Re: Upper Elementary Language Arts Activities
Posted by Wendy on 7/26/08
Been there, done that! There's not any, especially 6th. I
teach 6th grade ELA. I went to work stations becasue I had a
predominately special ed group of 25 right after lunch. I
divided the students into groups and changed these groups
weekly or bi-weekly depending on how indepth I made some of
the projects. My stations were silent independent reading,
spelling/vocabulary, writing/journaling, small group
instruction, and independent/make-up work. I set a timer for
20 minutes and they rotated through each station daily. For
variety, you could meet for longer periods of time in each
station, but my students needed the faster pace. By teaching
this way, I was able to differentiate the lessons more
easily. Email me if you have any other questions:
wallen@opsb.net
On 6/18/08, Colleen wrote:
> I am going to be teaching Reading,Spelling,Handwriting,and
> English (grammar & comp) to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Any
> ideas on learning centers, or other activities for there
> age? I've found plenty for the primary grades, and I'm
> trying to think of how I could adapt some of those for
older
> kids. I'm having trouble finding ones specifically geared
> toward the older classes. Thanks for any suggestions.