Elementary Tier 2 Manual

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

Practice with Independent Work and Practice Station #1

➢ Teacher quickly reviews each of the expectations and routines for small-group time and the Practice Station #1. ➢ Teacher chooses students to model some expectations and routines while the whole class watches. ➢ Teacher introduces 2-3 independent seatwork tasks and the practice station activity. ➢ Teacher lets a group of students move into the Practice Station #1 area to work on the activity while other students remain at their seats. ➢ After a set amount of time, teacher assigns a new group to Practice Station #1. ➢ Teacher monitors the room, but does not engage with students. ➢ Teacher ends small-group time with a debriefng session with the whole class.

➢ Students listen while teacher reviews. expectations and routines. ➢ Individual students are asked to model for others what some of the expectations and routines look and sound like. ➢ Two groups of students (more groups if length of small-group time is increased) work at Practice Station #1 independently. ➢ The remainder of the class works on the independent seatwork tasks. ➢ Students actively participate in a debriefng session. ➢ Students learn about Practice Station #2 and discuss the importance of each with the whole group. ➢ Individual students model for others what the expectations and routines look and sound like. ➢ One group of students works at Practice Station #1. ➢ One group of students works at Practice Station #2. ➢ The remainder of the class works on independent tasks at their seats. ➢ Students actively participate in a debriefng session. ➢ (Same as Day 8 above)

8

45

Practice with Independent Work and Practice Station #1

➢ (Same as Day 8 above)

9

45-60

Introduce Practice Station#2

➢ Teacher introduces and explains each of the expectations and routines for Practice Station #2. ➢ Teacher chooses students to model each expectation and routine while the whole class watches. ➢ Teacher lets a group of students go to the Practice Station #1 and lets a group go to Practice Station #2. ➢ Teacher gives the remainder of class 2-3 tasks (that need little explanation) to do independently. ➢ Teacher monitors the room, but does not engage with students. ➢ Teacher ends small-group time with a debriefng session with the whole class.

10

45-60

Adapted from: Consortium on Reading Excellence Small Group Implementation Small Group Time Planner (2008)