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Re: 5th Grade Centers (Stations)
Posted by Wendy on 7/26/08
Hi all!
I went to learning stations last year as a way to help my
predominately special ed. ELA class which I taught after lunch.
I teach 6th grade, which is a level that most center books does
not cover. Because I taught English and reading, I broke my
stations down like this: Spelling/Vocabulary, Silent
independent reading, writing/journaling, small group
instruction, and independent/make-up work. I used a timer and
rotated the groups every 20 minutes. This allowed me to
differentiate as well as focus on weak areas in each station. I
started by "walking" the students through each center. Each
group returned to the previous days "last stop". I made sure
that each group remained together no more than a week at a
time. For the group moving into independent work at the
beginning of class, I made that particular group finish
uncompleted work or pre-test assess for the next unit of study.
Using stations this way was a little more work on me, but the
students commented repeatedly that they enjoyed it. I am
planning on using the stations again this year, but I may only
use it for 2-3 weeks out of the six weeks so that students do
not become bored. I won't really know until I assess their
learning styles at the beginning of the year. If you need any
more help you can e-mail me at: wallen@opsb.net
On 7/12/08, J Andy wrote:
> I teach fourth grade and want to do the same thing.
>
> On 7/04/08, jem wrote:
>> I am a 5th grade teacher and would like to include
>> center/stations in my classroom. I was reading the
>> archives and noticed that there were several people
> posting
>> before the last school year who indicated that they were
>> planning to use centers. Did you follow through with the
>> centers? Did you like them? Do you have any favorites?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- 5th Grade Centers (Stations), 7/04/08, by jem.
- Re: 5th Grade Centers (Stations), 7/12/08, by J Andy.
- Re: 5th Grade Centers (Stations), 7/26/08, by Wendy.
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