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title: Fostering Independence in Upper-Elementary Readers | Collaborative Classroom
description: All students deserve access to the richness, instructional rigor, and empowerment that are part of student-led book clubs. But too often, only our highest-performing readers get to participate in this type of small-group instruction.
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# What best practices for small group instruction will foster independence in our upper-elementary readers?

All students deserve access to the richness, instructional rigor, and empowerment that are part of student-led book clubs. But too often, only our highest-performing readers get to participate in this type of small-group instruction.

Join special guest Julie Wright, author of *What Are You Grouping For?* and Collaborative Classroom, to discuss best practices for fostering the independence necessary to give all students access to small-group learning opportunities, through Collaborative Classroom Book Clubs curriculum for grades 3–6.

View this webinar to:

- Consider the role of small-group instruction within a comprehensive framework for ELA instruction
- Reflect on the challenges inherent to meaningful and impactful small-group structures with older readers
- Explore best practices for small-group learning opportunities that promote student autonomy, voice, and choice in the Book Clubs program
- Reflect on the classroom and instructional conditions that empower readers to have rich and meaningful discussions about books

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