1. Small Group Instruction
Flexible Skill Groups
Anchor Literacy Work Stations

2. Anchor Literacy Work Centers
Flexible Skill Groups
Purpose
Focus
Organization
Anchor Literacy Work Centers

3. Flexible Small Group Instruction

4. Purpose Provide systematic and explicit instruction
Scaffold students’ initial learning
Ensure that every student is working at ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development)
Increase potential for high degree of ALT
Maximize teacher and building resources

5. Focus 95% success rate Automaticity Core reading skills of:
Phonological awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Word Study
Comprehension skills
Fluency
95% success rate Automaticity

6. Data Drives Instruction and Grouping

7. Forming Small Groups Look at data
Meet with small groups of students according to your classroom needs (3-5 times a week)
Be flexible

8. Organizing Small Groups
Create groups based on data
Locate small group area where teacher can see entire classroom
Designate a place to store materials
Establish routines and expectations

9. Anchor Literacy
Work Stations

10. Right on target! Purpose
Allow students to apply and extend learning through meaningful, independent practice
Right on target!

11. 4 Anchor Stations
Research
Reading
Listening
Word Study

12. Focus Practice: meaningful and independent
Academic Learning Time is always present
Activities are differentiated to meet varying needs and reading levels (ZPD)
An accountability measure is available
Talk about different ways to be accountable

13. Organizing Questions for implementing literacy stations:
What is the purpose of the station?
What materials will be needed?
What types of tasks will students do?
How will task be differentiated?
How will students be held accountable?
How will students be prepared to do work independently?

14. Organizing Continued…
Model the look, feel, and sound of Station activities
Expect appropriate
behavior
Keep Rotation chart
simple
Engage in a variety of tasks
Provide time for sharing successes - ISS

15. Classroom Library Station
Description
Skills Practiced
Place where students are expected to browse books and read at their level
Books arranged by topic, by author, or by genre, should include fiction or nonfiction
Change books periodically to keep interests engaged
Phonics/Decoding
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension

16. Classroom Library Station

17. Listening Station Description Skills Practiced Focus on fluency
Variety of materials to listen to
Set purpose
Inviting area
Phonics/Decoding
Fluency
Phonological Awareness
Vocabulary
Comprehension

18. Listening Station

19. Word Study Station Description Skills Practiced Differentiate words
Model use of materials
Hold students accountable
Phonics/Decoding
Spelling
Vocabulary

20. Word Study Station

21. Research Station Description Skills Practiced Build prior knowledge
Do research for production of projects
Incorporate nonfiction text
Phonics/Decoding
Spelling
Vocabulary
Comprehension

22. Research Station

23. Explore kits!
Let’s explore PA, phonics, and comprehension kits! Take a moment to look at the kits lessons and your lesson plan template.