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Small-Group Rotation Plan for Mixed-Ability Teaching

Plans small-group teaching of your topic in a mixed-ability class: how to form groups by readiness, needs or skill gaps, objectives, activities and support for each group, a rotation schedule that makes the most of class time and ways to keep independent groups on task.

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Task: in a classroom with mixed abilities, I want to teach [topic] through small groups. Build the instruction plan.

Cover:
1. Grouping: how to group students by readiness, learning needs or specific skill gaps
2. For each group: the learning objectives, the activities and the support the teacher provides
3. A rotation schedule that gets the most out of the available teaching time
4. Strategies to keep the groups working independently engaged while the teacher is with a targeted small group
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