A Morning of Pods

Pods in guided reading are a strong part of 4th grade purple's language arts program.  Students participate in a variety of related activities, in small group settings, for a specific amount of time that isn't too long.  This enables students to have a better student:teacher ratio during the teacher led, or instruction, pod, gets them to practice their skills independently and allows me to create small group discussions from which a large part of our learning takes place.  We love them and the time flies so quickly!