an old pocke chart of mine to create this rotation chart. I will be, within the next few days, putting up notes with the names of the children in each group. This makes it, not only easy for them to understand, but also simplifies it for me!)
(Weekly Small Group Schedule – I coordinated the photos on the weekly schedule to the photos on the daily rotation chart and book bins.)
I will post photos of how I keep myself organized, in regards to my small groups (we’re blocked – so I have two sets of groups) tomorrow. Keep an eye out <3!
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Roxana
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