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Small Group Reading Hi Families, Everyday during Small Group Reading the students are divided into four groups and visit two of the four small group stations. The next day the groups visit the stations they missed the day before. The stations are: 1. Book Club-This center meets with me and reads from books at the student’s reading level. In this group we work on fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies. 2. Silent Reading-Students read an assigned passage from Book Club and work on a comprehension strategy sheet. When they are finished, they read from an independent reading book. 3. Word Study-In this group, students work on the spelling words for the week. Students will do different activities that will build spelling skills. Students will also work an grammar in this group. 4. Integration-The reading activities in this group tie into different areas of the curriculum. Students are working on reading some of the small science or social studies books that tie into our area of study and also reading current events out of news magazines published for fifth grade students. Book Club is the only group where students are meeting with an adult. At the other stations, students are working independently, so they are in charge of the pacing they keep on the assignment for that station. Students should be able to finish the work assigned in any given station for the week. On Friday the students turn in all of the work from their reading folders for me to check. At this time I am able to see how well the student is working during group time. I will assign a grade of: ** +, **** Check **** +, **** Check ****, Check **** - ** , or ** – ** based on the student’s effort and quality of work **. ** I will attach a small grading sheet to each week’s Small Group Reading work so that families can see how the student is working in class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Amanda McKenzie