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MEET ALYSSHA

I am a reading teacher and traveler at heart. I spent most of my teaching career abroad, teaching in international schools (most recently: Spain). I am now back in the good 'ol USA, helping teachers figure out how to make reading instruction simple and fantastically effective. Take a peek around and contact me if you have questions! Read More…

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Guided reading groups are groups where the students are all at the same READING LEVEL. You test students once or twice per grading period and assign them to work with the same group until they are ready to move up a level. During guided reading, the students individually read a text that you have selected at their instructional reading level. You provide teaching across the lesson to support the students in building skills for processing increasingly challenging texts. ⁠
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Strategy groups are groups where the students may all be at different reading levels, but they all need help with the SAME READING STRATEGY. You use strategy groups when you have students who all struggle with the same thing. For example, you’ve taught the whole class how to look for clues that can be helpful for identifying the main idea of a text. But then you have 3 or 4 students who still don’t get it. You will pull these 3 or 4 students into a small group to work on it even if they are all at different reading levels. You are DIRECTLY targeting the skill.⁠
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BOTH group types should be used in an elementary classroom.⁠
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What kind of reading groups do you find to be the most helpful in your classroom?�.⠀⁠
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Today I want to give you permission to take the busywork/cutting/pasting out of your reading instruction. Seriously.⁠
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I know that over my teaching career, I've wasted some serious time with prepping reading lessons that involved cutting and pasting paper for some reason.⁠
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You generally don't need scissors to teach reading. If you do need them, make sure that whatever you are doing with them is only a tiny part of your reading instruction.⁠
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You already know exactly what you need to teach reading. You really just need engaging texts and time to let students read those texts.⁠
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I love this book by Munro Leaf, but the TITLE KILLS ME! Oh how much I wish the title was, Reading IS Fun.
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Our language toward reading subtly affects how our students view reading.
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That feeling that comes with getting lost in a book is a reward that we are helping our students see as the top prize.⁠
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📖 Instead of “it’s time for reading”, say “we get to read now”.⁠
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📖 Add free reading time to your prize box or reward system.⁠
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📖 Make it a big deal when you add new books to your classroom library. ⁠
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📖 Instead of cleaning off your desk while students are reading, occasionally pull out a book you enjoy and let your students see YOU reading for pleasure.
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📖 AND instead of, “reading CAN BE fun, say “reading IS fun”.
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Something you DON’T want to do is associate reading with a punishment. In fact, when I send my five year old to her room for getting in trouble, the first thing I say is “no reading” 😊. Reading is a reward, never a punishment.⁠
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