November 16th, 2015Arrwa Mogalli

Howe Elementary

Strategy Groups

What are strategy groups?How do teachers form strategy groups?What are the key components?What is the procedure for implementing a strategy group? What you can do at home with your child?

This session is designed to explain:

Planned to be aligned to Common Core Standards

2-3 students per group5-10 minutes longFlexibleIt is not about the book or the level. It’s

about the strategy.Above level students do not have to be seen

daily.

Strategy Groups are…

Teachers review data choose a strategy. Data is selected from…

• Observations• Classroom assessments• District assessments• State assessments

How do we form Strategy Groups?

Procedure

1. Review and discuss the strategy2. Model

Teacher models new strategy or can use a student to model the strategy if it was previously taught.

3. Practice Students practice strategy with teacher support. Students practice without teacher guidance.

4. One on One

Strategy Group Video

What you can do at Home with your child?

Retelling strategyRetelling Graphic Organizer

Summarizing strategySummary Graphic Organizer Upper Elementary Summary Graphic Organizer Lower Elementary

If you have any questions please feel free to email me @ mogalla@dearbornschools.org or post a comment on my blog http://iblog.dearbornschools.org/mogalla/

Thank you!