327: What Should the Rest of Your Class Do During Small Groups?
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327: What Should the Rest of Your Class Do During Small Groups?

B1IntermediateOctober 5, 202618 min

Episode 327: What Should the Rest of Your Class Do During Small Groups? You’ve planned an intentional lesson for the students at your small group table—but then comes the other question: What should the rest of your class be doing while you teach? For years, Emily assumed small group instruction automatically meant centers and rotations. One group was doing word work, another was reading, another was on the computer—and every 15 minutes, everyone rotated. But small groups don’t have to be that complicated. Your students can all work on the same meaningful literacy activity...

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welcome back to the Stellar Teacher podcast. I'm Emily and today we are answering one of the biggest questions that comes up when we are talking about small groups and that is what are the other kids actually doing while I am teaching my small group and if you are wondering this or if you're looking for a

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