I do small groups during SSR time. While I am reading with
my groups, my other students are doing their "Choice board"
stations. I have 8 stations, each student completes 2
stations per day. Activities consist of LA and math topics
that they need to practice. If they finish a station before
the time is up, they then get their "bag of books" in which
they choose, and read from this. If at any time I need
extra time to finish a group, they will also read from their
bag of books. Every other week this becomes a station for
the students to choose, so that they can return old books
and shop for new ones.

I know this is not necessarily the 4 blocks way, but it
works for me and I am reading with every student on thier
instructional level.

With my higher readers, sometimes they will keep the same
(small group) book for 2 days and do a comprehension story
board or other activity with it.

Melissa.
On 1/19/09, Jacque wrote:
> Hi I am a first grade teacher in Mexico. I am required to
> do small pull out guided reading groups. I have read in
> another post that you can incoporate these guided reading
> groups in the S.S.R. time. While you are with a small
> group and kids are reading do you have them do a project
> on the book as well? Or do they jsut keep reading for the
> entire time?
>
> Can anyone share some activities or stratagies if you have
> to incoporate guided reading into the S.S.R. block?
>
> Thank you!!

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