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Debbie Diller is passionate about helping all students to become independent readers, writers, and thinkers. She is well known for her many books and videos on literacy stations, small group, and classroom space. After many years serving as a public school teacher, Title I reading teacher, and show more literacy coach, Debbie now works alongside preK-5 teachers all across North America to answer, "What does the rest of my class do during small groups?" show less

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a great informational and helpful book to help create a positive space for children to learn and develop
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TUCC | Jun 28, 2017 |
This book is great for creating meaninful, standards based centers. Diller offers many suggestions for centers that can be differentiated to meet the needs of students in grades K-2. Her suggestions are manageable and effective.
 
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Erin330 | 3 other reviews | Nov 20, 2012 |
This book will help teachers solve the dilemma: What does the rest of my class do while I'm working with a small reading group? Debbie Diller offers practical suggestions for over a dozen literacy work stations that link to instruction and make preparation and management easy for teachers. Learn how to set up work stations, how to manage them, and how to keep them going throughout the year.

Each chapter includes:

how to introduce each station;
materials to include at each station;
what to model;
how to solve problems;
how to differentiate;
how to assess and keep students accountable;
reflection questions for professional development.
Materials in both English and Spanish are provided in the extensive resource section. Throughout the book the author has included photos of literacy workstations from a variety of classrooms in which she has worked to illustrate the methods discussed in the text.
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Melanie1 | 3 other reviews | Jun 21, 2011 |
In her previous books, Literacy Work Stations and Practice with Purpose, Debbie Diller showed teachers how to productively occupy the “rest of the class” while meeting with small groups. Now Debbie turns her attention to the groups themselves and the teacher's role in small-group instruction. Making the Most of Small Groups grapples with difficult questions regarding small-group instruction in elementary classrooms such as:

How do I find the time?
How can I be more organized?
How do I form groups?
How can I differentiate to meet the needs of all of my students?
Structured around the five essential reading elements—comprehension, fluency, phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary—the book provides practical tips, sample lessons, lesson plans and templates, suggestions for related literacy work stations, and connections to whole-group instruction. In addition to ideas to use immediately in the classroom, Debbie provides an overview of relevant research and reflection questions for professional conversations.
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