Andrea/September

Can you believe that September is almost over? I just had my meeting with my principal about my PDP goal (which is to create an assessment binder to create more strategy groups in literacy, rather than just guided reading groups) and I am starting to create my binder. I have started DRA testing, and decided that I would use DRA's to create my first strategy groups. After I do a test, I decide what areas of instruction are needed to improve a student's reading. I think I'll create an excel spreadsheet of data that tells me what strategy each student needs. After that, I'll be able to create groups based on a strategy, such as "comprehension" or "predicting," etc. So for now, I keep on chugging with my DRA's, and then try out some strategy groups! It'll be interesting to do more conferring and strategy groups, rather than alot of guided reading this year, but I think it'll be for the better. Classroom teachers--- are you feeling the pressure to do more strategy groups, and less guided reading?