{"id":367,"date":"2021-03-23T13:37:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/literacytrialsite\/?p=367"},"modified":"2021-03-23T13:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:37:40","slug":"reading-group-time-what-is-your-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/literacytrialsite\/2021\/03\/23\/reading-group-time-what-is-your-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Group Time &#8211; What is your focus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When planning your reading group sessions, what is the focus? Reading group sessions which involve the teacher require a chunk of teacher time out of your literacy session. 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