How to set up a group

How to set up a group

To organise students for LFL, follow these directions:

Seat students in a curved row of chairs.

• Students should sit in chairs, not on the floor.
• Sit so that you can observe every student in the group as well as other members of the class.
• For larger groups, arrange students in two rows.

Arrange students by their instructional needs.

• Seat students who need the most help right in front of you.
• Seat the students who are likely to need the least help at the ends of the rows.
• You will naturally look most often at the students seated directly in front of you.
• You will be able to know if their responses are correct.

Assign the seats.

• The students should sit in their assigned seats every day.

Sit close to the students.

• Seat the students close together.
• Be close enough to students to be able to have them touch a picture in the presentation book.
• Keep students within arm’s reach.

Make sure students can see the pictures.

• Students need to look at the pictures for many exercises.
• Check that they can see the book.
• Hold your head next to the book and see if you can see the eyes of all the students.
• If you must look almost sideways to see a student’s eyes, that student won’t be able to see what is on the page.