Bookmarks to identify books and keep notes as students read. Boxes for book sets and folders for each group. Cereal or pre-fab boxes work fine. Guidelines Decide as a class how they will prepare for literature circle meetings, when and how reading can be made up, what makes a discussion run smoothly. Click here for more information on helping students develop discussion guidelines.
Group lists A chart showing who is in which group and what pages they have decided to read.
Journal prompts Keep a running list of ideas for ways to start and what to include.