1st Grade Group Updates

Well, we are two weeks into our second set of intervention groups.  The groups changed slightly; which was expected.  We were given another aide to help with the highest group of students who work in the computer lab and in literature circles.  We have also been told that we may possibly have yet another aide to assist us, which would be great!  Most of the groups are working on the same type of skills, but at a little more difficult of a level.  The activities used have changed some, too.  Some of the groups are using rhyming and fluency passages, retelling using 4-square organizers, on-level text reading, answering questions based on the text reading, and looking all the way through words when reading.  The assessments given are comprehension, word fluency and dictation sentences.  Things seem to be going well and the students really are enjoying intervention time.  There are some rough patches, but this is expected since this is our first year having an intervention time.  We are learning what works and what doesn't and trying hard to get everything done in the short amount of time we have each week to prepare.