Flexible Grouping in Reading (Grades 2-5) [Paperback]

Michael Opitz (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Teaching Strategies

Practical Ways to Help All Students Become Better Readers
Avid and reluctant readers alike will love to work in flexible groups arranged by interest, ability, student choice, random selection, and genre. Strategies include anticipation guides, cut aparts, response logs, think alouds, cooperative reading, book murals, and more.

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About the Author

Michael F. Opitz is Assistant Professor of Reading-Language Arts at the University of Southern Colorado where he teachers undergraduate and graduate courses, and also directs the reading minor for the university. He is an active consultant in several areas of language learning, and has been a teacher since 1974, when he taught a combined third and fourth grade in Hoonah, AK. His education articles have appeared in several trade and professional journals.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Resources (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590963902
• ISBN-13: 978-0590963909
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,171,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars out-dated-idea, June 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Flexible Grouping in Reading (Grades 2-5) (Paperback)

While I think that this book may have had the right idea of "flexibility", my belief is that teachers need cut out the idea of reading groups all together. The book focused on grouping, but children seem to put labels on themselves and each other when you start combining them into groups. I know that it is unrealistic to have no groups however, so this book was helpful in giving me different ideas to put students into combined ability groups, so it isn't always the slow kids with the slow kids, ect. If you want some fun ideas, this book would be helpful.