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===Q: What kind of preassessments can you use to place students in groups? Some ways that you can do this is to use your MAP scores or other assessments such as STAR or SRI for reading ranges. Another way is to ask your students to read silently for 5 minutes. Ask them to write a one-sentence summary or a text of what they have read. Record the number of pages each student was able to read in 5 minutes with fairly good comprehension. This will help you when determining how to group students using their pace of reading. Another GREAT way to preassess is to give every student a 1-page (no more! trust me on this...mistake number 3787) interest inventory. If you ask them to complete it electronically -- even better! We will work to post some examples of interest inventories which you could adapt. What suggestions do you have? === === Other ways to form flexible groups include fluency assessments (Literacy First or easycbm.com), exit slip answers (skill groups based on daily formative assessments), and anecdotal observations from participation in academic conversations, such as Socratic Circles. ===