How it works
This strategy group lesson plan template opens on one short lesson: Strategy, Date, Why these students, Connect and Teach lines, then a table with a row for each of 6 students and a Link line at the foot.
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Plan the lesson, then take notes
Press Print the lesson plan. Name one strategy and why these students need it. Connect and Teach are a line or two each. While students try it in their own books, write what you notice and a next step in each row.
Writing groups, two groups, a week
A second form is worded for writers, with Writer and Piece columns. One sheet fits two groups of four students. The week sheet lists eight groups by date, and a planner sorts students by the strategy they need.
- Want more room and no table? The ruled blocks sheet gives Teach and Try it five lines each.
- The conference notes table has six rows with Compliment, Teaching point and Next step columns.
Questions and answers
What is a strategy group?
On this page it means a small group of students who get one short lesson on the same reading or writing strategy. Each student then tries it in their own book or piece, and the teacher notes what they see in that student's row.
How is it different from a guided reading plan?
In guided reading the whole group reads one text the teacher chose, with steps before, during and after reading. Here every student has their own text, so the form has one strategy at the top and a notes row for each student.
What do Connect, Teach, Try it and Link mean?
They are the parts of the short lesson: connect it to what students know, teach the strategy, let each student try it, and link it to their own reading or writing.
Does the template name strategies or books?
No. Strategy is a blank line and no program or book is named. The sample shows a made-up group on retelling, with a kind of book beside each student in place of a title.