Reading Time

11/1/10  Benchmark testing for our reading program.  I still am not getting to all of the pieces of this program.  I am reading with my small groups two times a week.  That doesn’t include my advanced groups.  For them, I am setting up discussion questions and small worksheets for them to answer.  I’m really missing the mark if I can’t discuss with them.   My lowest group I feel I should be meeting with 3-4 times each week.  How to make this happen, I’m not sure.  We have developed Promethean lessons for each of the days, and I feel it’s not fair to teach generalization or visualization without going over the worksheets a bit.  My lower kids don’t know what to do on the worksheets.  It’s a new program, and I think the kids will become more independent as time goes on.  It just takes so much time right now.  I’m realizing that I need to be better at scheduling my day.