Small group reading activities

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

I have always believed the time my students and I spend at the small group table is THE most important time of our day. If you have followed my blog for

Use the first five minutes of your small group reading time to integrate one-on-one instruction for your growing readers! Learn how to help students self-start at the small group table, make time for running records and individualized instruction, and keep yourself focused and organized so that you stay on time during your small group lessons! #reading #smallgroup #guidedreading #literacy #classroomorganization #classroommanagement #classroomroutines #classroomschedule #reading

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Looking for some great kindergarten small group activities that you can use in your classroom? With these activities, students can practice skills like letter naming fluency, cvc words and vowel sounds.

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

The best time to differentiate instruction is during centers! Learn how to structure your small group reading lesson to reach all your students.

Learn how to organize your small group guided reading table, teacher supplies, and student supplies to set your students up for success this school year. As you plan your Science of Reading small groups, it’s important to think about how to organize and set up your teacher table, and your student supplies. Learn what supplies your students need for small groups, how to set up your small group table, and grab my free science of reading small group toolkit here.

These guided reading games for first grade are great for practicing skills like beginning sounds, and cvc words. Use them in your kindergarten and first grade small reading groups.

Looking for engaging guided reading activities for your primary students? These reading games are a great way to get 1st grade and kindergarten students practicing important early reading skills like cvc words, beginning sounds, medial sounds (vowel sounds), and more during small reading groups! Elementary students will love these fun, hands-on reading games. #primaryreading #elementaryreading #smallgroups #guidedreading

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 […]

Are you wondering how to structure your small group time so you can fit everything in? Here are some teacher-tested tips for using small group time most efficiently.#literacy #smallgroups #intervention #reading #teaching

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.

Reading fluency centers that will help students grow as fluent readers independently! Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Great reading center activity for a read to someone station, or just a weekly reading center in an elementary reading classroom.

Need help planning small group reading activities? Check out these activity ideas, a sample lesson structure, and a sample week schedule.

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

Guided reading is important work in every grade, but especially first, where students must move through a lot of levels in a year. Guided reading offers students meaningful instruction that is intentional. Texts are at a student’s instructional level of reading {ie: not easy, not too hard, just a little challenge}. Planning and prepping for ... Read More about Guided Reading Tools

Unlock strategies for 4th and 5th grade small group reading. Explore different focuses and a six-step process to use.

Small group instruction should be utilized in every classroom! I will show you my small group routines for each of my levels in kindergarten.

Want new ideas for what the other students can be doing during small group reading? This shares ideas and ways to present the tasks to students.