Episode 325: The Real Purpose of Small Group Instruction
Stellar Teacher Podcast: A Podcast for Upper Elementary Teachers

Episode 325: The Real Purpose of Small Group Instruction

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Small group instruction is probably built into your literacy block—but have you ever stopped to ask: What is the actual purpose of small groups? For years, Emily knew she was supposed to teach small groups, but she wasn't always sure what students should actually be doing once they got to the teacher table. Like many teachers, she focused on creating groups, planning rotations, finding leveled texts, and managing the rest of the class. But the most important question often got overlooked: What do these students need to practice with my support? In this episode, Em...

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Hey everyone, welcome back to the Stellar Teacher podcast. I'm Emily and I am your host for today's episode. So when I first started teaching, I taught second grade and I was teaching in North Carolina. This was my very first year teaching and a few weeks into my school year, I was like, okay, I got this thing down now. I know how to run this show. And then I thought, okay,

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it's time for me to start small group instruction. And I remember so vividly at the time thinking I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know what my small group is supposed to look like. So at the time I asked my mentor teacher, I said, you know, I need some help teaching small groups. But all she really did was point me towards a specific professional development book. And this particular

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Another PD book was referred to as the Bible of Small Group Instruction and it was centered around leveled readers. And I remember I would photocopy a small group planning template from the back of the book and I would fill it in each week for all four or five of my groups.

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