Practice: Small Group Instruction - Classroom Teacher

Now that you've viewed the video and read the Guidance section of this module:

1. Before implementing the video segment activity:
   • Think about the grade level of the students you teach. Select picture cards that could relate to a story you're currently reading. Or, select picture cards that correspond to an activity you're teaching in another content area.
   • Think about how you will give additional support to students who are having difficulty.
2. Implement the activity demonstrated in the video segment.
   • Review picture cards with students to make sure they know what they are.
   • Allow other students to help identify pictures that may be causing some children problems.
   • Observe student responses.
   • Allow the other children to help, if the student is having difficulty.

For online stories and resources:

• Check out Around the Town [PDF] from at PBS TeacherSource (phonemic awareness, phonics).
• View Clapping Names from Reading Rockets.
• To emphasize the identification of initial sounds, check out Fishing for Sounds from Bank Street's Guide to Literacy for Volunteers and Tutors.