Includes Learning Centers for the Primary Grades
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Listening Centers WHY? What are the benefits to students? build sight vocabulary model of phrasing and fluency exposure to a variety of story structures (genres) provide access if higher text levels Listening skills foster independence compliment/supplement content curriculum sources of book talk opportunity to listen to own taped reading for self assessment
WHAT? What kinds of text materials can be used? leveled books teacher made tapes newspaper articles poetry plays genre and author study texts student made tapes book pairs to compare/contrast (fiction vs. non, similar characters, different versions of the same story, etc.)
HOW? What outcomes are expected? How do we assess? retells (written, oral, illustrated) readers respond (make connections to self, to text, to world) create plays Venn diagrams graphic organizers compare predictions with story change story elements (character, setting, problem (outcome) record or use high frequency words
Managing Centers *Plan room arrangement traffic flow materials needed student response at center
Teach/Model How to do the center activity How to more around room How to whisper Signal for quiet How to take out and clean up materials How to work in a group How to solve their own problems
Rules/Expectations Post and discuss rules for centers (teacher imposed or jointly created) Noise level acceptable Cleaning up after centers Taking turns Listening skills Solve problems without interrupting teacher Review
The items above are from a PDP session we had at school, Oct. 2002 Reading: 1-2 Literacy Centers Primary Learning Center Ideas Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
WHY? To reinforce: spelling patterns word attack connections between reading and writing phonemic awareness noticing distinctions between letter, words, chunks, clusters
WHAT? Types of word work we use includes: sorts of letters, words and pictures (common parts, common patterns, common sounds, plural vs. singular, etc.) word parts (puzzles, building new words from a known pattern or part, syllables) searches (parts, patterns, words from poems, stories, around the room) cut up stories and poems fill in letters (of high frequency words and sight words, use picture clues to write initial letters or final letters of key words, make new words by changing middles of words-pat, put, pit. pet, pot, part, port.
HOW? What outcomes are expected? How do we assess? Links record of word lists highlighting wikki sticks
Wikki Sticks can be found at your teacher's store. They can be found
also on the internet 48 for $5.00. They are also like candle wicks
but waxier. They can be used to highlight
4 Blocks working with words Readinglady Working with Words
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