Hello Reader,

It's hard to teach guided reading groups when the rest of the class needs your attention.

During centers, are your students:

• off task?
• asking for help?
• lacking confidence?
• frustrated?
• misbehaving?

Here are some things to be mindful of when you are planning centers:

• Target activities to your students' needs.
• Target activities to your students' levels.
• Be clear with your instructions and model.
• Be clear about your expectations.
• Plan consistent, familiar activities. ( This is important. There should be no surprises.)
• New activities should be modeled and explained clearly ahead of time.
• Repeat the above weekly.

Here's what one teacher said about our reading center activities:

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• Once you have identified the phonics skills you are covering each week, intentionally prepare your targeted seatwork.
• Each day, fill your group folders with their targeted seatwork that students can complete independently. TIP: Write student names on each seatwork page to prevent no-name papers and to keep track of who needs to use time more wisely, etc.
• Be clear with instructions and expectations. Repeat weekly or even daily if needed at the start of class so there are no surprises for students.
• Provide activities that students are familiar with so students are confident and ask fewer questions.
• At the end of each day, remove the completed work, taking note of who is not getting work finished. Ask yourself: Is the work too difficult? Is the student distracted where seated? Make a plan that will help those students find more success.

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