Organizing Guided Reading: Clipboards

A 5th grade teacher at Art City Elementary organizes her guided reading groups using clipboards that have different colored papers (blue, orange, green, red) clipped on them. When she meets with a group, she grabs the clipboard for that group. She writes the upcoming reading assignment on the clipboard and also attaches any worksheets, paper or additional materials they will need (i.e. thinkmarks, etc.) Once students complete their reading assignment, they sign the paper signifying that they are done with their assignment and ready to meet with the teacher again. This allows the teacher to keep track of who has or has not completed their assignment.