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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the time in these reading groups, one maybe two, groups per day actually read with the teacher. The rest read independently or with partners supposedly applying whatever reading strategy is being taught.  My 4th grade kid reads independently for hours at home.  He doesn't need another 6 - 8 hours of per week at school.  What he would really benefit from is high quality literature read as a class, analyzed and discussed closely as a class led by the teacher.  Ideally, the themes of the novel would then be woven into a challenging writing assignment or perhaps creating a play or movie setting the novel in a different time or place but keeping the themes and character traits.

This is an example of high level reading instruction. The HOURS per week spent on leveled guided reading groups/independent reading at our schools are almost a complete waste of time.  Thankfully, my 4th grader will soon be moving on to a charter middle school that leaves this garbage curriculum behind[/quote]

That's unfortunate.  I work with each of my four guided reading groups for 30 min each day.[/quote]

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