Strategy Implementation Guide – Small Group Instruction

Critical Component (Non- Ideal “Gold Standard” Acceptable Unacceptable

Negotiable)

- Designated meeting place - Designated meeting place - No meeting place

- Non Verbal Transition Signal to - Quick/Orderly Transitions - Transitions are disorganized

begin Quick/Quiet transition which creates a loss of
- Anchor Charts posted
learning time
- Anchor Charts posted and referred
- Expectations reviewed when
to - No Anchor Charts posted
necessary
- Expectations are evident through - Expectations are not reviewed
- Student behaviors are corrected
Routines and Procedures student leadership
with minimal disruptions - Correction of student
- Students hold each other behaviors disrupt learning
accountable during small
groups

- Student behaviors are corrected

without disrupting
instruction/learning

- 3/Math (K-5) - 2/Math (K-5) - 1/Math (K-5)

- I Do - 1/Math (6-8) - No differentiation/

- We Do - I/We Do progression

- You Do - You Do - Not Eureka Based

- Eureka Based - Eureka Based - 1/ELA (K-5)

- 2/Math (6-8) - 2/ELA (K-5) - No use of mentor text

- I/We Do - 1/Math (6-8) - No focus on specific

strategy
 Mini Lessons - You Do - Use of Mentor Text - Direct instruction longer than
30 minutes (Including
- 3/ELA (K-5) - Strategies
Transitions)
- 2/ELA (6-8) - Writing

- Use of Mentor Text - 20-30 Minutes (Including

Transitions)
- Strategies

- Shared/Modeling Reading
and Writing

- 10-20 Minutes (Including

Transitions)

- 1 lesson includes
assessment/review and/or share
out

- 3-4 Groups/Day - 1-2 Groups/Day - Meeting less than 3 days a

- 4-5 Days/Week (K-5)
- 2 Days/Week (6-8)
- Based on school wide
data/standard(s)
Meeting with Small Groups
- Meeting the student(s) where they
are at
week (K-5)
- 3 Days/Week (K-5)
- Not Meeting at all (6-8)
- 1 Day/Week (6-8)
- Randomly selected groups
- Based on school wide
data/standard(s) - No small groups indicated on
lesson plans
- Meeting the student(s) where
they are at

- Re-Teach - Re-Teach

- Remediation - Remediation

- Enrichment - Enrichment

- Close Read with Complex Text - Small Groups are indicated on

(ELA) lesson plans
 - Small Groups are indicated on
lessons plans

- 6-7 activities (ELA) - 4-5 activities (ELA) - 2-3 activities (ELA)

- Meet w/ Teacher - Meet w/ Teacher - Computers

- Read to Self - iReady/Computers - Independent

Practice/worksheets
- Read to Someone - Reading/Writing
- 1 activity (Math)
- Word Work/CKLA - 2-3 activities (Math)
- Independent
- Work on Writing - Meet w/ Teacher
Practice/worksheets
- Listening - iReady/Computers

Student Centers/Rotations - iReady/Computer - Independent Practice w/

Intervention Eureka

- 4-5 activities (Math) - Teacher selected rotations

- Meet w/Teacher

- Math by Myself

- Math with someone

- Math writing

- iReady/Computer
intervention

- Student choice