In every classroom, students come with unique needs, especially those who are reading below grade level. This session is designed to help you create flexible, engaging small groups that support learners at multiple grade levels while ensuring every student can grow and thrive.

Like the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, who practice precision and teamwork to dazzle the crowd, your small groups can bring energy, focus, and purpose to literacy instruction. Grounded in research this session will provide you with evidence-based practices to tailor instruction for all learners.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Informal Data Collection: Use quick, actionable assessments to identify reading gaps and form skill-based small groups.
• Planning for Multiple Grades: Design flexible group structures and lesson plans that address a range of grade-level expectations while scaffolding for below-grade-level readers.
• Engaging Instructional Strategies: Implement fun, targeted activities for phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary that meet students where they are while challenging them to grow.
• Fluid Grouping: Learn how to keep groups dynamic by regularly reassessing and reshuffling based on student progress and needs.
• Building Confidence: Use strategies that engage struggling readers and build their confidence to take risks and succeed.

By the end of this session, you’ll leave with a game plan to organize, instruct, and adapt your small group literacy instruction—no matter your students’ starting point or grade level. Let’s ensure that your small groups truly shine, helping every student become a star in their own literacy journey!

Are you ready to bring focus and excitement to your literacy small groups? Join us to make your teaching sparkle across every grade!