TRT Podcast#71: How to plan and teach small group phonics lessons
How should you form your phonics groups? How often should you meet with each group? What specific activities should you include in your lessons? We’ve got the answers in this week’s episode!
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Related blog posts
- Blog post: How to teach small group phonics lessons
- Blog post: What order should you teach phonics skills? (with a free phonics scope and sequence)
- Blog post: Free phonics assessment
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Meghan
Hi! I have been a K teacher for 16 years. I love your podcast and so many of your suggestions ring true for me. Differentiating has always been a struggle. I often do small group work, but haven’t been able to do it for 60 minutes every day. I have plenty to do with the group I work with, but really have a hard time with planning and prepping what students can do independently. They either need a ton of help and keep interrupting me or are done well before time is up. How do you handle students working independently for that long?
Thanks!
Anna Geiger
That’s a great question, Meghan! You do have to work up to it. And another trick is to make sure that the activities you give your students are very similar in format from week to week; you just change up the skill. I recently published a post on what to have them do at literacy centers: let me know how this sounds.
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/phonics-centers-that-will-keep-students-busy-and-learning/
Another tip: Break it up. So you can do two groups at one point in the day (40 minutes of centers) and then do the third group later in the day (20 minutes of centers).