Reading strategy groups are a highly effective way of grouping your students during Guided Reading.  Instead of grouping students by ability, you are simply grouping students based on the strategy they need help with.  While this way of grouping sounds ideal, there are some problems you may run into if you've never grouped this way before.  Here are a few tips to help you along the way. Don't forget to grab the FREEBIE! Tips for Grouping Your Students Once you have worked with your students enough, you'll start to learn their strengths and weaknesses that go beyond their reading levels. It is important to recognize if a student is struggling with a particular skill, or if they are just struggling with reading the passage. Here are a few tools you may want to use to help you decide if/when a student should be placed in a strategy group. Classroom Reading Assessment - group students that miss similar problems on an assessment. Conferring Notes -......