This post may be coming to you a bit late, but hopefully I can provide some tips and resources to support your efforts to bring small group reading instruction to your students in a way that is manageable for both you and them! IT CAN BE DONE!
School ended (as we know it) here in Michigan on March 13 (yes, it was Friday the 13th). After the shock wore off, panic began to set in. My thoughts were spinning: "How will we support our striving readers, who are already so far behind their peers? They receive so much support at school...single dips, double dips, triple dips! They can't afford this time away from school." I immediately began to think about how we could continue to provide the reading support that they need remotely. Enter Google Meet...(or Zoom, if that's your "classroom" of choice). Using a virtual meeting platform, and a few key tech tools, I was able to get small group reading instruction rolling with my students in a way that is almost as good as "the real thing."
