Differentiated Small-Group Reading Lessons: Scaffolded and Engaging Lessons for Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension That Help Every Reader Grow
Noticing that students within a single guided reading group needed to focus on different reading strategies to progress, veteran teacher Margo Southall thought hard about how best to accommodate their needs. Her solution is differentiated small-group reading lessons, in which students are grouped by reading goals instead of reading levels, allowing more focused instruction. In this highly practical, research-based guide, Southall demonstrates how to determine what reading goals students are working on, how to form groups based on these goals, and how to select lessons for the groups. She includes 'When/Then' charts that describe common student difficulties and links them to the appropriate lesson. She then shares more than 20 scaffolded lessons in word recognition, fluency and comprehension; these are complemented by coaching prompts, management tips, interactive tools such as picture-cued reproducible bookmarks and strategy charts, and assessment and planning sheets - everything you need to implement small-group differentiated instruction in your classroom.