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I was a "Four Blocker" when I taught Second Grade, but I
found it difficult to do so when I moved to First last
year. I had such a range of reading levels that I had to
incorporate small guided reading groups....I continued to
have a Writing WOrkshop, Working With WOrds and SSR block,
but the Guided Reading Block was the most difficult for me
to do in the traditional Four Block way. I felt that for
20 minutes a day, children needed to read at their
instructional reading level with children of similar
abilities. I tried to incorporate 3 ring circus, etc.
during many other reading activities throughout the day
(content areas, etc.)

I also incorporated literacy centers OUTSIDE the 4 blocks
because I found it impossible to teach a small group while
children are in centers. These literacy centers actually
worked out well as it gave the children time to work in
mixed ability groups (listening cente...See More
Jeanne /blockquote>

Hi Paula,

I've been teaching 4B in first grade for 8 years now. I've never used small,
leveled reading groups. Most years I have a huge span of abilities, for instance
last year, in Sept., I had children reading on DRA levels 28, 20, 16, 10, 8, and
many below those levels. It's amazing to watch everyone...See More
Sep 4, 2007
paula /blockquote>

On 9/04/07, Jeanne wrote:
> Hi Paula,
>
> I've been teaching 4B in first grade for 8 years now. I've
never used small,
> leveled reading groups. Most years I have a huge span of
abilities, for instance
> last year, in Sept., I had children reading on DRA levels
28, 20, 16, 10, 8...See More
Sep 5, 2007
Jeanne /blockquote>

Hi Paula,

One more point, the Four Blocks framework was originally implemented in a first
grade classroom.
Sep 6, 2007


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